On Wednesday The Washington Department of Licensing released the medical suspensions for this past weekends UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz event, issuing suspensions to all of the events combatants.
Suspensions range from the mandatory minimum seven days up to six-months.
UFC on FOX 5 went down on Dec. 7, 2012 at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington with the main card airing on Fox television and the prelim card split between FX and Facebook.
A number of fighters received indefinite suspensions including Nate Diaz, Alexander Gustafsson, and BJ Penn. Fighters can have the suspension lifted following clearance from a physician.
Check out the full UFC on FOX 5 medical suspensions as listed by MMAWeekly.com below:
Main Card (Fox TV)
Benson Henderon: 7 days
Nate Diaz: 45-day suspension with 30 days of no contact, and an indefinite until cleared by a doctor with possible extension of original suspension to 60 days and clearance by an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor.Alexander Gustafsson: 30 days minimum suspension and indefinite until cleared by a doctor or he faces 180 days.
Marucio “Shogun” Rua: 30 daysRory MacDonald: 7 days
BJ Penn: 45-day suspension with 30 days of no contact, and indefinite until cleared by a doctorMatt Brown: 7 days
Mike Swick: 60 daysPreliminary Card (FX)
Yves Edwards: 30-day suspension with 21 days of no contact
Jeremy Stephens: 60-day suspension, and indefinite until cleared by a doctorRaphael Assuncao: 7 days and indefinite until cleared by an Orthopedic Surgeon
Mike Easton: 7 daysRamsey Nijem: 30 days, and indefinite until cleared by a doctor
Joe Proctor: 60 days, and indefinite with no contact until cleared by an Ear, Nose and Throat doctorDaron Cruickshank: 7 days
Henry Martinez: 60 days, and indefinite until cleared by a doctorAbel Trujillo: 7 days
Marcus LeVesseur: 30 daysDennis Siver: 7 days
Nam Phan: 45-day suspension with 30 days no contact, and indefinite until cleared by a doctorPreliminary Card (Facebook)
Scott Jorgensen: 7 days
John Albert: 7 days