Tom Aspinall Provides Diagnosis On Eye Injury From UFC 321

The UFC 321 main event between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane ended in disappointing fashion as Gane poked Aspinall in the eyes.

After enough time had passed, it was ruled that Aspinall could not continue and the UFC heavyweight title fight was declared a no contest.

On Sunday, Aspinall provided a medical update on his eye injury with the report saying Aspinall suffered, “bilateral traumatic Brown’s syndrome, indicating significant disruption to the superior oblique tendon-trochlear complex.”

He also had the following diagnosis:

• Persistent diplopia in multiple gaze positions, including lateral gaze and upgaze.
• Blurred vision and photophobia following the trauma.
• Marked restriction of elevation in adduction in both eyes, confirmed on orthoptic assessment.
• Reduction in visual acuity bilaterally.

Severe bilateral visual field depression on Humphrey visual field testing. Imaging and investigations demonstrated:

• Findings requiring continued monitoring, with no definitive structural explanation identified for the degree of functional deficit.
• CT imaging initially raised concern for a medial orbital wall abnormality.
• MRI demonstrated no acute structural abnormality to account for motility impairment or visual symptoms.
• Intraocular pressures and anterior segment findings did not identify the source of functional limitation.

Aspinall is not currently cleared to fight.