{"id":36771,"date":"2026-02-11T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Monster-Movie-Tom-Aspinall-Shares-Photo-of-Eyes-Following-Surgery-200101"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:20:45","slug":"monster-movie-tom-aspinall-shares-photo-of-eyes-following-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/monster-movie-tom-aspinall-shares-photo-of-eyes-following-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Movie: Tom Aspinall Shares Photo of Eyes Following Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/monster-movie-tom-aspinall-shares-photo-of-eyes-following-surgery.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tom-Aspinall-65231\">Tom<br \/>\nAspinall<\/a> looks like something out of a horror flick after<br \/>\nrecently undergoing surgery on both of his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> heavyweight champion recently shared a photo of himself<br \/>\nfollowing the procedure, humorously comparing his red-eyed image to<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Jackson-283779\">Michael<br \/>\nJackson<\/a>\u2019s Thriller video while playing the theme from \u201cSilence<br \/>\nof the Lambs\u201d in the background.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <center readability=\"1.167701863354\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.0869565217391\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tom-Aspinall-65231\">Tom<br \/>\nAspinall<\/a> shows his eyes one day after surgery \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AspinallMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AspinallMMA<\/a><br \/>\n) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDUjNnvULB\">pic.twitter.com\/KDUjNnvULB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCorner_MMA\/status\/2021544756678173051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nFebruary 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>No Laughing Matter<\/h2>\n<p>The incident that led to Aspinall\u2019s current plight was no laughing<br \/>\nmatter, however. The Brit was on the receiving end of a double-eye<br \/>\npoke early in his heavyweight title defense against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ciryl-Gane-293973\">Ciryl Gane<\/a><br \/>\nat <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-321-Oct-25-108759\">UFC 321<\/a><br \/>\nthis past October. The bout was ruled a no contest at the 4:35 mark<br \/>\nof Round 1 when it was determined that Aspinall couldn\u2019t<br \/>\ncontinue.<\/p>\n<p>The medical team who performed the surgery on Aspinall shared on<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/After-Double-Eye-Surgery-UFC-Champ-Tom-Aspinall-Working-Toward-Fighting-Fitness-200092\"><br \/>\nupdate<\/a> on the fighter Tuesday, revealing that the plan was to<br \/>\n\u201ccontiue the journey to get Tom\u2019s vision back to fighting fitness.\u201d<br \/>\nAspinall is expected to face Gane in a rematch when he is fully<br \/>\nrecovered, but there is currently no timetable for the champion\u2019s<br \/>\nreturn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Aspinall looks like something out of a horror flick after recently undergoing surgery on both of his eyes. The UFC heavyweight champion recently shared a photo of himself following the procedure, humorously comparing his red-eyed image to Michael Jackson\u2019s Thriller video while playing the theme from \u201cSilence of the Lambs\u201d in the background. 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