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The UFC 234 medical suspensions have been announced following last week’s pay-per-view (PPV) from Melbourne.

In the main event of the night, Israel Adesanya defeated Anderson Silva via unanimous decision. Both fighters have received six-month medical suspensions for their participation in the contest, unless cleared by an ophthalmologist. Bantamweight Ricky Simon has also received a six-month suspension after his win over Rani Yahya.

However, he can return sooner if cleared by a doctor for his ight shoulder and right hand injuries. Check out the full UFC 234 medical suspensions below (via MMA Junkie):

• Israel Adesanya: suspended 180 days or until cleared by ophthalmologist for left eye; suspended a minimum of seven days.
• Anderson Silva: suspended 180 days or until cleared by ophthalmologist for right eye; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
• Ricky Simon: suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor for right shoulder and right hand; suspended a minimum of 45 days with 30 days no contact.
• Rani Yahya: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for hard bout.
• Montana De La Rosa: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Nadia Kassem: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.
• Jim Crute: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Sam Alvey: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO.
• Devonte Smith: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Dong Hyun Ma: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for left shin; suspended a minimum of 45 days with 30 days no contact.
• Shane Young: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for right foot; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
• Austin Arnett: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.
• Kai Kara-France: suspended 180 days or until cleared by MRI for right wrist; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
• Raulian Paiva: suspended 45 days for left brow laceration and 30 days no contact.
• Kyung Ho Kang: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Teruto Ishihara: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for TKO.
• Lando Vannata: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Marcos Mariano: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Jalin Turner: mandatory seven-day suspension.
• Callan Potter: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for TKO.
• Jonathan Martinez: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for left elbow; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
• Wuliji Buren: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for right toe laceration.

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Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva’s fight at UFC 234 had fans on the edge of their seats.

Adesanya was able to best the former 185-pound king via unanimous decision. However, despite being 43 years old, spectators were very surprised with how competitive the Brazilian actually was in the fight. After it was all said and done, Adesanya was honored to have shared the Octagon with one of the legends who inspired him to become a UFC fighter in the first place.

Speaking to “The MMA Hour” recently, “Stylebender” admits the moment is still a surreal one to him (via MMA Fighting):

“It’s still cool,” Adesanya said. “Still very cool. Still kind of surreal a little bit. Because I was watching it myself, there’s certain moments that just, for me they’re like special moments for me because they were sh*t that I kind of like, I already knew and I’ve seen before happen many times with other fighters, Silva’s opponents, and I never fell victim to.”

While the fight certainly was more competitive than expected, Adesanya doesn’t think Silva ever truly matched him during the fight. He pointed to a few instances where Silva actually did catch him cleanly a few times, but ultimately, Adesanya believes he out-classe “The Spider” from start to finish:

“[The fight was] competitive to the point that he brought it, yes, but not competitive to the point that he was matching me,” Adesanya said. “One time he was able to match me was in the second round, and that was because he landed a nice jab, you know?

“Good on him. Credit to him. He landed that nice jab, and he flipped it, it was well-timed, and the second follow up jab was well timed, and he was like oh sh*t I gotta get this guy now. So it was time to put that pressure on him, put the sauce on. And he brought that energy,

“I felt that energy and I was like man, this is how people wilt under him, they don’t know what to do.”

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