Tom Aspinall aired some grievances when speaking for the first time since UFC 321.
The UFC heavyweight champion recently posted his first video and did his first interview since the disappointing end to his title defense.
Aspinall shared medical records which showed the damage that was done to his eyes courtesy of Ciryl Gane’s eye pokes in the main event of UFC 321.
This seemingly put to bed the criticism that the Brit had faced for not being able to continue due to his loss of vision inside the Octagon.
Aspinall may have replied to Jon Jones and the fans that questioned him, but they weren’t the only people whom the champion commented on.
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Henry Cejudo says Tom Aspinall shouldn’t take Dana White’s comments personally
In a video on his YouTube channel, Tom Aspinall made it clear that he wasn’t happy with Dana White’s comments in the immediate aftermath of UFC 321.
The UFC president’s comments at the post-fight press conference led fans to speculate that White was lashing out at Aspinall by stating that the champion “didn’t want to continue”.
After the Brit shared his thoughts on this without going into too much detail, a former UFC champion who has found himself in similar situations advised him to avoid this.
Henry Cejudo is planning on retiring after his return at UFC 323 this weekend.
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‘Triple C’ hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye with the promotion, with his initial retirement in 2020 being something that clearly frustrated White.
Cejudo has also been on the receiving end of fight-ending eye pokes, with his last bout against Song Yadong ending in the fourth round due to his compromised vision.
“The biggest thing that Tom [Aspinall] needs to take from all this is he has to remember that Dana White’s a promoter,” Cejudo told Shakiel Mahjouri during fight week. “He’s a fighter. Dana White has never fought in the cage before.
“I don’t think he’d be able to take anything personal because you’re an employee under the boss so don’t fight with him, bro,” Cejudo advised having admitted to being frustrated with the UFC president in the past. “It is what it is. That’s probably what makes Dana a good promoter, he’s gonna say what he feels and more importantly, I kind of appreciate it.”
Henry Cejudo recently contradicted his own advice to Tom Aspinall
Despite telling Tom Aspinall to avoid “fighting” with Dana White, that’s exactly what Henry Cejudo recently did.
Cejudo recently told White and the athletic commissions to “man up” regarding changes to the rules surrounding eye pokes.
“I get a warning, like, that’s not fair, everybody needs to f—— man up and step up and create this, make this (change) official. Someone could lose an eye,” Cejudo stated in an interview with Full Send MMA.
“It needs to be immediate and if not man, people need to be held accountable for that stuff, if I was to lose an eye, dude, f—. Imagine that, like ‘Oh yeah, dude’s a warrior’, oh okay, well who’s going to give my eye back. Everybody needs to step up, including Dana White.”