By the way, some people really compare Shara Bullet to Cejudo but that's not correct because Shara Bullet has been without an eye for a long time and when you are without it, over time, your brain tries to adapt changes and you see very well with the one eye. Shara will probably be able to see 80% of what he was seeing before because his brain has adapted to circumstances for years while a healthy individual might struggle a lot if he covers one eye for a moment, so I understand Cejudo's worries, I wouldn't risk fight a professional fighter with one eye (If I'm not Shara).
Maybe its because of their gloves. But this has been a problem for years, and there is no solution so far. New gloves are same crap as old.
Dana White returned eye poke gloves back.
It would be more fair to end Cejudo vs Song fight as no contest. Cejudo wasnt winning, rested for 5 minutes and took decision not to continue. I know that no one is protected about eye pokes, but Cejudo has tons of fighting experience. I think guys like him are able to fight even with eyes closed. And I find it amazing that such promotion as UFC cant solve eye poking problem for ages. With their experience and resources they would have created perfect mma gloves long time ago.
Arman Tsarukyan
Btw, I have heard that Ilia Topuria, who has vacated his belt, was offered to fight Tsarukyan, but he has refused that offer. I really dont think that Topuria will get Makhachev next. In fact, I think with his move to lightweight, Topuria will lose all his advantages in speed and strength. Just like McGregor, who after moving to lightweight has lost all his magic and start loosing.