Six competitors from last Saturday’s (May 19, 2012) Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final event received six month medical suspensions from the California State Athletic Commission on Monday.
The CSAC made the medical suspensions available on Monday, sentencing nine fighters in total from 60 to 180 day suspensions.
Not surprisingly, both heavyweight headliners, Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett, were handed six month suspensions for injuries to their hands. Cormier for a possible middle finger fracture, and Barnett for a fractured left hand.
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier took place on May 19, 2012 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California with the main card airing on Showtime and the prelim card airing on Showtime Extreme.
The full list of medical suspensions, courtesy of MMAWeekly.com, is as follows:
Main Card
Daniel Cormier was suspended for 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible right second finger fracture and 60 days unless cleared by a physician for left eyelid laceration.
Josh Barnett was suspended for 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible left hand fracture and 60 days unless cleared by a physician for multiple facial lacerations.
Josh Thomson was suspended for 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible left knee fracture and possible right hand fracture.
Preliminary Card
Isaac Valle-Flagg was suspended for 60 days unless cleared by a physician for a one-inch laceration for right south orbital area.
Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante was suspended for 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible left shoulder ligament injury.
Virgil Zwicker was suspended 30 days for a hard bout and 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible left middle finger fracture.
Yuri Villefort was suspended for 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible right knee ligament injury.
Bobby Green was suspended for 180 days unless cleared by a physician for possible third finger fracture on left hand.
James Terry was suspended for 60 days unless cleared by a physician for possible nasal fracture and laceration.