Tom Aspinall would never fight with one eye like Michael Bisping did in the later portion of his MMA career.
Aspinall’s heavyweight title fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 ended in a no-contest due to an accidental eye poke. Gane simultaneously poked Aspinall in both eyes late in the first round, and the champ was unable to recover despite taking four minutes.
While sympathies are with Aspinall, some like Chael Sonnen believe the Englishman could have continued. Sonnen argued that fighting with compromised vision is nothing new, as fighters’ eyes are often hurt with legal shots.