Biggest winners, losers from ‘Garcia vs Onama’ last night
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With the topic of illegal eye pokes fresh on the mind of most in mixed martial arts following last weekend's aborted heavyweight title bout between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane, Saturday's co-main event at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas couldn't have played out in a more bizarre and unprecedented manner.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ventured forth to Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Finally, after a ludicrously long wait, Tom Aspinall could enter the cage and attempt to defend undisputed Heavyweight gold.
Aspinall was enraged after the fact, telling Daniel Cormier after the fact that he had been poked ‘knuckle deep’ in his eye, and that both eyes had been affected. A replay appeaered to show just how gruesome the move was from the Frenchman.
UFC 321 (pay-per-view, FX/Disney+/ESPN+) took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided live round-by-round coverage and official results. UFC 321 took place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
In a 5-round lightweight bout in the main event, Charles Oliveira and Mateusz Gamrot meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 261 in Rio de Janeiro.
One reaction that fans have been waiting for after UFC 321 was Michael Bisping. He is not just friends with Tom Aspinall, but he has history with eye injuries and was enraged, demanding change to stop fighters from poking each other in the eye.
Featherweights Steve Garcia and David Onama get main-event treatment as the Nos. 12 and 13 fighters, respectively, at 145 pounds. Garcia has won six in a row and seven of nine with the company since a Contender Series debut in 2019, while Onama is on a four-fight heater and is 6-2 overall since arriving in 2021.
There were no blunders at UFC Vegas 110 weigh-ins, with all 26 athletes hitting contracted marks on the scales