Media Belal: I've been there Tom, here's my advice...

[Unheralded Truth]

“Tom Aspinall, you’re starting to feel what I felt. I’ve been there, bro. You get poked in the eye, it wasn’t on you. The world and the opp's fans are blaming you. And word of advice, bro: Stop caring!
Stop caring what these people are saying, stop trying to prove yourself. Because even with the proof that you’re showing of going to the doctor to get the eyes checked, I mean, a lot of doctors
are saying ‘Oh it was nothing, it's just this and you’ll be fine, in the end you'll be OK’ so it’s not really, you know, helping the case."

“In the end. Do I think you did it purposely? As these people are saying, that you looked for a way out? No. I mean, when you have a finger in your eye and you can’t see, can’t open it. After the
Leon fight I couldn’t open it for like 30 minutes, it was one of the hardest things. And then people were on me like 'Oh, man you cried and you did this'. It was not more so the pain in the eye or
anything like that. I've had eye surgeries and thought it was over. When you have an eye surgery the doctors always say ‘Don’t go back to the sport and stay away from it’, so for me it was about
losing an opportunity."

"For Tom now it was a heavyweight title fight, PPV, biggest stage, where he has a lot to prove after a year off. Do I think he was getting pieced up? No. It was a very close fight, but some people might
have assumed Tom just walking through him so they're giving Gane a little more credit than what he really showed. It was never like 'Oh man, Gane is lighing him up here, killing him...' Tom still looked
like he was comfortable in there, he was smiling there after he was doing some stuff. Had some headkicks in there. Like, he was showing us some things so there was nothing in there that told me
that 'dude, this is already over for him' like 'let's now look for a way out'."

"I think people got to stop that narrative, BUT Tom, you just have to stop caring. Stop caring what they're thinking or saying, just embrace the boos and it's gonna happen now, bro. Welcome, I open
up the door for you now, bro. Come chill with me. We'll sit here and take the boos but we're gonna win.”

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Belal got poked in the eye? I don't remember that.

 

[Fedorgasm]

It's good advice.

Tom could lose his eyesight permanently and these idiots would just move on and talk about other fighters.

Tom has to look out for his own health. These idiots just want to see blood and they cry when they don't get it.

It reminds me of middle school, when all the boys would instigate shit just because they wanted to see a fight. They didn't care who got hurt or suspended.

So yeah, sherdog is basically middle school now.

 

[CasualBot]

It was the exact same move Leon & Cyril pulled. Throw kick with an open hand directed at the eyes.

Whatever his name is totally understands.

Tom should immediately kick Cyril in the dick once we get the rematch. Blatant and intentional.

Fuck em.

Then, poke him in the eye for all the fans who had their time wasted.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

As far as I know Tom hasn't even made a public statement yet so how does Belal know if Tom cares if he's called a quitter by Jon Jones fans?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

It was the exact same move Leon & Cyril pulled. Throw kick with an open hand directed at the eyes.

Whatever his name is totally understands.

Tom should immediately kick Cyril in the dick once we get the rematch. Blatant and intentional.

Fuck em.

Then, poke him in the eye for all the fans who had their time wasted.

But what if he loses the belt via DQ?

 

[VinceArch]

But what if he loses the belt via DQ?

Then he and Petr Yan can bond.

 

[DumpsterBaby]

It's good advice.

Tom could lose his eyesight permanently and these idiots would just move on and talk about other fighters.

Tom has to look out for his own health. These idiots just want to see blood and they cry when they don't get it.

It reminds me of middle school, when all the boys would instigate shit just because they wanted to see a fight. They didn't care who got hurt or suspended.

So yeah, sherdog is basically middle school now.

Nah, we’re just from a different time when cage fighting champions actually lived up to their title and were tougher than guys playing point karate. Forgive us for expecting “The Baddest Man on the Planet” to not bring his dad to his defense while he ices an eye that isn’t even red after quitting a world title fight uninjured.

That’s like your lawyer quitting halfway through because the prosecution led a witness. The guys at his level are paid very well to show that they’re the toughest fucking people on the planet… being in pain is part of their job description.

 

[HNIC215]

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it" — Maya Angelou

 

[markg171]

Belal actually had an injured eye though

 

[Steve Fox]

Is this guy a fighter? Who is he?

 

[shh]

Is this guy a fighter? Who is he?

I dont remember his name.

 

[usernamee]

The poke Belal received made him immediately fall to the ground screaming in agony, quite the different reaction. Nobody was mad at Belal for not continuing to fight after that poke.

 

[Viking Power]

Nah, we’re just from a different time when cage fighting champions actually lived up to their title and were tougher than guys playing point karate. Forgive us for expecting “The Baddest Man on the Planet” to not bring his dad to his defense while he ices an eye that isn’t even red after quitting a world title fight uninjured.

That’s like your lawyer quitting halfway through because the prosecution led a witness. The guys at his level are paid very well to show that they’re the toughest fucking people on the planet… being in pain is part of their job description.

They should’ve left you in that dumpster.

 

[Viking Power]

The poke Belal received made him immediately fall to the ground screaming in agony, quite the different reaction. Nobody was mad at Belal for not continuing to fight after that poke.

Hahaha! What?! Belal got no end of shit on here for that. Still does.

 

[markg171]

The poke Belal received made him immediately fall to the ground screaming in agony, quite the different reaction. Nobody was mad at Belal for not continuing to fight after that poke.

His eye also was visibly injured and he wanted to continue fighting.

Very different than Quitting Tom

 

[usernamee]

Hahaha! What?! Belal got no end of shit on here for that. Still does.

Really, maybe should do a Sherdawg search on that and see how many that were shitting on him are now defending Tommyboy

 

[rjmbrd]

The poke Belal received made him immediately fall to the ground screaming in agony, quite the different reaction. Nobody was mad at Belal for not continuing to fight after that poke.

Yeah big disagree.

Not only did people say Belal wanted out, the narrative was that he was getting his ass kicked.

Belal casually beat the dog shit out of Leon in the rematch. Like casually MOLLYWHOPPED him. The gap between what was posted here and what happened in reality was a gulf wide, leagues wide.

The same is being done with Tom. Personally I don't give a fart in the wind about Tom as a fighter or heavyweight which is the least interesting division in the sport right now. I'm not from the UK, it matters not, the dorks posting that "he wanted out" are the same trolls that posted about Belal.

That was a closely contested marginal 10-9 round where no one got hurt, and people are mad at the guy who got egregiously poked in the eye. Such is MMA.

 

[Viking Power]

Really, maybe should do a Sherdawg search on that and see how many that were shitting on him are now defending Tommyboy

That sounds like work. I’m just here to talk shit.

 

[usernamee]

Yeah big disagree.

Not only did people say Belal wanted out, the narrative was that he was getting his ass kicked.

Belal casually beat the dog shit out of Leon in the rematch. Like casually MOLLYWHOPPED him. The gap between what was posted here and what happened in reality was a gulf wide, leagues wide.

The same is being done with Tom. Personally I don't give a fart in the wind about Tom as a fighter or heavyweight which is the least interesting division in the sport right now. I'm not from the UK, it matters not, the dorks posting that "he wanted out" are the same trolls that posted about Belal.

That was a closely contested marginal 10-9 round where no one got hurt, and people are mad at the guy who got egregiously poked in the eye. Such is MMA.

He did get rocked bad with a headkick in that 1st round though.

And after that fight Belal went through his late 30s physical transformation, wink wink.