UFC Fight Night 118 medical suspensions: Cowboy Cerrone sat six months for busted beak

UFC Fight Night 118 injuries and medical suspensions for those athletes competing at the “Cerrone vs. Till” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on UFC Fight Pass last Saturday (Oct. 21, 2017) from inside Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland, were released on Monday by the promotion, which serves as its own regulatory body overseas.

All fighters received mandatory seven-day suspensions for precautionary reasons.

A handful of fighters, however, drew extended sentences as a result of injuries sustained during their respective battles. Chief among them was welterweight warrior Donald Cerrone, who could get up to six months off after Darren Till caved his face in.

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Joining “Cowboy” in the six-month club are Jan Blachowicz and Sam Alvey, who both had some problems with their right knees. Devin Clark, meanwhile, could find himself gone for 180 days due to elbow issues.

The full list of UFC Fight Night 116 medical suspensions, courtesy of mixedmartialarts.com, are as follows:

Donald Cerrone: Suspended 180 days or clearance by maxillofacial facial CT, 45 days minimum and 30 days no contact
Karolina Kowalkiewicz: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Jodie Esquibel: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Jan Blachowicz: Suspended 180 days or clear right knee by left foot X-ray, 30 days minimum and 21 days no contact
Devin Clark: Suspended 180 days or clear right calf and right elbow X-ray, 30 days minimum and 21 days no contact
Jonathan Wilson: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Marcin Held: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Nasrat Haqparast: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Brian Kelleher: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Damian Stasiak: Suspended 180 days or clear R knee by MRI, 30 days minimum and 21 days no contact
Sam Alvey: Suspended 180 days or clear right knee by MRI, 30 days minimum and 21 days no contact
Andre Fili: Suspended 45 days and 30 days no contact
Artem Lobov: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Warlley Alves: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Salim Touahri: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Lina Lansberg: Suspended 45 days due to TKO and 30 days no contact
Josh Emmett: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact
Felipe Arantes: Suspended 30 days and 21 days no contact

There you have it.

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 Fight Night 118 weekend festivities click here.