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Tom Aspinall has shown off the gruesome aftermath of the eye injury the heavyweight champion suffered at the hands of Cyril Gane at the weekend.
Aspinall retained his UFC heavyweight title via no contest in an anticlimactic end to the main event at UFC 321 that saw the Brit struggling to see and rushed to hospital.
After four minutes of the first round of the fight in Abu Dhabi, as Aspinall attempted a kick, Gane went at his rival with a punch and invertedly raked his fingers across his eyes. A five-minute timeout ensued, and the doctor stepped in.
Aspinall was spotted telling the doctor: 'I can't see,' with the doctor himself telling the referee that he had 'no immediate concerns about the globe'.
After four minutes of the five allocated, however, the fight was waved off as a no-contest.
Now, after attending hospital and having the injury looked at, Aspinall took to his YouTube channel to show off the outcome and fire at shot at his opponent on the night.
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Tom Aspinall has shown off the aftermath of the eye injury he suffered at the hands of Cyril Gane at the weekend
Aspinall's fight against Gane ended in no contest after the Brit was left struggling with his vision following an eye poke
'All that training for that,' he said. 'What the f*** is he doing?
'He got warned twice before it. Twice before it he got warned for it and he f***ing did it again.'
Gane, however, said: 'I didn't do it on purpose. I know what it's like to have an eye poke, because when I fought Derrick Lewis, I got an eye poke and I was seeing two of Derrick Lewis for a full round.
'During a bit of the round and the rest of the round, I saw two of Derrick Lewis. So I'm not going to say, he's a liar.'
Aspinall, who was sat with his eye strapped up, added: 'I could feel how deep it was in my eye. It feels like the back of my eyeball is hurting. It feels like someone's touched the back of my eyeball.
He was also seen being assessed by medical professionals in the video, and he appeared to quiver in pain as a light was shone in his eye.
After the fight, as Aspinall was interviewed, fans booed, and the Mancunian wasted no time hitting back.
'Guys, I just got f***ing poked knuckle deep in the eyeball,' he said. 'What the f***? Why you booing? What am I supposed to do about it? I didn't do the f***ing poke. I can't see.
'This is bull****. The fight was just getting going. Complete bulls***. I'm p****d off.
Aspinall was seen getting the injury checked out and fired a shot at his opponent for the act
He winced in pain as a light was shone into his eye by one medical professional in hospital
Aspinall criticised the fans in attendance for booing after his first defence of his title
'I can hardly open my eye. Look! F***ing double poke, both eyeballs.' Aspinall then headed to hospital.
Gane, who cut an emotional figure after the fight, said: 'I am very sorry for that. For the crowd, for the fans, for everybody.
'Sorry for Tom Aspinall, sorry for myself.'
