Heading into UFC 321 in October, Tom Aspinall was preparing to defend his heavyweight title for the first time. Meanwhile, his father and long-time trainer, Andy Aspinall, was already thinking ahead to a potential switch to boxing. “The money is more money. He has three more fights on the contract, and I don’t want to sign a new contract personally,” he told RMC Sport Combat. Clearly, neither of them could have predicted what was about to unfold for ‘The Honey Badger.’

On fight night, fans expecting 25 minutes of heavyweight chaos instead got less than five minutes—and a wave of controversy. Tom Aspinall was poked in the eye by Ciryl Gane , leading to the bout being ruled a no-contest. In the aftermath, experts like Michael Bisping claimed Aspinall’s father made a mistake disc

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