The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board wasted little time in releasing their list of medical suspensions from Saturday night’s latest Strikeforce event.
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva took place on Feb. 12 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The main card aired on Showtime while the preliminary card was shown on HDNet live. The event opened the initial quarterfinal round of the Strikeforce heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament.
Six fighters from the Showtime televised main card received suspensions with headliner Fedor Emelianenko receiving the longest suspension.
Fedor received an indefinite suspension pending a CT scan of the head and facial bones. He was on the wrong end of opponent Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva’s ground-and-pound, being pounded so severely that his right eye was swollen shut at the end of the second round forcing the cageside doctor to put an end to the fight in Silva’s favor.
Tournament quarterfinal participant Andrei Arlovski, who was knocked out by Sergei Kharitonov in the first round, also received a suspension and will be out for 30 days.
The full Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva medical suspensions are as follows:
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Fedor Emelianenko: suspended indefinitely pending CT scan of head and facial bones. Also suspended 90 days for head strikes
Andrei Arlovski: suspended 30 days for knockout
Chad Griggs: suspended 30 days for hematoma on ear
Gian Villante: suspended 30 days for precautionary reasons
Don Carlo-Clauss: suspended 30 days for laceration healing
Anthony Leone: suspended indefinitely pending clearance by ear, nose and throat doctor for damage to nose; also suspended 90 days for healing.