Several fighters from the recently concluded
Bellator 300 may be forced out of action for a while due to
long medical suspensions.
Former Bellator
MMA flyweight champion Ilima-Lei
Macfarlane (13-3) took on her longtime friend former training
partner, current champ Liz
Carmouche (20-7) on Saturday’s main card a Pechanga Arena in
San Diego. Macfarlane suffered a possible fracture to her left knee
en route a fifth-round TKO loss, resulting in a 180-day medical
suspension, unless cleared by a physician earlier.
In addition to Macfarlane, six others from the prelims card also
faced medical suspensions of six months or until cleared by a
doctor: Jesse
Roberts (left knee and left jaw), Davion
Franklin (left knee), Dovletdzhan
Yagshimuradov (right knee), Herman
Terrado (rib), Romero
Cotton (right orbital), and Miguel
Peimbert (right foot, left hand, right ankle) Other medical
suspensions from Bellator’s marquee event included Cat Zingano,
who received a 45-day suspension for her quick loss in a failed
featherweight title bid against Cristiane
Justino, and Brent
Primus, who has been suspended for 60 days after his lopsided
loss to lightweight champion Usman
Nurmagomedov in the main event.