Sean O'Malley believes the eye poke at UFC 321 cost Tom Aspinall a lot.
Aspinall put his heavyweight title on the line against Ciryl Gane in the main event at UFC 321 last weekend in Abu Dhabi. The fight unfortunately ended in a no contest after a double eye poke from Gane late in the first round left Aspinall unable to continue.
O’Malley wonders what Aspinall’s career trajectory would have been with a potential win over Gane. While he was the interim champ, Aspinall was chasing a title unifier against Jon Jones, who retired without fighting him.