This gruesome eye poke in UFC 252 left Daniel Cormier unable to see out of one eye

At UFC 252 on Saturday night, heavyweight fighter Stipe Miocic poked Daniel Cormier in the eye, which left him unable to see out of one eye.

Gruesome images of the poke made rounds on the internet, in part because fans were frustrated that the referee missed it. After losing to Miocic, Cormier conducted a post-fight interview and said his eye was in bad shape. He went to the hospital after the fight.

“I mean, look at my eye,” Cormier told Joe Rogan in their post-fight interview. “I couldn’t even (expletive) see the rest of the fight. I can’t see anything out of my left eye. It’s black. It is what it is. It doesn’t matter. I told Marc (Goddard) he poked me, but he said he thought it was a punch. But after the fight he said, ‘Yeah, I saw it on the replay.’ I just can’t see out of my left eye. It doesn’t matter, though. Whatever. It is what it is.”

Here’s a look at the eye gouge. And a word of WARNING: this photo isn’t for the faint of heart.

Despite the loss and his unfortunate physical condition, Cormier said he intended to retire after this fight, which was his plan all along.

“It just sucks, being on the losing end of two big fights and trilogies – it’s a very sad position to be in,” Cormier said. “But I will deal with it as I’ve dealt with things in the past. I’m not interested in fighting for anything but titles, and I don’t imagine there’s going to be a title in the future. So that’ll be it for me.”

There is no update on the state of Cormier’s eye since he made a trip to the hospital. His Twitter account has been silent since the fight. We’ll keep you in the loop, if there’s any news.