Eye pokes are all the fashion within the UFC immediately.
Last month at UFC 321, we saw a heavyweight title fight end in a no-contest after a double eye poke from Ciryl Gane left the champion Tom Aspinall unable to proceed.
Within the co-main event of UFC Vegas 110, Aspinall’s training partner Ante Delija celebrated like he won after he poked opponent Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the attention.
Cortes-Acosta fought through the injury and got the win by knocking out Delija seconds after the fight restarted.
Jon Jones, arguably the best fighter of all time, poked his opponents within the eyes multiple times throughout his legendary UFC profession.
One among his former foes recalls swatting Jones’ prolonged fingers like they were flies.
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Rampage Jackson complained to referee about Jon Jones’ eye pokes
Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson fought Jones almost 15 years ago at UFC 135.
The UFC light heavyweight title was on the road, but it surely was no atypical title fight for the previous champ Jackson, who endured his justifiable share of eye pokes from Jones across 4 rounds.
“I got poked in the attention in a championship fight against Jon Jones several times,” Jackson recalled on the Jaxxon Podcast.
“He kept his fingers in my eye once I was, like, swatting away like flies,” Jackson added.
“[I was] even taking a look at the referee, begging him to ask Jon to maintain his fingers out of my eyes…
“Right there through the fight.
“And I never break character within the fight and seek advice from the ref.
Jackson continued.
“I knew Jon Jones was gonna poke me within the eyes. I just knew it, but I still fought. I kept going. It’s a championship fight.”
“My eye was f—– up, but I didn’t want Jon Jones to know that my eye was f—– up,” said Jackson.
Jackson ultimately lost to Jones via fourth-round submission (rear-naked choke).
Jon Jones never fought in the brand new UFC gloves
Last 12 months, the UFC introduced an all-new glove design.
The gloves made their debut at UFC 302, but they wouldn’t stick around for long.
It wasn’t until UFC 309 last November that the UFC ultimately decided to return to their old glove design after hearing complaints from their fighters.
Jon Jones headlined the cardboard and the previous two-division champion apparently didn’t just like the recent gloves either, which could have prompted the UFC’s decision to get rid of them entirely.