Justin Tafa was on the wrong end of a gruesome eye poke at UFC Jacksonville this weekend. His main-card bout against Austen Lane ended in tragedy for the Kiwi as he suffered a debilitating injury in the first round. The fight was ruled as a no-contest just 29 seconds into the bout.Tafa was riding a two-fight win streak heading into the weekend, and he will have to regroup following the unexpected result. Justin Tafa took to Twitter following his fight and declared that he should still receive his win bonus and that his opponent should have been disqualified:"I deserve my Win bonus that’s a DQ man"See the post below:Justin Tafa@justin_tafaI deserve my Win bonus that’s a DQ man5841269I deserve my Win bonus that’s a DQ man https://t.co/CMNdW0ZUtLAusten Lane also took to Twitter following the unfortunate result and extended his apologies to the Kiwi as well as Jacksonville, his home town:"Justin Tafa… I apologize. Not how I wanted it to go down. That sh*t is on me and I hope your eye is alright. To the city I call home. The energy you gave me as I was walking out will be something I’ll remember the rest of my life. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you show."See the post below:Austen Lane@A_Train_92Justin Tafa… I apologize. Not how I wanted it to go down. That shit is on me and I hope your eye is alright. To the city I call home. The energy you gave me as I was walking out will be something I’ll remember the rest of my life. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you show.44038Justin Tafa… I apologize. Not how I wanted it to go down. That shit is on me and I hope your eye is alright. To the city I call home. The energy you gave me as I was walking out will be something I’ll remember the rest of my life. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you show.The referee in charge of the bout, Dan Miragliotta, ruled that the eye poke was accidental. This led to the result being confirmed as a no-contest. Had Miragliotta ruled the eye poke as intentional, the result would have been a disqualification for Austen Lane.MMA pros react to Justin Tafa's brutal eye injury at UFC JacksonvilleJustin Tafa's hopes of extending his two-fight win streak were shattered inside 30 seconds of the first round against Austen Lane at UFC Jacksonville last night.The Kiwi suffered one of the worst eye pokes in memory, and the fight was called off by the doctor following a close inspection of Tafa's eye.MMA pros took to Twitter to react to the gruesome injury, and the collective concern was evident. Francis Ngannou's head coach, Eric Nicksick, said:"Bro, take this guy to hospital ASAP, before he loses his sight."Eric Nicksick@Eric_XCMMABro, take this guy to the hospital ASAP, before he loses his sight. #UFCJacksonville76169Bro, take this guy to the hospital ASAP, before he loses his sight. #UFCJacksonvilleBelal Muhammad, who has himself been on the wrong end of a terrible eye poke, tweeted:"Ugh that was a bad poke he’s needs to go to the hospital"Belal Muhammad@bullyb170Ugh that was a bad poke he’s needs to go to the hospital37010Ugh that was a bad poke he’s needs to go to the hospitalUFC fighters Terrance McKinney, Chris Curtis and Casey O'Neill all took to Twitter to react to the incident. Terrance McKinney@twrecks155Hope he’s good man eye injury arent a joke definitely the worst eye poke to date2898Hope he’s good man eye injury arent a joke definitely the worst eye poke to date https://t.co/Ac7pTIlDubChris Curtis The Action Man@Actionman513Lol how is that accidental? man straight up said "KRAV MAGA!" twitter.com/UFC_Obsessed/s…MS@UFC_ObsessedYikes45522Yikes https://t.co/WwsF7IW05OLol how is that accidental? 😂 man straight up said "KRAV MAGA!" twitter.com/UFC_Obsessed/s…Casey Oneill@kingcaseymmaThat eye poke was vicious oh my goodness, his eye is bleeding #UFCJacksonville1398That eye poke was vicious oh my goodness, his eye is bleeding #UFCJacksonville