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Bellator 208 Medical Suspensions: Chael Sonnen Receives Short Ban

Check out the full list of Bellator 208 medical suspensions, featuring Chael Sonnen who will be forced to sit 30 days.

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Several competitors on the Bellator 208 card have received medical suspensions from the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC).

After his first-round TKO loss to Fedor Emelianenko in the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finals, Chael Sonnen will be forced to sit 30 days. Fedor received a seven-day ban after his victory.

Andy Martin leads the way with a 60-day suspension, while both Ryan Castro and Jessica Ruiz have received 45-day suspensions. You can check out the full list of medical suspensions below (via MMA Fighting):

  • Andy Main: 60 days
  • Ryan Castro: 45 days
  • Jessica Ruiz: 45 days
  • Chael Sonnen: 30 days
  • Timothy Johnson: 30 days
  • Christian Medina: 30 days
  • Eric Olsen: 30 days
  • Anatoly Tokov: 14 days
  • Fedor Emelianenko: 7 days
  • Benson Henderson: 7 days
  • Saad Awad: 7 days
  • Cheick Kongo: 7 days
  • Alexander Shlemenko: 7 days
  • Henry Corrales: 7 days
  • Jerome Mickle: 7 days
  • Nick Fiore: 7 days
  • Tommy Espinosa: 7 days
  • Sukhrob Aydarbekov: 7 days
  • Zarrukh Adashev: 7 days
  • Drews Rodriguez: 7 days
  • Michael Diorio: 7 days
  • Dennis Buzukja: 7 days
  • Jeremy Puglia: 7 days
  • Jennifer Chieng: 7 days
  • Shaquan Moore: 7 days
  • David Meshkhoradze: 7 days

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Bellator 208 Medical Suspensions: Chael Sonnen Gets 30 Days

Chael Sonnen gets a 30-day sit on the list of Bellator 208 medical suspensions. Bellator 208 took place inside NYCB Live in Uniondale, New York earlier this month. In the main event, Fedor Emelianenko went one-on-one with Sonnen in a semifinal bout in …

Chael Sonnen gets a 30-day sit on the list of Bellator 208 medical suspensions. Bellator 208 took place inside NYCB Live in Uniondale, New York earlier this month. In the main event, Fedor Emelianenko went one-on-one with Sonnen in a semifinal bout in the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix. Emelianenko won the bout via first-round […]

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Chael Sonnen Is “Heartbroken” After Bellator 208 Defeat

Chael Sonnen came up just short last weekend (Sat. October 13, 2018) in his bid for the Bellator heavyweight title. Sonnen was defeated by mixed martial arts (MMA) legend Fedor Emelianenko via first-round TKO. The bout was the semi-finals for the Bella…

Chael Sonnen came up just short last weekend (Sat. October 13, 2018) in his bid for the Bellator heavyweight title. Sonnen was defeated by mixed martial arts (MMA) legend Fedor Emelianenko via first-round TKO. The bout was the semi-finals for the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament. The winner was to face Ryan Bader for the […]

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Chael Sonnen Is ‘Heartbroken’ After Loss To Fedor Emelianenko

Former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen is “heartbroken” after his TKO loss to Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 208.

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Over this past weekend (Sat. October 13, 2018) Chael Sonnen suffered a heartbreaking loss at Bellator 208.

In the semi-finals of Bellator’s Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament, Fedor Emelianenko defeated “The American Gangster” via first-round TKO. Fedor will advance to the tournament finals to face Ryan Bader, and crown a new Bellator heavyweight champion.

After his losing effort, Sonnen spoke to “The MMA Hour” to offer his reaction to the loss. Sonnen noted that everything hurt him physically at the moment, and emotionally, he feels heartbroken (via MMA Fighting):

“Physically, everything hurts,” said Sonnen. “[Emelianenko] hit me with a missile about five-seconds in. That one still hurts a little bit. But other than that, I am doing well…My teeth are okay.

“If I had one wish going into a fight, aside from serious injury, it’s that I won’t lose a tooth. I had that same wish since I started this when I was 19 years old.

“But, yes they are all intact. Emotionally, I get heartbroken about these things. From a competitive standpoint, I have dedicated my whole life to this since I was nine years old and I would have started earlier if my dad would have let me.

“He wouldn’t let me start until I was nine. It hurts. It hurts really bad that you don’t get those moments back.”

Sonnen has shared the cage and lost to legends of mixed martial arts (MMA) before. Those include names such as Anderson Silva (twice), Jon Jones, Tito Ortiz, and Rashad Evans. The heartbreaking feeling is no stranger to Sonnen. But at the end of the day, Sonnen believes this is what it means to be a fighter:

“I’ve had these feelings before,” said Sonnen. “I am convinced, in my interpretation, this is what it means to be a fighter. Somewhere over time that word became corrupted.

“It became about the punches and the kicks. But I’ve always believed it’s feeling like I’m feeling right now and getting out of bed anyway and facing the media and getting back on it.

“So now I have to be a fighter. I prefer to be a winner, I prefer to be on top of the world and looking down on everybody else. But today I’ve got to fight.”

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Bader vs. Fedor Is The Best-Case Scenario For Bellator

After this past weekend’s Bellator 207 and Bellator 208 events, we now know who the finalists of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix are. On Friday night, Ryan Bader used takedowns and ground-and-pound to dominate Matt Mitrione en route to a lops…

After this past weekend’s Bellator 207 and Bellator 208 events, we now know who the finalists of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix are. On Friday night, Ryan Bader used takedowns and ground-and-pound to dominate Matt Mitrione en route to a lopsided unanimous decision win. With the win, Bader emerged as the finalist of his side […]

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Daniel Cormier Gives His Prediction on Who Wins The Heavyweight Title after Bellator 208

UFC Light heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Cormier gave his prediction and support for Ryan Bader to win the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix. The two have had their differences in the past but that is behind them now according to what Bader…

UFC Light heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Cormier gave his prediction and support for Ryan Bader to win the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix. The two have had their differences in the past but that is behind them now according to what Bader said at the post-fight press conference when he addressed the media about facing […]

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