Joe Rogan pushed back on the criticism Tom Aspinall received after his UFC 321 no-contest with Ciryl Gane, saying the heavyweight champion was blamed for a fight-ending foul instead of given room to recover. Verhoeven said he has trained with Aspinall for close to 10 years, and the exchange quickly moved into the backlash after Gane poked Aspinall in the eyes. Aspinall has spoken about the recovery since then, including the way the eye surgery compared with a vasectomy after the UFC 321 foul. It’s just a bad instinct that keeps happening, you know, guy charging at you. I just think he’s trying to finish fights.