Cat Zingano Calls For Rule Change After Eye Poke Defeat At UFC 232
Back at UFC 232 in December, former UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Cat Zingano suffered a bizarre injury.
She was hit with a vicious eye poke during her fight against Megan Anderson. However, it came by way of a head kick, as one of Anderson’s toes hit Zingano in the eye. Zingano was unable to defend herself and was finished by way of TKO. She recently and unsuccessfully appealed that defeat.
Speaking to media at UFC on ESPN 1, Zingano warned something should be done about the rules. If not, it will be “open season” on eye pokes (via MMAjunkie):
“If they don’t make a rule on it, it’s open season on eye pokes. I’ve got mad dexterity with my toes, so if you’re telling me we get to just aim for people’s eyeballs with our toes now, that’s not really safe moving forward, but we’ll all find a way to win.
“If you put me in some thing on the ground, and I get to dig my toes into your eyes, too, that’s kind of gnarly, but we’re in there trying to survive. Me or you, man.”
“Alpha” noted that she’s still suffering from some symptoms from her injury, but doctors expect her to make a full recovery. She even spoke to Michael Bisping, who offered her advice on how he handled his own famous eye injury.
