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Aspinall cheers during training. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/tomaspinallofficial
Despite being a calm fighter outside the octagon, Tom aspinall He doesn't hide that he's furious with Cyryl GaneIn October, in Abu Dhabi (UAE), the athletes competed in the main event of UFC 321But what was supposed to be a high-level encounter ended in a frustrating way. Right in the first round, the duel ended without a result after the Frenchman unintentionally poked the heavyweight champion (up to 120,2 kg) in the eye. A victim in the situation and still upset, the Englishman has a different perception of his rival.
On his official YouTube channel, Aspinall spoke out again about the controversial episode and blasted Gane. For many, the fateful incident was mere bad luck, but for the Englishman, it was a calculated maneuver. Convinced that the Frenchman was willing to harm him illegally in the octagon, the UFC champion called him a dirty fighter. Furthermore, the athlete stressed that during the fight, which lasted less than five minutes, his rival had already tried to hurt him with a prohibited attack until he succeeded, highlighting his malicious intent.
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“I took two eye pokes during the fight. The first one wasn’t so bad. He was warned for it. The second one, obviously, Gane tried to turn my head into a bowling ball with those two deep eye pokes. The guy was trying to gouge my eyes out the whole round. In almost every exchange where I could put him in danger, he had his fingers pointed at my eyes. The guy was cheating from the first second and the way he found to win the fight was by compromising me by cheating. In my opinion, Gane is a big cheater,” said the Englishman.
Jon Jones warning
The interesting thing is that Tom aspinall only paid attention to the malicious side of Cyryl Gane after remembering a statement by Jon Jones, his rival. In 2023, the MMA legend faced 'Bon Gamin' and emphasized that he would warn the referee about his behavior in action. Therefore, since his new rival has been involved in controversial incidents in the octagon for years, the irritated UFC champion didn't hesitate to criticize him.
“When it happened, I didn’t think much about it. I thought it was an accident. When I watched it again, that’s when I understood what happened. Look at all his fights. Even Jones himself, the best of all time, said before the fight that Gane was a cheat and used dirty tactics,” concluded the UFC champion.
Recommendations for Tom Aspinall
After the fight against Cyryl Gane, Tom aspinall He was diagnosed with bilateral traumatic Brown's syndrome, indicating a significant rupture of the trochlear tendon complex of the superior oblique muscle. The syndrome is a problem that restricts eye movement.
Still suffering, the Englishman cannot drive until the refraction and symptoms are stabilized, nor fight until the diplopia (double vision) is completely resolved. Depending on the clinical evolution, periocular steroid injections or surgical intervention to treat persistent motor dysfunction may be necessary if the symptoms do not resolve.
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