UFC Fight Night 78 Medical Suspensions: Neil Magny and Diego Sanchez Out Up to Six Months
Nine fighters from UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum could be on the sidelines for the next six months, including main eventer Neil Magny.
Magny stepped in on late notice to upset Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC Fight Night 78 headliner on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Monterrey, Mexico, but received a 180-day suspension due to concerns over a possible broken left hand.
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Eight other fighters joined him with possible six-month suspensions, including debuting featherweight Diego Sanchez.
Without a local sanctioning body in Monterrey, the UFC self-regulated the event, issuing the UFC Fight Night 78 medical suspensions via MixedMartialArts.com, the official mixed martial arts record-keeper.
UFC Fight Night 78 Medical Suspensions
Neil Magny: 180 days or negative x-ray of left hand; 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Ricardo Lamas: 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Diego Sanchez: 180 days or negative x-ray of left leg; 45 days no fight, 30 days no contact
Henry Cejudo: 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Erik Montano: 180 days or negative x-ray of left ankle; 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Enrique Marin: 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Enrique Barzola: 180 days or negative MRI of left shoulder; 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Horacio Gutierrez: 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Leandro Silva: 180 days or negative MRI of left shoulder and left elbow; 30 days no fight, 21 days no contact
Erik Perez: 180 days or negative x-ray of right foot
Hector Urbina: 180 days or negative nasal x-ray; 45 days no fight, 30 days no contact
Scott Jorgensen: 180 days or orthopedic clearance of left hand; 30 days no fight, 30 days no contact
Gabriel Benitez: 45 days no fight, 30 days no contact
Vernon Ramos: 45 days no fight, 30 days no contact
Polo Reyes: 180 days or negative x-ray of left hand
Cesar Arzamendia: 45 days no fight, 30 days no contact
