After an unlucky eye poke ended proceedings early, Tom Aspinall managed to retain his world title towards Ciryl Gane at UFC 321. Given the undesirable end to the occasion, Dana White revealed his rematch plans for heavyweight gold.
Lower than one spherical into his extremely anticipated return on Saturday, the Brit suffered an unlawful shot that compelled him out of the battle. Many consider ‘Bon Gamin’ was getting the higher of the champion, with some even contemplating the attention poke to be the proper excuse for Aspinall to stop on himself.
Dissatisfied with the end result, like most, Dana White shared his ideas on what went down in Abu Dhabi on October 25.
“The primary occasion was a nightmare,” White advised the media. “After the [Jon] Jones battle, lots of people wrote Ciryl Gane off. He appeared rattling good tonight.”
White later supplied particulars on who’s subsequent for Tom Aspinall. A number of names are closing in on potential pictures at UFC gold, however a rematch seems more likely to the boss.
“They’re each in form, apart from no matter’s fallacious together with his eye. Each guys are usually not injured. So, [we’ll book the rematch] as quickly as attainable.”
“I can not make folks battle. If I wish to put collectively a battle, I can not make folks battle. And also you positively cannot make somebody proceed in the event that they really feel they have been injured.”
“Solely Tom is aware of what occurred. Might he see, could not he see? Might he proceed? Solely he is aware of that.”
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“What is smart is to do the rematch. It is smart. Sitting right here tonight, I stated yeah, that is smart. I am not saying that is what is going on to occur.”
“Something can occur between now and once I get dwelling… I do not know what is going on to occur. I am not saying anyone’s going to be a primary contender exterior of Ciryl Gane.”
“However proper right here, proper now, being sincere, which I by no means do that ever, is speak about what subsequent battle’s going to occur. The rematch is what is smart.”
