Overview
- Aspinall said on his YouTube channel that he has undergone surgery on one eye and scheduled a second operation for mid-January.
- Doctors in the UK diagnosed significant bilateral Brown’s syndrome after the UFC 321 eye pokes, a condition that affects upward eye movement and can cause double vision.
- Recovery is expected to take months, leaving Aspinall not medically cleared to train and pushing any return to full training likely into the spring.
- Aspinall maintains a rematch with Ciryl Gane is the plan once he is cleared, while Gane has resumed training and says he has no date or opponent.
- The UFC has indicated interest in rebooking the rematch pending medical clearance, and media note unconfirmed talk of an interim title with no official decision announced.