UFC 321 has really ignited debate in MMA about fighters committing nasty eye pokes, which not only hurt the fight but also impact a fighter’s vision and create problems. In the main event, Ciryl Gane, while challenging for the title, landed a nasty eye poke on Tom Aspinall, which stopped the fight and resulted in a no-contest. Now, Dan Hooker has shared how he would have reacted to that.

Hooker didn’t sugarcoat his reaction to what happened between Gane and Aspinall. He thought the eye poke looked brutal, saying the Frenchman was basically going for his brain stem with how deep that finger went. Hooker said, “Bro…that was bad. He’s trying to take his brain stem out.”

When asked if he would have continued, the New Zealander clearly said he would stop the fight right there. Hooker’s seen p

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