Tom Aspinall Reveals Medical Report Confirming Serious Eye Injury After Ciryl Gane Eye-Poke 2025

Medical Report by Tom Aspinall Released to Show Extent of Eye Injury

Tom Aspinall has revealed the medical report that confirms the severity of the damage he suffered to his eye during his controversial UFC fight with Ciryl Gane. The heavyweight champion has now confirmed the damage is far more serious than it initially looked, confirming he has been diagnosed with traumatic bilateral Brown’s syndrome – a rare condition which limits upward eye movement.

Suffering from massive vision issues, most specifically double-vision, blurred vision, light sensitivity, trouble focusing and with the ability for his eyes to move around. The central and peripheral injuries targeted the tendon-trochlear complex, an eye-rationale guiding depressor muscle contraction but responsible for upward movement of eyes, resulting in painful and uncomfortable oculomotor functions.

The incident followed an accidental eye poke from Gane that completely impaired Aspinall’s vision. And though he tried to gather himself during the permitted break, ultimately he told octagon-side physician Dr. Jeff Davidson that he “couldn’t see,” leading to a stoppage in the fight. Since then, Tom Aspinall has been medically suspended from training and competition until his symptoms subside.

Medical experts have cautioned that recovery may not simply come with rest. If the condition does not slowly get better he may require steroid injections around the eye or even surgical management to regain normal use. In the meantime, his condition will be monitored and a UFC cage return purely depends on how quickly he recovers.

Tom Aspinall Hits Back Hard, Muses Gane is a “Big Cheater”

After the injury, Tom Aspinall took to social media to blast Ciryl Gane as a “big cheater” and accused him of targeting his eyes repeatedly during the fight. He also argued that the foul was not unintentional, and that Gane’s behaviour resulted directly in the devastation reported by doctors.

The discussion has sparked conversation throughout the MMA world, with fans and fighters debating whether more severe penalties should exist when it comes to eye pokes. If Tom Aspinall has added new urgency to that conversation, there is no doubt his injury has done the same to the ongoing conversation about fighter safety and whether any rule adjustments are necessary in order to prevent something like this from happening again.

However, Tom Aspinall has said he would make recovery his main priority. He has indicated that he will not return to the ring until medically cleared and is in a position to do so without damaging himself for the long term. A possible rematch with Gane is another hot button topic, though it’s unknown when their potential second meeting could come.

Aspinall’s future, for now, will depend entirely on how well his eye injury heals over the next few weeks. What his medical report has made plain is that the event was considerably more than a minor foul — it was career altering.