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Tony Ferguson has been medically suspended for at least 60 days following his stoppage loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249.
It looks like Tony Ferguson will be out of action for the foreseeable future, as The Florida State Boxing Commission has suspended the former interim lightweight champion for a minimum of 60 days following his fifth-round TKO loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 this past Saturday.
Gaethje, however, has been medically cleared and is eligible to return to the Octagon as soon as possible. ‘The Highlight’ battered Ferguson from pillar-to-post in the UFC 249 main event and became the first man to stop ‘El Cucuy’ with strikes.
UFC 249 co-headliners Henry Cejudo and Dominick Cruz both received minimum 45 day suspensions but ‘Triple C’ is retired. Cejudo dropped and finished Cruz in the second round to retain his UFC bantamweight title and announced his retirement in the post-fight interview.
Check out the full list of UFC 249 medical suspensions below, per MMA Junkie’s Nolan King.
- Sam Alvey: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
- Ryan Spann: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
- Charles Rosa: Suspended 30 days
- Bryce Mitchell: No suspension
- Niko Price: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 60 days mandatory
- Vicente Luque: Suspended 30 days
- Michelle Waterson: Suspended 30 days
- Carla Esparza: No suspension
- Fabricio Werdum: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician
- Aleksei Oleinik: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician
- Donald Cerrone: Suspended 30 days
- Anthony Pettis: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
- Yorgan De Castro: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
- Greg Hardy: No suspension
- Jeremy Stephens: Suspended 60 days
- Calvin Kattar: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 60 days mandatory
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik: Suspended 60 days
- Francis Ngannou: No suspension
- Dominick Cruz: Suspended 45 days
- Henry Cejudo: Suspended 45 days
- Tony Ferguson: Total suspension pending results; 60 days mandatory
- Justin Gaethje: No suspension