Seven UFC 129 Fighters Receive 60-Day Suspensions

[Boanerges]

The Ontario Athletic Commission released a list today of fighters who were medically suspended due to injuries sustained during UFC 129 on Saturday night.

Seven fighters received 60-day suspensions, two received 45-day suspension, two received 30-day suspensions and the remaining 13 received the OAC’s traditional 14-day precautionary suspensions.

Here is the complete list released by the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services this morning:

• Georges St. Pierre: Suspended 60 days for eye injury; must be cleared by an ophthalmologist before he can return.

• Mark Hominick: Suspended 60 days as a precaution; must undergo CT scan before he can return.

• Randy Couture: Suspended 60 days for knockout; must undergo CT scan before he can return.

• Jason Brilz: Suspended 60 days for knockout; must undergo CT scan before he can return.

• Sean Pierson: Suspended 60 days for knockout; must undergo CT scan before he can return.

• Charlie Valencia: Suspended 60 days for knockout; must undergo CT scan before he can return.

• Kyle Watson: Suspended 60 for left eye laceration and knockout; must undergo CT scan before he can return.

• Nate Diaz: Suspended 45 days for left eye laceration.

• Jake Ellenberger: Suspended 45 days for possible hand injury; must undergo an X-ray before he can return.

• Jose Aldo: Suspended 30 days for facial lacerations.

• Mark Bocek: Suspended 30 days for head laceration.

• Jake Shields: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Lyoto Machida: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Vladimir Matyushenko: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Benson Henderson: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Rory MacDonald: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Claude Patrick: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Daniel Roberts: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Ivan Menjivar: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Jason MacDonald: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Ryan Jensen: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• John Makdessi: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Pablo Garza: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

• Yves Jabouin: Suspended 14 days as a precaution.

-Cage Potato

[ptate]

I had no idea that fighters got suspended for an injury. I figured they usually took some time off after a fight anyway. Thanks for the info, I learned something new today

[cdavidson9]

I didn't see it.. does that mean that Shields got the belt?? (seeing that St.Pierre got the eye injury and Jake only had a 14 day??)

[snakeman13]

I didn't see it.. does that mean that Shields got the belt?? (seeing that St.Pierre got the eye injury and Jake only had a 14 day??)

St.Pierre by unanimous decision.
the eye injury was from a punch that his glove scraped the eyeball.

[cdavidson9]

NICE!!! (well not about the scratch..) But happy for Georges. He's the man!!!!!

[Royal Morphz]

Canada is very safe they don't leave up to the fighter to get rested and well they make it a suspension to insure they are well

[Keyboard Warrior]

GSP probably won't be fighting for another 6 monthes to a year, anyways. But hopefully the eye injury isn't anything serious.

[ted1025]

Are the suspensions just for fighting on a card or from everything including training and what not

[Boanerges]

Are the suspensions just for fighting on a card or from everything including training and what not

I am pretty sure it is from both for health reasons. I don't see how they can stop a person from training like they can from the person fighting on a card but in some instances I don't think the person can train if they wanted to and probably in the fighters best interest to just take it easy until medically safe.