{"id":40853,"date":"2026-09-29T03:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Josh-Hokit-accuses-Tom-Aspinall-of-faking-eye-injury-to-leave-UFC-202993"},"modified":"2026-09-29T03:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:00:04","slug":"josh-hokit-accuses-tom-aspinall-of-faking-eye-injury-to-leave-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/josh-hokit-accuses-tom-aspinall-of-faking-eye-injury-to-leave-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit accuses Tom Aspinall of faking eye injury to leave UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Josh
\nHokit<\/a> isn\u2019t buying Tom
\nAspinall<\/a>\u2019s claims regarding his eye issues.<\/p>\n

Aspinall hasn\u2019t fought since his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> heavyweight title defense
\nagainst Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\nended in a no contest in October 2025. The Englishman was unable to
\ncontinue after Gane poked him in both eyes in the first round.
\nAspinall recently vacated the title amid further issues with his
\nright eye. Hokit, however, claims the former champ is faking his
\ninjury in an attempt to leave the UFC.<\/p>\n

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Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Josh Hokit claims Tom Aspinall is exaggerating his eye injury
\nto get out of his UFC contract<\/h2>\n

Hokit claims Aspinall is exaggerating the seriousness of his eye
\ninjury. The undefeated American suggested that Aspinall is looking
\nfor a way out of his UFC contract and speculated that he could be
\npursuing a lucrative move to boxing instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t even think that sh*t\u2019s real,\u201d Hokit told Ariel
\nHelwani. \u201cI think he has his teammates farting on his pillow, then
\nhe goes to sleep, gets pink eye, posts that shit on Instagram like,
\n\u2018Hey, everybody, feel bad for me. I can\u2019t fight still.\u2019 He has fake
\nsurgery, all that other sh*t. I think he\u2019s just trying to get out
\nof his deal, if I\u2019m being 100% honest\u2026 That sh*t is all fake, gang.
\nIt\u2019s not real. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s paying doctors, but I think
\nhe\u2019s trying to get that bag in boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gane (14-2) has been promoted to undisputed champion
\nafter Aspinall vacated the title. The Frenchman is scheduled to
\ndefend his title against Hokit (9-0) at UFC
\n334<\/a> on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

Josh Hokit<\/a>
\nbelieves Tom
\nAspinall<\/a> is faking his injury to try to get out of his UFC
\ndeal:<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t even think that shit\u2019s real. I think he has his
\nteammates farting on his pillow, then he goes to sleep, gets pink
\neye, posts that shit on Instagram like, \u2018Hey, everybody\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/PL1VQmHUwQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nSeptember 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Josh Hokit isn\u2019t buying Tom Aspinall\u2019s claims regarding his eye issues. Aspinall hasn\u2019t fought since his Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title defense against Ciryl Gane ended in a no contest in October 2025. The Englishman was unable to continue after Gane poked him in both eyes in the first round. Aspinall recently vacated the title […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}