Co-main event competitors Robert
Whittaker and Paulo Costa
are among nine fighters facing a potentially lengthy layoff on the
heels of
UFC 298.
Whittaker is suspended for 180 days unless he receives doctor
clearance for a potential fracture to his hand. The former
middleweight champion also received a 60-day suspension pending
physician clearance for lacerations to his right eye and foot. At a
minimum, he is suspended 45 days with 30 days of no contact.
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Costa, meanwhile, is facing a potential 180-day sit unless cleared
due to potential fractures to his right foot and leg. He is also
suspended 60 days for lacerations pending doctor clearance, and at
a minimum, is suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days.
Whittaker took a hard-fought unanimous decision verdict against
Costa in their middleweight clash at UFC 298.
The California State Athletic Commission recently released a list
of medical suspensions from the event. UFC 298 took place on
Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and saw
Ilia
Topuria capture the featherweight title with a second-round
knockout of Alexander
Volkanovski in the evening’s main event. Topuria received a
mandatory seven-day suspension, while Volkanovski is out 45 days
with 30 days of no contact due to the KO defeat.
Seven other fighters from UFC 298 are facing potential 180-day
terms: Henry
Cejudo (left forearm), Mackenzie
Dern (left leg, CT scan), Marcos
Rogerio de Lima (right foot), Carlos Vera
(shoulder), Mingyang
Zhang (right hand), Danny
Barlow (left forearm) and Josh
Quinlan (CT scan).
UFC 298 Medical Suspensions:
Alexander
Volkanovski: Suspended 45 days no contest, 30 days no contact
with no exceptions due to KO
Robert
Whittaker: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact
unless cleared by physician for possible fracture to hand;
suspended 60 days no contest, 60 days no contact unless cleared by
physician for laceration (right eye, foot); 45-day mandatory
suspension, 30-day no contact for hard bout (no exception)
Paulo
Costa: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact
unless cleared by physician for possible fracture to right foot,
left leg; suspended 60 days no contest, 60 days no contact unless
cleared by physician for laceration; 45-day mandatory suspension,
30-day no contact for hard bout (no exception)
Henry
Cejudo: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact
unless cleared by physician for possible fracture to left
forearm
Amanda
Lemos: Suspended 45 days no contest, 30 days no contact with no
exceptions due to hard bout
Mackenzie
Dern: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact unless
cleared by physician for possible fracture to left leg, CT scan;
45-day mandatory suspension, 30-day no contact for hard bout (no
exception)
Marcos
Rogerio de Lima: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no
contact unless cleared by physician for possible fracture to right
foot
Junior
Tafa: Suspended 45 days no contest, 30 days no contact with no
exceptions due to TKO
Carlos
Vera: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact unless
cleared by physician for possible fracture to shoulder
Mingyang
Zhang: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact
unless cleared by physician for possible fracture to right hand
Brendson
Ribeiro: Suspended 45 days no contest, 30 days no contact with
no exceptions due to KO
Danny
Barlow: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact
unless cleared by physician for possible fracture to left forearm;
45-day mandatory suspension, 30-day no contact for hard bout (no
exception)
Josh
Quinlan: Suspended 180 days no contest, 180 days no contact
unless cleared by physician (CT scan); 45-day mandatory suspension,
30-day no contact for TKO (no exception)
Oban
Elliott: Suspended 45 days no contest, 30 days no contact with
no exceptions due to hard bout
Valentine
Woodburn: Suspended 45 days no contest, 30 days no contact with
no exceptions due to hard bout