Overview
- Referee Jason Herzog halted the bout late in round one after an accidental two‑finger eye poke from Ciryl Gane left Tom Aspinall unable to continue under unified MMA rules.
- The result is an official no‑contest, which keeps the heavyweight title with Aspinall and adds no win or loss to either fighter’s record.
- Aspinall told the crowd he could not see out of his right eye, while Gane apologized in the cage and later voiced frustration over the abrupt stoppage.
- UFC president Dana White said a rematch is the intended plan, though no date is set and near‑term scheduling was described as unlikely by reports.
- TF1 Info notes the rarity of the outcome, reporting it as only the second UFC title fight to end as a no‑contest since 1993.