UFC 321 Post-Fight Show | Reaction To Gnarly Eye Poke Ending Aspinall vs. Gane Headliner, Dern Strikes Gold

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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After a 455 day absence, Tom Aspinall returned to the UFC octagon to defend his newly-minted heavyweight title for the first time against Ciryl Gane, and despite the challenger being a massive underdog, Gane was prepared for the test. Unfortunately, an accidental, yet brutal eye poke from Gane led to the first championship fight coming to an abrupt end via No Contest in UFC history. Following UFC 321, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to the awful ending of the card that had fans up in arms, how Aspinall and Gane both looked before the fight was stopped, and if the UFC should run it right back. Additionally, they discuss Mackenzie Dern capturing the vacant strawweight title in the co-main event with a decision win over Virna Jandiroba, Umar Nurmagomedov defeating Mario Bautista, bonus winners, plus fan questions, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.1	We are back with all of you following UFC 321, which was certainly a card that happened. It did happen. It happened. It is certainly a card that transpired. It occurred.
1:05.1	And boy, did it end in an incredibly unfortunate way. Finally, for the first time in 455 days,
1:15.6	Tom Aspinall made his walk to the UFC Octagon,
1:19.6	faced Cyril Gahn, who was probably fighting for the championship
1:23.4	for the final time of his career,
1:25.2	as his third chance.
1:27.3	And Tom looked a little rusty, but he was landing some strikes.
1:32.5	Gone looked pretty good on the feet.
1:34.9	And it looked like gone was maybe taking a little bit of momentum and then gone with,
1:41.0	I mean, a horrific eye poke.
1:43.4	Just I didn't even realize how bad it was until they did the close up during the interview
1:48.4	with Tom Aspinall.
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