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Charles Oliveira Suspended For UFC 210 Post-Fight Celebration

The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) isn’t done with their strange decision making for last weekend’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo. After massive controversy arose first at the event’s early weigh-ins – both in the form of Daniel Cormier’s questionable ‘towelgate’ and Pearl Gonzalez’s initial banning from the event

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The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) isn’t done with their strange decision making for last weekend’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo.

After massive controversy arose first at the event’s early weigh-ins – both in the form of Daniel Cormier’s questionable ‘towelgate’ and Pearl Gonzalez’s initial banning from the event due to her having breast implants – and then the absolute mess that the ending of the Gegard Mousasi vs. Chris Weidman co-main event became, another fighter on the card has been suspended for doing something we see fighters do on a consistent basis.

Lightweight Charles Oliveira has been held out of action for 60 days for jumping over the cage in the immediate moments after his first-round submission win over Will Brooks on the main card.

That’s according to NYSAC representative Laz Benitez, who confirmed the punishment to MMAJunkie.com:

“Charles Oliveira was administratively suspended 60 days for exiting the fighting area by jumping over the cage after his bout.”

Jumping over the cage wall at the height of an emotional victory is hardly anything new for MMA fans, as we’ve seen countless other athletes do just that after coming out on top in UFC bouts. They’re often warned by the cageside staff to get down, but few fighters actually end up suspended for their over-exuberant celebrations.

However, the NYSAC, as we’ve seen to an extreme degree over the past week, is not like every – or any – other commission, and will do what they see fit regardless of what conventional wisdom or the fans and media think. They also suspended Yoel Romero the same term for jumping over the cage following his TKO win over Weidman at last November’s UFC 205.

The suspension probably won’t affect Oliveira, who returned to lightweight for his win over Brooks after he missed weight by nearly 10 pounds before losing to Ricardo Lamas in his previous fight, all that much, as UFC fighters rarely turn around in two months’ time.

The decision more serves to the chaos of the NYSAC’s strange regulation of MMA so far, as they’ve appeared brutally harsh on some things while allowing some other astonishing things to fly, such as Cormier holding the towel and the unclear use of instant replay or referee accountability in the Mousasi vs. Weidman ending, even if “The Dreamcatcher’s” knees were legal and he was on his way to finishing the bout.

That’s to be expected from a state that’s only regulated MMA for months – at least some of it. But the NYSAC could also be moving towards losing a ton of potential revenue for the state if they keep alienating the world’s biggest MMA promotion as well.

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Charles Oliveira Suspended 60 Days for Leaving Cage at UFC 210 vs. Will Brooks

A premature celebration will force Charles Oliveira to spend some time out of the cage.
According to Shaun Al-Shatti of MMAFighting.com and ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, the fighter has been suspended 60 days by the New York State Athletic Commission for…

A premature celebration will force Charles Oliveira to spend some time out of the cage.

According to Shaun Al-Shatti of MMAFighting.com and ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, the fighter has been suspended 60 days by the New York State Athletic Commission for leaving the Octagon before his bout against Will Brooks at UFC 210 was officially over.

Oliveira won a first-round submission over Brooks that earned him “Performance of the Night.” He followed that up by climbing the fence to celebrate with his team, which was considered leaving the area and is against the rules.

As Okamoto noted, the suspension will expire on June 7.

Despite the mild controversy, this was a big win for Oliveira, who struggled in the featherweight division but returned to action in lightweight for the most recent pay-per-view. Do Bronx is now 22-7 in his career, including just a 7-4 run as a featherweight.

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UFC 210 Preliminary Card on FS1 Sees Ratings Decline

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Ray Longo Sounds Off On Controversial UFC 210 Stoppage

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman took on surging contender Gegard Mousasi this past weekend (April 8, 2017) at UFC 210 and the bout ended with quite a bit of controversy. In the second round, Mousasi landed a knee that referee Dan Miragliotta deemed illegal, giving Weidman five minutes to recover. However, Miragliotta then changed

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Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman took on surging contender Gegard Mousasi this past weekend (April 8, 2017) at UFC 210 and the bout ended with quite a bit of controversy.

In the second round, Mousasi landed a knee that referee Dan Miragliotta deemed illegal, giving Weidman five minutes to recover. However, Miragliotta then changed his tune, saying the knee was indeed legal and ending the fight with Mousasi being named the victor.

Weidman’s longtime head coach Ray Longo obviously isn’t happy with how the fight played out and he recently gave his thoughts on the debacle:

“Stick to your f*cking decision,” Longo said Monday on the Anik Florian Podcast. “I want to know who the hell convinced him (Miragliotta) to change his mind.”

“Take it step by step,” Longo said. “Stick to your call and that’s it. Whether the knee was legal or illegal is really irrelevant. Because the other thing that I think people are missing is he didn’t go down when he got kneed. He would have kept fighting.”

While Weidman likely felt the affects of the knees, Longo claims that his fighter was completely capable of continuing, but the doctors disagreed. Longo, however, said that the whole situation altered Weidman’s mindset:

“This is what nobody gets,” Longo said. “He’s already in a different mindset now. You’re f*cking with a guy in the middle of the fight.

“Now you tell a guy there’s an illegal knee, you encourage a guy to take a break, you’re changing the guy’s mindset.”

Weidman is expected to appeal the decision.

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UFC 210 Medical Suspensions: Daniel Cormier & Chris Weidman Avoid Long Stints

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC 210, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. The NYSA released the suspensions on Tuesday, and some of the more notable suspensions include UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier being suspended 45

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Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Daniel Cormier was suspended a minimum 45 days pending NYSAC clearance

Anthony Johnson was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Chris Weidman was suspended a minimum 45 days pending NYSAC clearance

Gegard Mousasi was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Cyntha Calvillo was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Pearl Gonzalez was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Thiago Alves was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Patrick Cote was suspended 45 days

Will Brooks was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Charles Oliveira was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Myles Jury was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Mike De La Torre was suspended a minimum 45 days pending NYSAC clearance

Kamaru Usman was suspended 14 days

Sean Strickland was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Shane Burgos was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Charles Rosa was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Patrick Cummins was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Jan Blachowicz was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Josh Emmett was suspended a minimum 45 days pending NYSAC clearance

Desmond Green was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Gregor Gillespie was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Andrew Holbrook was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Katlyn Chookagian was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Irene Aldana was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

Jenel Lausa was suspended a minimum 30 days pending NYSAC clearance

Magmoed Biboulatov was suspended 7 days (standard post-bout wait period)

UFC 210 took place on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass with four bouts at 6 p.m. ET and on FOX Sports 1 with four bouts at 8 p.m. ET. The main card aired on PPV at 10 p.m. ET with five bouts.

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NYSAC Confirms Instant Replay Use Was Legal For Mousasi-Weidman Stoppage

Gegard Mousasi may have picked up his biggest UFC win with a second-round TKO of former middleweight champ Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last Saturday’s UFC 210 from Buffalo, but the victory didn’t come without a monstrous shroud of controversy. Two knees from “The Dreamcatcher” found a home on Weidman in the second

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Two knees from “The Dreamcatcher” found a home on Weidman in the second frame, but referee Dan Miragliotta deemed only the first was legal, deciding both of Weidman’s hands were down on the second strike. He was then given five minutes to recover, but during that break period, cageside instant replay was used to determine that Mousasi’s strikes were indeed legal, and the doctors on duty then confirmed Weidman could no longer continue, resulting in a TKO victory for Mousasi.

If you’ll remember, the rule was also just changed in 2017 to stop fighters from gaming the system with one hand on the ground, and the state of New York is still a newborn in terms of regulating mixed martial arts (MMA) events on their soil. Those things were clear, but what wasn’t was whether or not using instant replay for MMA bouts was actually legal in the state.

Well, it turns out it is. In a statement given to MMA Fighting, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) confirmed that the correct call was made with the use of perfectly usable instant replay:

“Mr. Weidman was determined to be unable to continue the match due to legal blows received, resulting in a TKO,” the NYSAC said in a statement. “In New York State, it has been held that the Commission may review video evidence in order to meet its obligation to render correct determinations and act in the best interest of the sport.

“After the referee initially ruled the strikes from Mr. Mousasi illegal, he consulted with the alternate referee during the physician assessment of Mr. Weidman and determined that the knee strikes by Mousasi were not illegal. During the examination of Mr. Weidman by Commission medical staff, it was determined he was medically unfit to continue and the referee ruled a TKO victory in favor of Mr. Mousasi.”

That’s sure to sting for Weidman, who has incredibly lost three straight bouts by TKO, albeit to to the absolute best of the 185-pound crop. Still, his planned appeal appears it’s not going to have much ground to stand on, and with both Mousasi and Dana White sounding not so hot on his demanded rematch, Weidman has a big hole to climb out of. His team has insisted that the referee has to make a call and stick to it, as it’s extremely rare that a call gets reversed in the heat of battle.

An appeal is most likely coming, but the NYSAC has proven they stick to their decisions, however strange and undorthox they seem (remember, they initially banned a female fighter for having breast implants before UFC 210).

The only thing that could save his case is the fact that most top middleweights – including the champion Michael Bisping – are booked right now, and top contender Yoel Romero has stated he will sit out to fight the winner of “The Count’s” bout with a returning Georges St-Pierre.

Overall it was an infinitely unsatisfying result in one of the most anticipated middleweight bouts in a long time, and it only served to continue New York and the UFC’s strange start to 2017.

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