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Ciryl Gane speaks with John Gooden backstage at UFC 321 after his heavyweight title fight vs. Tom Aspinall ended in a no contest due to an accidental eye poke.
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Sir, first of all, thank you so much for
for stopping by. Super difficult moment.
Can I get your immediate reaction,
please?
Uh, I don't know exactly. Just
disappointed. We put a lot of energy,
like I say, and uh I'm just sorry
because uh at first for me, but also for
the people for everybody.
This is uh the the the the love of this
part sometime this happening. I remember
uh
uh this happening also for myself. It's
like that. It's like that.
For people that didn't see the buildup
to this fight, all the programs etc.,
can you just let people know the kind of
investment and the commitment you made
to preparing for this fight?
Uh yeah, that's why I'm a little bit
disappointed because of the energy, the
sacrifice, all of this and unfortunately
this happening. uh
if if there are no tissue he win or I
win like okay this is a but like that no
I'm I'm not happy about this uh about
this
you did have 3 minutes or so in the
octagon with Tom Aspenol caused some
damage you know from your thoughts
you've been in there you felt him a
little bit like what what what did you
learn uh it was beautiful it was a
beautiful fight this is exactly what I
expected from So
uh exactly what I expected for myself
also. We did very well. I think I'm
going to I'm going to watch that. But uh
yeah,
you and you and Tom Aspenol have been
linked for four, five, five, six years
now. Is this still going to happen
again? We we have to rebook this.
Correct.
Yeah, we we will see. We will see. We
will see. Yeah. Yeah. Is there a time
that you would or would not like to have
this rematch? Is it as soon as possible?
January, February, March. What do you
think?
We will see. I don't have the the the
good answer, brother.
Sorry.
Well, if you can uh go and enjoy some
recuperation. Wish you all the best. I'm
sorry it ended that way.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. Take care of yourself.