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Tom Aspinall will not want to wait long before stepping back into the Octagon after what happened at UFC 321. After his first heavyweight title defence, Aspinall was left frustrated by the eye pokes that brought an early end to the fight. He told fans from inside the Octagon that he could not see properly after being poked by Ciryl Gane late in the opening round. Aspinall later shared medical updates via YouTube, confirming that there was not any serious damage to his eyes, even though he was clearly still in pain at the time. Now, the question is how long he will take to get back for a new training camp. Doctor expects Tom Aspinall to be back to full health soon Brian Sutterer MD, known for his YouTube channel where he provides immediate breakdowns of sports injuries, did not waste any time in weighing in on what happened to Aspinall. Sutterer offered an early assessment of the situation, giving fans a sense of how severe the injury might be and what the recovery could look like. During a guest spot on The Ariel Helwani Show, he shared more details after being pressed about what exactly went wrong in the Octagon. Sutterer mentioned that while further tests could change things, his initial view was that Aspinall should be ready to go again within a few weeks. “If it’s just a corneal abrasion, typically within a few days or a week they’re feeling quite a bit better… He’s probably feeling a lot better. His vision is probably starting to clear up. “I wouldn’t expect it to be 100 percent resolved yet but assuming they re-evaluate and there’s no damage to the retina, there’s no damage to the globe, and his visual acuity comes back I would expect him to be fine in a matter of weeks and be back ready to fight assuming there’s nothing else that they find.” Sutterer believes Aspinall will recover without any lasting damage Aspinall mentioned after UFC 321, during a video showing his hospital visit, that he would not keep fighting if it meant risking permanent damage to his eye. Sutterer was asked about this possibility and whether there is any real reason for concern based on what we currently know about the injury. Based on the initial tests and information available, he does not see any reason to believe Aspinall will face long-term issues from the incident. “I don’t think so, unless they find something new. Sometimes you have to do surgery for a detached retina or whatnot, so if they found something like that, then yeah, that’s a different story. But, assuming all the tests come back normal, I wouldn’t expect his eye to be more sensitive to this or anything like that.”
