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All sports fans are harsh. Given the nature of mixed martial arts, its fans are even harsher. It doesn’t make much sense to call someone who steps into a contained space to get punched in the face repeatedly a pansy—or anything akin to a pansy—but MMA fans often do so. With that in mind, it comes as little surprise that many are labeling undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder Tom Aspinall a coward after he had his eyeballs penetrated by Cyril Gane’s fingers at UFC 321 in October.