Medical Suspensions Issued For Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum

Medical suspensions were handed down by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Thursday for last weekends Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum event in Dallas, Texas.
Receiving the lengthiest suspension was lightweight Conor Heun who suffered a broken arm in his win over Magno Almeida. Heun is under a suspension until Aug. 28 of this […]

medicalsuspensions8dMedical suspensions were handed down by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Thursday for last weekends Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum event in Dallas, Texas.

Receiving the lengthiest suspension was lightweight Conor Heun who suffered a broken arm in his win over Magno Almeida. Heun is under a suspension until Aug. 28 of this year for the arm and a potentially torn MCL in his knee.

Headliners Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum received the same 10-day suspensions like most of the competitors from the June 18 event received.

Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum took place on June 18 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The main card aired on Showtime while the prelim card was shown live on HDNet.

The full list of medical suspensions for Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum (as posted by MMAWeekly.com) are as follows:

Alistair Overeem suspended until 6/28/11
Fabricio Werdum suspended until 6/28/11
Josh Barnett suspended until 6/28/11
Brett Rogers suspended until 6/28/11
Jorge Masvidal suspended until 6/28/11
K.J. Noons suspended until 7/19/11
Daniel Cormier suspended until 6/28/11
Jeff Monson suspended until 6/28/11
Chad Griggs suspended until 6/26/11
Valentijn Overeem suspended until 7/19/11
Gesias ‘JZ’ Cavalcante suspended until 6/26/11
Justin Wilcox suspended until 8/3/11
Conor Heun suspended until 8/28/11
Magno Almeida suspended until 6/28/11
Joshua Ray suspended until 7/28/11
Nah-Shon Burrell suspended until 6/28/11
Isaac Vallie-Flag suspended until 6/28/11
Brian Melancon suspended until 6/28/11
Mike Bronzoulis suspended until 6/28/11
Todd Moore suspended until 6/28/11