For the first time in UFC history, a no contest was immediately declared in the main event of a title fight after an inadvertent eye poke brought an early end to UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday .

Fans react with disbelief and frustration across social media. What should have been a grand return for heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall turned into one of the most disappointing main events in recent memory.

Alemeida (22-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) repeatedly took down Volkov (39-11 MMA, 13-6 UFC) throughout the bout, but was largely unable to muster up any damage. In Round 1, Volkov reversed Almeida and landed ground-and-pound to likely to steal the round.

Aspinall, 32, has been nearly flawless since graduating to the company from the Cage Warriors promotion five years ago, winning eight of nine bouts and avenging an injury-prompted loss to Curtis Blaydes with a 60-second KO in July.

Alex Pereira was not pleased with the unfortunate outcome to UFC 321’s main event and has promised to “make the heavyweight division great again” alongside Jon Jones. On Saturday, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall headlined UFC 321 in a title fight against two-time challenger,

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Some might have predicted a first-round stoppage when Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane met in the main event of UFC 321 on Saturday, but no one could have foreseen the stoppage being because of an incidental eye poke.