It should come as no surprise that Conor
McGregor is one of six fighters from
UFC 264 who is facing a lengthy medical suspension.
The former two-division champion suffered a broken left leg late in
the first round of his trilogy bout against Dustin
Poirier this past Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The “Notorious” one must receive orthopedic doctor clearance or he
will be sidelined until Jan. 7. At a minimum, McGregor is suspended
until Aug. 25 with no contact until Aug. 10. The Irish star
underwent surgery for the injury on Sunday, when he had an
intramedullary rod inserted into his tibia and a small plate and
screws attached to the fibula.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission recently released a full list
of medical suspensions from the event to
mixedmartialarts.com. Poirier, who improved to 2-1 in his
series with McGregor, emerged with a clean bill of health.
Elsewhere, former NFL Pro Bowler Greg Hardy
is also looking at a six-month term following a 67-second knockout
loss to Tai Tuivasa
in a featured heavyweight bout. Hardy must have a left orbital
fracture and a fractured nose cleared by a doctor or he will be out
of commission until Jan. 7.
Four other fighters from UFC 264 are also facing six-month
suspensions pending doctor clearance: Yana
Kunitskaya (nose), Sean
O’Malley (hands, left tibia, right foot), Ryan Hall
(left hand) and Omari
Akhmedov (nose).
UFC 264 Medical Suspensions:
Conor
McGregor: needs orthopedic doctor clearance of fractured left
leg or no contest until 01/07/22; minimum suspension and no contest
until 08/25/21, no contact until 08/10/21
Stephen
Thompson: suspended until 8/10/21; No contact until 8/1/21
Greg
Hardy: must have left orbital fracture cleared by an
ophthalmologist doctor, and fractured nose cleared by ENT doctor or
no contest until 01/07/22; minimum suspension, no contest until
08/25/21, no contact until 08/10/21
Yana
Kunitskaya: must have fractured nose cleared by ENT doctor or
no contest until 01/07/2; minimum suspension and no contest until
08/25/21, no contact until 08/10/21
Sean
O’Malley: must have both hands x-rayed to rule out fracture,
also left tibia and right foot x-rayed if results are positive
needs orthopedic doctor clearance or no contest until 01/07/22;
minimum suspension and no contest until 08/10/21, no contact until
08/01/21
Max
Griffin: suspended until 08/10/21; No contact until 08/01/21
(Left knee and left shin pain; follow up with primary care doctor
if needed)
Carlos
Condit: suspended until 08/10/21; No contact until 08/01/21
(left upper lip cut)
Michel
Pereira: suspended until 08/10/21; No contact until
08/01/21
Niko
Price: suspended until 08/10/21; No contact until 08/01/21
(left elbow swelling)
Ryan
Hall: must have fractured left hand cleared by orthopedic
doctor or no contest until 01/07/22; minimum suspension and no
contest until 08/25/21, no contact until 08/10/21
Dricus Du
Plessis: suspended until 08/10/21; No contact until
08/01/21
Trevin
Giles: suspended until 08/25/21; No contact until 08/10/21
Jessica
Eye: suspended until 08/25/21; No contact until 08/10/21
(forehead laceration)
Brad
Tavares: suspended until 08/10/21; No contact until
08/01/21
Omari
Akhmedov: must have nose fracture cleared by ENT doctor or no
contest until 01/07/22; Minimum suspension and no contest until
08/10/21, no contact until 08/01/21