"You're always too nice, lad,' Pimblett told Aspinall. 'I would have said, 'You dirty, horrible, big c-t. I would have got well more swear words out there then that. What I said is wash your f--ing fingersnails, you stuffy c-t. I never used to mind Ciryl Gane. I used to like watching him fight. But then when you watch his fights, he hits people in the back of the head, kicks people in the balls, pokes people in the eye, it's not an accident when you do it that many times.'"
"Aspinall put his heavyweight title on the line against Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 in October 2025. The fight ended in an anticlimactic no contest after Gane simultaneously poked Aspinall in both eyes in the first round. Aspinall was unable to continue despite taking four out of the five allotted minutes to recover."
Tom Aspinall defended his heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 in October 2025; the bout ended as a no contest after Gane simultaneously poked Aspinall in both eyes in the first round. Aspinall used four of the five allowed recovery minutes but could not continue and now faces expected surgery on both eyes with no return timeline. Paddy Pimblett criticized Aspinall for remaining too polite toward Gane and said he would have responded angrily, calling Gane a dirty fighter after reviewing highlights showing strikes to the back of the head, groin attacks and eye pokes.
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