In over 30 years of history, the UFC has seen some massive changes, and most of them have been positive. However, eye pokes have always been a problem that the promotion hasn’t been able to solve. Time and again, fans and fighters demand something from Dana White and the UFC to stop this problem from happening. And after UFC 321’s disappointing ending with Tom Aspinall unable to continue fighting after getting double eye poked by Ciryl Gane, it has become a hot topic once again. But who is really to blame for these pokes?

Recently, fans have started putting the responsibility on the fighters themselves. Not only that, but people are demanding strict actions like point deductions or even straight-up DQ losses. And there’s some serious support behind that argument from industry expert

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