Despite suffering the event’s most gruesome injury, Devin Powell didn’t get much more than a standard medical suspension following his fight against Laureano Staropoli in Argentina.
Despite being an event that provided plenty of finishes, and a couple brutal beatings, the suspensions coming out of the UFC’s first trip to Argentina all look pretty routine. Jesus Pinedo and Anderson dos Santos both received the longest suspensions, connected chiefly to possible hand injuries suffered in their respective bouts.
Neil Magny and Khalil Rountree received 60 day suspensions, the result of their brutal KO losses at the hands of Santiago Ponzinibbio and Johnny Walker respectively. The event’s most gruesome injury, however? That award goes to Fight Pass prelims fighter Devin Powell.
Powell put up one of the more confounding performances of the evening; an uncharacteristically low-volume striking affair that included several prolonged instances of him lying on the mat, waiting for his opponent – Jesus Pinedo – to fall into his guard. All that makes a little more sense, however, with the post-fight revelation that he went through much of the bout blind in one eye.
Powell announced the injury in a post on his Instagram account:
“So that the was scariest injury I’ve had in a fight,” Powell wrote on social media, “In the middle of the second round I suffered a hematoma inside my eyeball. My whole right eye filled with blood (as you can see in the photo) making me completely blind in that eye all the way up until I left the hospital that night…”
Here’s the complete list of UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio medical suspensions (h/t MMA Fighting):
Santiago Ponzinibbio — Suspended 45 days | 30 days no contact
Neil Magny — Suspended 60 days | 45 days no contact
Ricardo Lamas — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Darren Elkins — Suspended 45 days | 30 days no contact
Johnny Walker — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Khalil Rountree — Suspended 60 days | 45 days no contact
Ian Heinisch — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Cezar Ferreira — Suspended 45 days | 30 days no contact
Marlon Vera — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Guido Cannetti — Suspended 45 days | 30 days no contact
Cynthia Calvillo — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Poliana Botelho — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Michel Prazeres — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Bartosz Fabinski — Suspended 45 days | 30 days no contact
Alexandre Pantoja — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Ulka Sasaki — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Austin Arnett — Suspended 30 days | 21 days no contact
Humberto Bandenay — Suspended 14 days | 7 days no contact
Laureano Staropoli — Suspended 30 days | 21 days no contact
Hector Aldana — Suspended 60 days | 45 days no contact
Jesus Pinedo — Suspended 180 days pending x-ray of right thumb (min. 30 days | 21 days no contact)
Devin Powell — Suspended 30 days | 21 days no contact
Nad Narimani — Suspended 30 days | 21 days no contact
Anderson dos Santos — Suspended 180 days pending x-ray of left thumb (min. 30 days | 21 days no contact)