Just one week after Tom Aspinall received a brutal eye poke, the UFC was caught up by a fresh controversy.But this time, it was Aspinall’s famous teammate Ante Delija, who did the poking during his clash with Waldo Cortes-Acosta in Las Vegas.GettyAspinall’s teammate Delija was sparked out within the opening round after poking his rival in the eye[/caption]Cortes-Acosta took a dig at Aspinall after fighting through the eye poke to beat the champion’s teammate DelijaGettyThe UFC champion had himself received a brutal gouge in both eyes from Ciryl Gane during their heavyweight title clash at UFC 321 last week, which saw him unable to continue.And it was Acosta, who in the same opening round, was victim of the same accidental rule break.Incredibly, Delija landed what he thought was a left hand on the eye of Acosta which saw the referee step in and break the pair.The giant Croat thought he had won by stoppage and began celebrating with his team.But with Acosta holding his eye, the referee ruled the left hand as an eye poke with replays showing fingers entered the right eye of the Dominican heavyweight.After being given a break to recover, the 34-year-old decided to do what Aspinall unfortunately couldn’t and battle on in the opening round.But when the action resume, it was a simply incredible turn of events that proceeded to unfold.What happened after Delija poked Acosta’s eye?Incredibly, after such ecstasy of a seeming early win early on, it was disaster for Delija.The talent, in just his second fight with the UFC, found himself flat on his back later in the round as a booming counter right hand crushed flush into the chin of Delija.After some follow-up shots from Acosta, the referee jumped in and halted the action with the victim of the eye poke left jubilant.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCVegas110?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwHaving fought through the injury, he of course decided to have a dig at Aspinall who has since been received medical treatment after his own eye poke hell.And Acosta decided to make a play for the champion, calling him out for a future fight after his stunning display.He said: “I feel a finger go deep inside my eye.“The referee said stop, I stopped. I don’t know the referee or something didn’t poke me in the eyes. “I decided to continue because I feel I can continue, my eye is at like 20 percent vision. [Tom] Aspinall, I will go for you, I’ll be ready.“I’m mad. I’m Dominican. That’s in my blood. I’m excited. I want to come back. I want to be champion of the world.”What next for Tom Aspinall?For now, Aspinall is out of UFC action while he recovers from the injury, with his father suggesting he has yet to have full vision restored.Upon his return, which will now almost definitely take place in 2026, an immediate sequel with Ciryl Gane seems imminent.Dana White indicated such outcome would be most likely in the immediate aftermath of the doomed showdown.