Dennis
Buzukja has been suspended nine months by the Nevada State
Athletic Commission for an incident with a fan at UFC 310
last December.

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In addition to the suspension, Buzukja was fined $2,500 — along
with an additional $157.04 in legal fees. Buzukja would be eligible
to return on Sept. 6, but he can have the sanction reduced to six
months if he completes an NSAC-approved community service plan.

Buzukja, a four-time UFC veteran, was seen throwing punches at a
man on his way back to the locker room after cornering Aljamain
Sterling on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
UFC bantamweight champion Merab
Dvalishvili was also restrained during the altercation.

Dvalishvili later posted evidence that the fan had ties to Umar
Nurmagomedov and his team, and he
claimed that the incident was orchestrated by his UFC 311
opponent. The fan involved was eventually identified as Arman
Tugaev.

Regardless of the circumstances involved, Buzukja received a strong
warning from NSAC chairman Dallas Haun.

“I don’t go for this,” Haun said during the meeting. “Someone
taking a swing at the crowd. We can’t have this. I know we have a
precedent, the fact that he’s not on the phone, hasn’t shown up,
this is his one chance with us.

“Anything more like this and he won’t be in Nevada ever again.
Swinging in the crowd is unacceptable. We cannot have it.”

Buzukja is 1-3 in UFC competition since making his promotional
debut in August 2023. His most recent appearance came at UFC on
ESPN 62, where he dropped a split decision against Francis
Marshall last August.

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