UFC 206 medical suspensions for those athletes competing at the “Holloway vs. Pettis” pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend (Sat., Dec. 10, 2016) from inside Air Canada Centre in Toronto, were released on Tuesday by Ontario Athletic Commission.
Leading the list of mandatory timeouts is former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. “Showtime” had a rough weekend north of the border after missing weight, then getting knocked around by new interim 145-pound kingpin Max Holloway (video).
Joining Pettis on the injured reserves is the very mortal Matt Brown. The former TUF guy was crumpled with a flashy switch kick from welterweight “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone en route to another technical knockout loss (see it)
That's not all.
The complete list of UFC 206 medical suspensions, courtesy of MMA Junkie, is below:
Max Holloway: suspended 14 days
def. Anthony Pettis: 60 daysDonald Cerrone:14 days
def. Matt Brown: 60 daysCub Swanson: 60 days
def. Dooho Choi: 60 daysKelvin Gastelum: 14 days
def. Tim Kennedy: 60 daysEmil Meek: 30 days
def. Jordan Mein: 14 daysMisha Cirkunov: 30 days
def. Nikita Krylov: 14 daysOlivier Aubin-Mercier: 30 days
def. Drew Dober: 30 daysViviane Pereira: 30 days
def. Valerie Letourneau: 30 daysMatthew Lopez: 14 days
def. Mitch Gagnon: 14 daysLandon Vannata: 14 days
def. John Makdessi: 60 daysRustam Khabilov: 14 days
def. Jason Saggo: 14 daysDustin Ortiz: 30 days
def. Zach Makovsky: 30 days
Just a quick reminder: Fighters often return to action much quicker once doctors give them the green light. The lengthy suspensions are just a precaution in most cases. In addition, not all injuries are recorded during the post-fight examination and often times surface in follow-up tests.
For a complete wrap up of all the UFC 206 weekend festivities click here.