All UFC 145 Participants Receive Medical Suspensions Following Saturday’s Show

On Monday, the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission released their medical suspensions for this past weekends UFC 145 event. All twenty-four event participants received some sort of sentence, ranging from seven days for “precautionary reasons”, to 60-day suspensions for a knockout loss. UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans went down this past Saturday (April 21, 2012) […]

On Monday, the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission released their medical suspensions for this past weekends UFC 145 event.

All twenty-four event participants received some sort of sentence, ranging from seven days for “precautionary reasons”, to 60-day suspensions for a knockout loss.

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans went down this past Saturday (April 21, 2012) at the Philips Arena in Atlanta with portions of the live event airing on Facebook, FX television, and pay-per-view.

Receiving the longest suspension was UFC bantamweight Miguel Torres, who was sidelined with the 60-day sentence following his first round knockout loss to Michael McDonald on the main card. As part of his sentence, Torres must also undergo a CT scan.

Headliners, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones and opponent Rashad Evans, were given seven day suspensions for precautionary reasons.

The full list of medical suspensions, according to MMAjunkie.com, are as follows:

Mac Danzig: Suspended indefinitely pending results of right-ankle X-ray
Miguel Torres: Suspended 60 days; needs CT scan
Che Mills: Suspended 45 days for precautionary reasons
Brendan Schaub: Suspended 45 days for precautionary reasons
Eddie Yagin: Suspended 30 days, including 21 days with no contact
Mark Hominick: Suspended 30 days, including 21 days with no contact
Chad Griggs: Suspended 30 days, including 21 days with no contact
Matt Brown: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Stephen Thompson: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Keith Wisniewski: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Jon Jones: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Rashad Evans: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Rory MacDonald: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Ben Rothwell: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Michael McDonald: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Mark Bocek: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
John Alessio: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Travis Browne: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Anthony Njokuani: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
John Makdessi: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Efrain Escudero: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Chris Clements: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Marcus Brimage: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons
Maximo Blanco: Suspended seven days for precautionary reasons