Josh Hokit accuses Tom Aspinall of faking an eye injury to get UFC release

Josh Hokit doesn’t buy Tom Aspinall‘s eye injury.

Aspinall has been out of action for almost a year with an eye issue that is damaging his quality of life. The Brit was expecting to show the world why many considered him the best in the world, but an eye poke from Ciryl Gane caused career-altering damage. Aspinall has still not recovered from the poke and subsequent surgeries, being forced to back down from his UFC heavyweight champion status.

Despite vacating the title, Josh Hokit doesn’t believe Tom Aspinall is truly suffering. Instead, Hokit has accused Aspinall of purposely exaggerating the true extent of his eye injury to avoid fighting.

“When I’m the champ, I’m giving them four fights a year. I ain’t doing no pssy sht like Tom Aspinall,” Hokit said. “Where it’s like, sht, let’s wait 500 days for Jon Jones. That sht didn’t even come to fruition.”

Hokit continued.

“I don’t even think that sht’s real. I think he has his teammates farting on his pillow, type sht. And then he goes to sleep, gets pink eye, posts that sht on Instagram, ‘Hey, everybody, feel bad for me, I can’t fight still.’ He has fake surgery, all that other sht.”

“I think he’s just trying to get out of his deal, being honest… Maybe the UFC ain’t trying to pay him what he’s asking. But it’s like, man, his numbers speak for itself. I mean, nobody really cares to watch him fight at the end of the day. Not like the bigger names that request that type of money. So, he’s over his head on this one.”

There aren’t too many incentives for Tom Aspinall, a prize fighter, to avoid doing the job that makes him and his family money. Though Josh Hokit believes he’s found one.

Hokit concludes Aspinall’s true plan is to be released by the UFC so he can venture into the boxing ring.

“That sh*t’s all fake, gang. It’s not real… I don’t know if he’s paying doctors, but I think he’s trying to get that bag in boxing.