Chael Sonnen holds Tom Aspinall partially responsible for the anticlimactic ending to UFC 321.
Aspinall put his heavyweight title on the line against Ciryl Gane in the main event at UFC 321 on Saturday at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Gane was seemingly doing well on his feet before he accidentally poked Aspinall in both eyes at the same time late in the first round. Aspinall was unable to see clearly, and the bout was declared a no contest, leaving fans and pundits disappointed.
While Sonnen acknowledges that eye pokes are illegal, he notes that fighters often have to fight with one eye when the other is left compromised by legal shots.