Tom Aspinall Undergoes Double Eye Surgery Following Gane's Poke That Could End His UFC Career

UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has undergone DOUBLE eye surgery.

The Atherton assassin required surgery on his eyes as a result of the , which ended in a first-round no contest.

Tom Aspinall was on the receiving end of a horror double eye poke in his clash with Ciryl GaneCredit: UFC / ESPN The Brit UFC heavyweight champion has undergone surgery on both his eyesCredit: X@OPTEGRA

The pokes were so bad that Aspinall was .

Aspinall’s eyes were left with limited upward and inward movement, as well as intermittent bouts of double vision.

And he hopes to regain his normal vision following a double surgery at an Optegra clinic.

shared an X post from the ophthalmic clinic with his followers on Tuesday night.

The post included photos of the 32-year-old going under the knife and him posing with his surgeon.

The post read: “After his highly publicised eye poke, Optegra’s experts are proud to have supported Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall.

“In recent months, we’ve worked closely with him on his recovery.

“With an op on both eyes, we continue the journey to get Tom’s vision back to fighting fitness.”

Tom Aspinall is now on the long roadCredit: X@OPTEGRA

Aspinall, who was on the sidelines for 14 months waiting for a historic clash with before his ill-fated clash with Gane, has yet to publicly comment on his surgery.

He now faces the very real possibility of another lengthy stint on the sidelines as both his optics recover.

And he plans to take as much time as he needs to make a full recovery.

He told One On One MMA earlier this year: “I’m ready to get back, but my health has gotta be right first.

“I ain’t gonna do anything compromised. I’m not gonna let my ego take over.

“Everything’s got to be right.

Tom Aspinall believe Ciryl Gane repeatedly ignored warnings about his outstretched fingersCredit: AFP

I’m ready to get back, but my health has gotta be right first. I ain’t gonna do anything compromised.”

Tom Aspinall

“So when the time is right, however that looks, whenever that is, that’s the plan.”

Aspinall raged at Frenchman Gane in the immediate aftermath of their Abu Dhabi dust-up for not heeding referee Jason Herzog’s repeated warnings about his outstretched fingers.

UFC supremo has already confirmed the pair will run things back once Aspinall is fighting fit again.

And he’s plans to get his hands on the Parisian puncher as soon as possible once he’s been given the all-clear.

He said: “The plan is to go back and beat the living daylights out of Ciryl Gane.

“But right now the short-term plan is to get back to where I should be, get back in the gym.”