Benson Henderson reacts after defeating Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 inside Pepsi Center on August 11, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Nick Laham via UFC.com)
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies’s Office of Boxing issued medical suspensions to just eight of the twenty fighters competing at last weekends UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar event.
The longest suspensions were handed down to Melvin Guillard, Justin Lawrence and Jared Hamman, who all received 60-day sentences. Guillard was knocked out, while both Lawrence and Hamman suffered TKO losses.
UFC 150 took place on August 11, 2012 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Headlining the pay-per-view event was a UFC lightweight title rematch between champion Benson Henderson and former title holder Frankie Edgar. Of the two fighters, only Henderson received a medical suspension and must be cleared by a physician before he can fight again. The exact nature of the suspension was not released by the agency.
The full list of suspensions, as posted by MMAFighting.com, is as follows:
Benson Henderson: Must be cleared by a physician
Melvin Guillard: 60 days
Buddy Roberts: 30 days
Justin Lawrence: 60 days + physician clearance
Jared Hamman: 60 days
Ken Stone: 30 days
Dustin Pague: 45 days
Eiji Mitsuoka: 45 days