UFC News & FeaturesUFC on ESPN 11 Medical Suspensions: Five Fighters Facing 180-Day Terms
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Emmett recently revealed that he suffered a torn ACL along with multiple other injuries in a unanimous decision triumph over Shane Burgos in the evening’s co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Emmett will be sidelined for at least 180 days unless he is cleared by an orthopedic doctor. Burgos, meanwhile, is suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days until a laceration under his right eye is cleared by a doctor.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission recently released a full list
of medical suspensions from the event. Four other fighters from UFC
on ESPN 11 are facing 180-day terms pending medical clearance:
Roosevelt
Roberts (left elbow), Tecia
Torres (left hand), Brianna
Van Buren (right hand) and Cortney
Casey (right hand, wrist).
UFC on ESPN 11 Medical Suspensions:
Curtis Blaydes: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days due to lip laceration
Alexander Volkov: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Josh Emmett: Suspended 180 days or until MRI of left knee is cleared by orthopedic sports medicine doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Shane Burgos: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days or until laceration under right eye is cleared by a doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Marion Reneau: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to a hard fight
Belal Muhammad: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days due to right eyebrow laceration
Roosevelt Roberts: Suspended 180 days or until MRI and x-ray of left elbow is cleared by an orthopedic medicine doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Clay Guida: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 30 days
Tecia Torres: Suspended 180 days or until left hand x-ray is cleared by orthopedic/sports medicine doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Brianna Van Buren: Suspended 180 days or until right hand is cleared by an orthopedic/sports medicine doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Marc-Andre Barriault: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Oskar Piechota: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 21 days
Cortney Casey: Suspended 180 days or until right hand and wrist x-rays are cleared by orthopedic/sports medicine doctor; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Justin Jaynes: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days or until right supraorbital laceration is cleared by a doctor
Frank Camacho: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
Roxanne Modafferi: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
Max Rohskopf: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days due to laceration above left eye
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