Three fighters from this past Saturday’s
UFC on ESPN 22 card are facing potentially lengthy layoffs.
The Nevada Athletic Commission recently released a full list of
medical suspensions from Saturday’s card to
mixedmartialarts.com. Chase
Sherman (left knee, right foot, right tibia/fibia), Luis Pena
(left hand) and Juan Espino
(right elbow) all must receive doctor clearance for their
respective ailments are they could be sidelined up to six
months.
UFC on ESPN 22 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and saw
Robert
Whittaker earn a five-round verdict against Kelvin
Gastelum in the evening’s middleweight headliner. Whittaker is
suspended until May 18 with no contact until May 9 due to a hard
fight, while Kelvin
Gastelum received the same term due to a right eyelid
laceration.
UFC on ESPN 22 Medical Suspensions:
Robert
Whittaker: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until 5/9/21 —
hard fight
Kelvin
Gastelum: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until 5/9/21 —
right eyelid laceration
Andrei
Arlovski: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until 5/9/21 —
hard fight
Chase
Sherman: must have MRI of left knee, x-ray of right foot and
right tibia/fibia. If any positive must have orthopedic doctor
clearance or no contest until 10/15/21. Minimum suspension no
contest until 5/18/21. No contact until 5/18/21
Jacob
Malkoun: suspended until 5/9/21, no contact until 5/2/21
Abdul
Razak Alhassan: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until
5/9/21
Tracy
Cortez: suspended until 5/9/21, no contact until 5/2/21
Justine
Kish: suspended until 5/9/21, no contact until 5/2/21
Luis
Pena: must have x-ray of left hand, if positive must have
orthopedic doctor clearance or no contest until 10/15/21, minimum
suspension no contest until 5/18/21. No contact until 5/9/21
Alex
Munoz: suspended until 5/9/21, no contact until 5/2/21
Alexander
Romanov: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until 5/9/21
Juan
Espino: must have MRI of right elbow, if positive must have
orthopedic doctor clearance or no contest until 10/15/21
Jessica
Penne: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until 5/9/21 – left
eyebrow laceration
Bartosz
Fabinski: suspended until 5/18/21, no contact until 5/9/21 –
laceration under right eye
Austin
Hubbard: suspended until 5/9/21, no contact until 5/2/21
Dakota
Bush: suspended until 5/2/21, no contact until 4/25/21
Anthony
Birchak: suspended until 6/2/21, no contact until 5/18/21