The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) recently issued the medical suspensions from UFCs The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 6 Finale this past weekend.
Six of the nine bouts ended in the first round, meaning that the fighters minimized their chances of sustaining serious injuries.
Not surprisingly, Jon Koppenhaver and Jared Rollins were not so lucky — the two welterweights went to war in a blood-soaked back-and-forth battle.
Surprisingly, Roger Huerta and Clay Guida were absent from the report even though the two lightweights put on an epic display in the main event of the evening.
Here’s the skinny:
Tommy Speer — He is suspended until January 1, 2008, with a laceration below his left eye. No contact until December 30, 2007.
Jon Koppenhaver – He is suspended until January 23, 2008, with a scalp laceration thanks to those vicious Rollins elbows. No contact until January 8, 2008.
Jared Rollins – He is suspended until February 7, 2008, with a right eye laceration. No contact until January 23, 2008.
Richie Hightower — He is suspended until January 8, 2008. No contact until December 30, 2007.
Dorian Price — He is suspended until January 8, 2008, with an ankle sprain. No contact until December 30, 2007.
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.
For this event, however, the suspensions don’t appear to be long at all — most (if not all) of the fighters should be able to return as early as February 2008. In addition, there is nothing in the notes that indicates any fighter needs medical clearance prior to competing again.
For complete UFC TUF 6 Finale results and coverage click here and here.
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No suspensions for Guida or Huerta? Seriously?
[quote comment="231365"]No suspensions for Guida or Huerta? Seriously?[/quote]
Nope.
Once again, much props to the young fighters who fought their hearts out at the finale. Some have the potential to do Big things in a couple of years. WAR MACHINES heart will always give him a chance. I also think that the Finale was a great experience for them and they will all be some much better next time around because they already fought through the octagon jitters in the finale. I am curious to see how Tommy bounces back. He looked like he Sh*t his pants, he was so nervous even after the fight in the interview with Rogan. He is young and I hope he changes camps and comes back strong. I think Jared, War, Tommy, Aroyyo, George all have a bright future. Maybe Rudeboy, Hightower, Dorian, Kolosci might make it. Blake, Billy Miles will prbably never fight in the UFC again.
[quote comment="231368"]Once again, much props to the young fighters who fought their hearts out at the finale. Some have the potential to do Big things in a couple of years. WAR MACHINES heart will always give him a chance. I also think that the Finale was a great experience for them and they will all be some much better next time around because they already fought through the octagon jitters in the finale. I am curious to see how Tommy bounces back. He looked like he Sh*t his pants, he was so nervous even after the fight in the interview with Rogan. He is young and I hope he changes camps and comes back strong. I think Jared, War, Tommy, Aroyyo, George all have a bright future. Maybe Rudeboy, Hightower, Dorian, Kolosci might make it. Blake, Billy Miles will prbably never fight in the UFC again.[/quote]
I don’t know what Billy Miles was doing in there..I don’t see ufc anywhere on him.
Still getting over the card… was a SERIOUSLY brilliant set of fights!
[quote comment="231387"]Still getting over the card… was a SERIOUSLY brilliant set of fights![/quote]
FOR REAL I was sooooo impressed..my freinds who I finaly convicned to watch almost shat there pants.
Mac should take Joe Stevensons nickname so its MAC “DADDY” DANZIG. Thats just goes together so smoothy.
Jon Kolosci and Billy Miles should have been suspended by the NSAC as well for sucking so bad. Unless they improve their games immensely, they will be submitted in round 1 every single time out in the UFC. It’s just a matter of time before they get an arm of thier’s snapped if they think that they can continue their careers in the UFC. Seriously, I don’t know who Koloscki fought to have an 8-4 record coming into TUF. And Billy Miles was 2-2 coming into TUF. He got beat in round 1 of the show, and at the final. So, technically, he is now 2-4. Either go train with Elvis Sinosic, or get of of the UFC!!!
That makes sense. Suspend the guys that actually put up a hell of a fight, and one worth watching, but not the guys that sucked so bad they need the time off to train. I like Kolosci, but he needs to work on his submission defense. As for Miles, he doesn’t have enough heart to make it right now.
[quote comment="231389"][quote comment="231387"]Still getting over the card… was a SERIOUSLY brilliant set of fights![/quote]
FOR REAL I was sooooo impressed..my freinds who I finaly convicned to watch almost shat there pants.[/quote]
I loved all the fights, except the first fight, Ben vs Dan. I watched the rest 3 times.
[quote comment="231368"]Once again, much props to the young fighters who fought their hearts out at the finale. Some have the potential to do Big things in a couple of years. WAR MACHINES heart will always give him a chance. I also think that the Finale was a great experience for them and they will all be some much better next time around because they already fought through the octagon jitters in the finale. I am curious to see how Tommy bounces back. He looked like he Sh*t his pants, he was so nervous even after the fight in the interview with Rogan. He is young and I hope he changes camps and comes back strong. I think Jared, War, Tommy, Aroyyo, George all have a bright future. Maybe Rudeboy, Hightower, Dorian, Kolosci might make it. Blake, Billy Miles will prbably never fight in the UFC again.[/quote]
Props to Mitichyan for the quick ankle lock…I wish we would have had a chance to see him fight on the show. I hope they bring him back…I’d like to see what he can do. I hope we don’t see Dorian again either…he was a douche.
When do the “payouts” and fight bonuses usually get released? I REALLY hope War Machine gets fight of the night and knockout of the night. I love that poor kid.
Great fights. Im glad War Machine won that fight, I thought the would of stopped it, but no the blood just fueled the fire. I loved Troy and Ritchie goin at it, if ritchie would of had more gas in em it could of went either way, didnt really care that troy won seeing him bud around with that punk kendal grove was a real disapointment, but oh well cant always have your cake.
I wish the Ben Saunders fight could have been a bit better. But he kept being held down, which sucked pretty bad. I still enjoyed it though. Ben is prob my fav coming off the show, with War Machine. Great set of fights, As for Dorian to the person above. I dont know, Dorian always seemed like a cool guy. He had that one moment where he kinda snapped, but alot of ppl could due to that situation. He apologized and after that he seemed cool with everyone. He does need to work on his ground game big time though.
I am pretty stoked about perhaps Matt Arroyo having some more fights. Kolosci sucks but at the same time, I have seen the replay and still have a tough time trying to figure out where that armbar came from…..
Give Arroyo a good challenge next time out…
Oh yeah, Mac “Daddy” Danzig is an awesome moniker…
[quote comment="231601"]Oh yeah, Mac “Daddy” Danzig is an awesome moniker…[/quote]
LOL, when you hear “Mac”, the first word that comes to mind is “Daddy”? You must have been a devote Kriss Kross fan!
When I hear the word “Mac”, I think “Truck”. For a fighter, I would think that Mac ‘Truck’ Danzig is better than Mac ‘Daddy’ Danzig. But, hey, who knows…
Anyways, Mac doesn’t seem like the type of guy that will ever have a nickname, so it doesn’t really matter…
[quote comment="231365"]No suspensions for Guida or Huerta? Seriously?[/quote]
Watching the post fight press conference they both looked fine surprisingly.
[quote comment="231601"]Oh yeah, Mac “Daddy” Danzig is an awesome moniker…[/quote]
Would Joe “Daddy” mind if Mac borrowed his moniker? Can you have 2 Daddy’s in the same weight class?[quote comment="231426"][quote comment="231389"][quote comment="231387"]Still getting over the card… was a SERIOUSLY brilliant set of fights![/quote]
FOR REAL I was sooooo impressed..my freinds who I finaly convicned to watch almost shat there pants.[/quote]
I loved all the fights, except the first fight, Ben vs Dan. I watched the rest 3 times.[/quote]
My husband thought I was weird/crazy for rewatching the fights (well he thinks I’m crazy for being as into it as I am anyway)- until I sat him down and made him watch it. Now he’s off my back…