One MMA icon comes to defend Tom Aspinall after UFC 321.
The heavyweight title fight between Aspinall and Ciryl Gane last weekend made for an intriguing affair. Gane found success by breaking open Aspinall’s nose. However, the fight ended prematurely. Gane accidentally got double poked and the champion was unable to continue. The fight was ruled a no-contest.
During the UFC 321 post-fight show TNT Sportsdefended Michael Bisping Aspinall against opponents who wanted to see the fight continue (via MMA Junkie).
“There are people online who say, ‘If you say it multiple times you can’t see it, if you want to continue you shouldn’t say that.’ The reality is, if he can’t see it, he needs to tell the truth,” Bisping said. “If you can’t see, you can say you can’t see. People might point at me and say, “Well, you fought with one eye.” Yes, it was a secret, because I shouldn’t have fought. Tom is the champion of the world and he doesn’t want to go out there with his vision impaired or seriously affected and possibly lose what looked like it would be a difficult fight.
“Ciryl Gane was right. You saw the damage on Tom’s face. This was not an easy fight by any means. He didn’t want to continue with his eyesight damaged or being unable to see. I don’t blame him. The crowd was upset, I understand. They were frustrated.”
UFC CEO Dana White told media members that rebooking Aspinall vs. Gane will be a ‘pain in the back’ [expletive].” Still, the UFC boss plans to have Aspinall and Gane face each other again as soon as possible. A big factor will be how quickly Aspinall’s eye will heal.
The good news for Aspinall is that he avoided long-term damage.
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