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Two Headliners Face Six-Month Layoffs: UFC 224 Medical Suspensions

MMAWeekly.com Staff
Lyoto Machida bows to KOd Vitor Belfort at UFC 224
Lyoto Machida bows to KOd Vitor Belfort at UFC 224

On Monday, the Brazilian Athletic Commission of MMA (CABMMA) released the medical suspensions stemming from Saturday's UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington pay-per-view event. Most of the athletes that competed on the fight card received minimal suspensions but two face potentially lengthy time off.

Women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes defeated Raquel Pennington in the fight card's main event to retain her 135-pound title. During the post-fight press conference, Nunes had to be carried to her seat due to a foot injury. She received a six-month suspension pending an x-ray of her foot with a minimum suspension of 30 days with no contact for three weeks.

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza lost a split decision to Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event and also faces a six-month suspension pending a normal x-ray of his right foot with a minimum suspension of 45 days with no contact for 30 days.

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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington Medical Suspensions

  • Amanda Nunes: Suspended 180 days pending x-ray of right foot. Nunes faces a mandatory 30-day suspension with no contact for 14 days.

  • Raquel Pennington: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days and must be cleared by a facial surgeon.

  • Kelvin Gastelum: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.

  • Ronaldo Souza: Suspended 180 days pending normal x-ray of right foot. Souza faces a mandatory 45-day suspension with no contact for 30 days.

  • Mackenzie Dern: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Amanda Cooper: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • John Lineker: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Brian Kelleher: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days.

  • Lyoto Machida: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Vitor Belfort: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days. 

  • Cezar Ferreira: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Karl Roberson: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Oleksiy Oliynyk: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.

  • Junior Albini: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Davi Ramos: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Nick Hein: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Sean Strickland: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days.

  • Warley Alves: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Sultan Aliev: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days and must be released by a facial surgeon.

  • Jack Hermansson: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Thales Leites: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.

  • Ramazan Emeev: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • Alberto Mina: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.

  • Markus Perez: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.

  • James Bochnovic: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 7 days.