Derek
Anderson has been handed a six-month suspension for failling to
disclose medical issues he had prior to his loss to Michael
Page at
Bellator 258 this past Friday.
Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation Executive Director
Michael Mazzulli told
MMAFighting.com that Anderson did not mention he suffered from
kidney failure during training camp on his pre-fight medicals. Two
days ago, the fighter revealed that those issues hindered his
training camp prior to facing Page.
“Love to be back ASAP but went to the hospital [four] times as I
was having kidney failure my whole camp and could hardly train,”
Anderson wrote on Instagram. “I wanted to make this fight happen.
I’ll be back after a short vacation to recover and now I have some
new wounds to lick.”
In order to have that sanction lifted before it ends on Nov. 7,
Anderson must do the following: an MRI and ultrasound of his
kidney; blood tests; a consultation with a kidney specialist and
weekly visits to his physician for a weight check for the next four
weeks. Anderson already received a 120-day medical suspension for
the broken nose he suffered against Page.
“These fighters have to understand it’s a serious thing to lie on
the pre-fight physical,” Mazzulli told MMAFighting.
Anderson fell to Page via technical knockout due to a doctor
stoppage after one round at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasvile, Conn.,
on Friday. Prior to that defeat, the California native had been
victorious in his previous three Bellator appearances.