ufc 86 medical suspensions

The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) today issued its medical suspensions for the Affliction: “Banned” pay-per-view (PPV) event that took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on July 19.

And even though Fedor Emelianenko and Tim Sylvia spent just 36 seconds inside the ring, both fighters were slapped with 180-day medical suspensions for different reasons. Of course, the pair can return to action sooner with medical clearance — something that they will need if they intend to make the encore event on October 11 as expected.

Here’s the complete list of injuries and their medical instructions:

Tim Sylvia — Suspended for 180 days and no contact for 180 days because of a left elbow injury unless he receives clearance from a physician to return sooner.

Fedor Emelianenko — Suspended for 180 days and no contact for 180 days because of a right hand injury unless he receives clearance from a physician to return sooner.

Edwin Dewees — Minimum 45-day suspension with no contact for at least 30 days because of a technical knockout. Suspended for 180 days and no contact for 180 days because of an undisclosed injury unless he receives clearance from a physician to return sooner.

Pedro Rizzo — Minimum 45-day suspension with no contact for at least 30 days because of a knockout.

Mike Whitehead – Suspended for 180 days and no contact for 180 days because of a left hand injury unless he receives clearance from a physician to return sooner.

Terry Martin — Minimum 45-day suspension with no contact for at least 30 days because of a technical knockout.

Vitor Belfort — Suspended for 180 days and no contact for 180 days because of an undisclosed injury unless he receives clearance from a physician to return sooner.

Fabio Nascimento – Suspended for 45 days and no contact for at least 30 days.

Ben Rothwell — Minimum 45-day suspension with no contact for at least 30 days because of a technical knockout. He is suspended for 60 days and no contact for 60 days because of an ear lobe laceration unless he receives clearance from a physician to return sooner.

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 complete Affliction: “Banned” results and coverage click here and here.

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Comment by deuce 4
2008-07-30 16:23:27

this sucks if fedor’s out for 6 months! i hope it’s just the dislocated thumb that he mentioned after the fight and not a broken hand which would for sure keep him out for a while.

Comment by brendan (on TheNEgation's case)
2008-07-30 17:31:25

oh they forgot to mention, tim sylvia needs to have a doctor verify that he does have a pair of nuts before he steps back in the ring

 
 
Comment by b.w.
2008-07-30 16:24:23

whoops. i got the elbow one for sylvia mixed up with fedors. your welcome for the assist btw mania.

 
Comment by bobby o'shea
2008-07-30 16:27:31

no way fedor is out for 6 months. affliction will pay off as many doctors as necessary to get him cleared and fight on the next ppv w/o question. these are just preliminary suspensions that always get reduced.

Comment by b.w.
2008-07-30 16:32:08

id say your probably right. the ufc fighters almost always have their fighters medical suspensions reduced. i am also looking forward to the csac passing along their drug test results for banned. just saying, i never thought james irvin would fail his, so who knows whos next.

Comment by randy murders
2008-07-30 16:43:08

one guy i read already failed levens or whatever for oxymorophone..

nothing about matt lindlands pneumonia suspension though? they should start checking guys for all that stuff before fights too it would suck if one just went into a spirt where he couldn’t breathe in the middle of a fight and died

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Comment by b.w.
2008-07-30 16:57:38

the ufc has started to pre-screen fighter for drugs before the fights, so thats at least a step in the right direction. i never heard anything about lindland having pneumonia though, thats a new one. i think it would be next to impossible to fight with pneumonia, maybee with the flu or a cold, but the big p could land you in the hospitol.

 
 
Comment by john
2008-07-30 16:43:37

It has nothing to do with the organizations. THese suspensions list how long the fighters are out for, but that can change with a Doctor’s note! They always exagerate the length of time….Dont worry about this at all, they will all be fighting in October…i guarantee it!

By the way, California State Athletic Commision is terrible and the worst (IMO) out of all the state commisions. Everytime an event takes place in Cali, so BS is always attached.

By the way, EliteXC’s event really took a beating, 33% of the seats in the stockton arena were Empty!

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Comment by b.w.
2008-07-30 16:48:30

JOHN. your right the csac is kind of a joke. and the orgs (ufc,affliction,elite) dont have anything to do with these suspensions. the ufc has no power over the csac.

 
 
 
 
Comment by the_mexicutioner
2008-07-30 16:32:07

Big Dumb Tim must have hurt his elbow when his bug dumb ass fell to the canvas.

 
2008-07-30 16:39:49

wow I called this one. stockton is such a crappy city, they sold only 33% of tickets. track back guys, I said buy cheap seats if you go, they will move you to make it look packed. Nick Diaz and Shields family, and Stinky fingers 50 tickets were about all that was sold!

 
Comment by 604Sambo
2008-07-30 16:40:52

Let’s hope Fedor recovers quickly, and lil bro doesnt have hep b…

 
Comment by b.w.
2008-07-30 16:45:05

this is another problem that affliction is gonna face is injuries to star fighters. they dont have anyone to replace them with like the ufc does. serra hurt his back, they had gsp fight hughes instead. its easy for the ufc and their deep roster to find replacements. not so much for affliction or elite. what if kimbo (i hope not) gets injured before oct. that show is dead in the water.

 
Comment by DBG
2008-07-30 16:46:38

You think tim will ever realize that he is a washed up,never was,no chin having chump.

Comment by brendan (on TheNEgation's case)
2008-07-30 17:32:09

hopefully sooner than later, probably another 800k later and hell realize that lol

 
 
Comment by Rob Dib
2008-07-30 17:00:56

It’s really a sad thing to throw such a strong punch and have a glass chin.

Gotta keep that chin tucked Timmy.

Rob Dib
http://www.break-your-face.com

 
Comment by neon
2008-07-30 17:05:01

babalo!! what a machine! not 1 injury!!!

 
Comment by mma maniac
2008-07-30 17:10:24

that is well to long how do you get injured for six months in a 36 sec fight when babalu dosent get injured in a 15 min fight fedor is never the best he got lucky why dosent he come to the ufc brock lesnar would steam role him the only way fedor would win is by submission

Comment by protecdvs.com
2008-07-30 17:42:44

MMA Maniac should be suspended from this forum for that comment.

 
 
Comment by DBG
2008-07-30 17:30:17

No way that lesnar would steam roll fedor your basing this on?

 
Comment by DBG
2008-07-30 17:52:42

I second that motion

Machida just got a contract with New Ballance (track shoes)

 
Comment by kris
2008-07-30 18:38:29

i know this off subject but who is wanderlei silva going fight because i see everyone in light heavyweight already have mathups whos silva going bang with

Comment by john
2008-07-31 06:52:12

rampage!

 
 
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