News Tom Aspinall interview "Gane was intentionally cheating and aiming to compromise his vision in almost every striking exchange"

[hector domino]

Three most undervalued qualities in a fighter…
1) No crying
2) No quitting
3) No complaining

nah fuck this crap if the UFC and the tarded referees after going to let this shit slide instead of point deduction at every poke no matter the intention(trust me we will not see any "accidental pokes" after that) than I hope every single fighter refuses to continue fighting and UFC can enjoy their no contest fights. It gives the cheater a horrific advantage with no repercussions whatsoever while potentially crippling the poked guy and reducing his vision/depth perception for the round and possibly for life. I say a point deduction for a poke no matter what will actually fix this issue so good on aspinall for refusing to fight with a huge disadvantage and I hope other fighter refuse to fight too after being poked.

 

[Superzorro]

While for some reason, for some people cheating is overvalued

Depends on whether or not it was intentional. There’s no way to determine it. But if cheating occurs, that’s what the rules are for. Be mad at the referee or the rules.

 

[Superzorro]

nah fuck this crap if the UFC and the tarded referees after going to let this shit slide instead of point deduction at every poke no matter the intention(trust me we will not see any "accidental pokes" after that) than I hope every single fighter refuses to continue fighting and UFC can enjoy their no contest fights. It gives the cheater a horrific advantage with no repercussions whatsoever while potentially crippling the poked guy and reducing his vision/depth perception for the round and possibly for life. I say a point deduction for a poke no matter what will actually fix this issue so good on aspinall for refusing to fight with a huge disadvantage and I hope other fighter refuse to fight too after being poked.

“When something bad happens to my favorite fighter, we need to throw the rule book out and change everything.”

I’ve said it before. It’s fake outrage. The rules have been like this forever. People only complain when it’s their favorite guy that gets the short end of the stick. If this didn’t happen to Aspinall, this post would be non existent.

 

[Superzorro]

Where does 'No cheating' rank?

That’s the referee’s job. If their opponents cheating is the excuse a fighter wants to use why they’re not great and another fighter is - by all means. They can be a cheater with all the belts, and you can just cry in a corner about it.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

In all seriousness, the part of the video where they are counting how many times Gane's hands were open and equating that to trying an intentional eyepoke each time....might be the single most pathetic thing we've ever seen in MMA.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

I don't know if Tom calling Gane a cheater is because he's actually believing it or if it's just to farm engagement but either way it's just coming off as whiney. Waldo got poked in the eye by Tom's cheating team mate, took his 5 minutes and Knocked him the fuck out then jumped on a plane 3 weeks later on 2 days notice, knocked his opponent out, went home and is fighting again in a month. Not a single whine about how Delijah is a cheater or whatever. Tommy should take note and do the same. Yes the eye poke was bad, do I think it was purposefully done? No, but obviously Tom fan boys are going to believe whatever narrative they want but regardless of whatever you want to believe, the eye poke was over a month ago, there is no permanent damage, it's time to move on already.

 

[Captain Herb]

Depends on whether or not it was intentional. There’s no way to determine it. But if cheating occurs, that’s what the rules are for. Be mad at the referee or the rules.

Yeah it was obviously intentional

 

[fendertach]

This is getting embarrassing Tom.

 

[fractal]

Your son is embarrassing himself, Mr. Aspinall.

I'd be more proud to be his dad than to call Gane a son. Imagine knowing you're father to a proven cheat and probably having to watch your back around him all the time. I'm sure he would rather adopt.

 

[mkess101]

Full heel time.

Opening bell of the rematch Aspinall kicks Gane's balls into his throat, then brutally KO's him ded with gnp as he's writhing on the ground. Has his corner ready with the belt and they toss it over the cage and he catches it and tosses it on top of Gane's unconscious body and says "Congrats champ, 'and new', now we're even".

Wanna sell a trilogy lol, there ya go.

(Probably have to have the third fight on the moon to allow Aspinall to be sanctioned to compete lol...but they can figure it out.)

 

[mkess101]

I don't know if Tom calling Gane a cheater is because he's actually believing it or if it's just to farm engagement but either way it's just coming off as whiney. Waldo got poked in the eye by Tom's cheating team mate, took his 5 minutes and Knocked him the fuck out then jumped on a plane 3 weeks later on 2 days notice, knocked his opponent out, went home and is fighting again in a month. Not a single whine about how Delijah is a cheater or whatever. Tommy should take note and do the same. Yes the eye poke was bad, do I think it was purposefully done? No, but obviously Tom fan boys are going to believe whatever narrative they want but regardless of whatever you want to believe, the eye poke was over a month ago, there is no permanent damage, it's time to move on already.

Gane is habitual. Is Delijah? (Maybe he is? I haven't seen a ton of his pre UFC fights, just a couple).

 

[don't ask]

I've never seen a fighter milk their "injury" as much as this guy.

And he's supposed to be the fucking heavyweight champion.

Even fucking Bisping didn't cry about it this much and HE HAS NO EYE.

You're scolding Tom for taking a stand for his safety by comparing him to someone who should have taken their safety more seriously because they lost an eye?

I don't think you're making the point you think you're making.

 

[Emjay]

 

[Tito Tapped]

It's wild people still ride with this clown

 

[xhaydenx]

• Tom felt the fight was going according to plan

If going to plan means getting beat around and bloodied up within the first 4 mins then I'd hate to see what not going to plan looks like.

 

[xhaydenx]

Please gane ko this goofball stiff

Was well on his way to doing that until this guy broke out his Oscar winning performance.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

How would Tom know? Isn't he blind?! How could he rewatch the fight ?!

@HI SCOTT NEWMAN

Very true, good point. He did the same thing live in the arena as well, when he was being interviewed he told everyone to stop boo'ing and then Tom looked at the big screen and said ''look there it is clearly, he poked me in both eyes'' ''everyone can see that''

Thats strange, because he said he couldn't see anything, but yet he could clearly see the big screen and what had happened and was showing the fans to stop them boo'ing him.

Tom's dad is probably behind all of this anyways, the guy is just living vicariously through his sons life, and he really gives me those John Fury vibes......

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i mean yeah, but weren't you trying to fight the greatest eye poker on earth for the past 2-3 yrs? aren't you a pro fighter? what's with the "i'm surprised they're cheating!" way of talking about Gane's tactics? if he was studying him he'd KNOW he was dirty motherfucker

 

[hbombbisping]

He may have been losing that round but he ain't lying either. Some dirty antics from Gane.

 

[goOb]

If Gane knew how to submit his opponents he would be the HW Rousimar Palhares. Dirty fighter.