Dustin Poirier headlined UFC 281 that saw some brutal match outcomes and the medical suspensions were handed out by the New York State Athletic Commission. ‘Diamond’ took home the win via third-round submission against Michael Chandler after a gruesome battle.
On Monday, MMA Junkie reported the full list from the NYSAC, which oversaw UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York. It showed 19 fighters suspended indefinitely on a card that featured 11 finishes, which means those fighters will need doctor’s clearance before returning to the cage.
Among the 19 indefinite suspensions, five fighters – Frankie Edgar, Dominick Reyes, Nicolae Negumereanu, Seung Woo Choi, and Ottman Azaitar – received the longest mandatory minimum of 90 days.
Former lightweight champion Edgar was knocked out by Chris Gutierrez in his retirement fight; Reyes was knocked out by Ryan Spann; Azaitar lost by knockout to Matt Frevola; Choi lost by TKO to Michael Trizano; and Negumereanu was knocked out by Carlos Ulberg.
Both fighters in the main event, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya, received indefinite suspensions as a result of Pereira’s fifth-round TKO win to claim the middleweight title. Pereira was suspended 30 days and Adesanya 60 days. It’s important to note that fighters can return to competition sooner than the allotted suspension if they are cleared by a doctor.
Check out the medical suspensions handed out to each fighter:
- Carlos Ulberg: Suspended seven days.
- Nicolae Negumereanu: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 90 days
- Julio Arce: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Michael Trizano: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Seung Woo Choi: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 90 days
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz: Suspended seven days.
- Silvana Gomez Juarez: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Matt Frevola: Suspended seven days
- Ottman Azaitar: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 90 days
- Andre Petroski: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Wellington Turman: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Erin Blanchfield: Suspended seven days
- Molly McCann: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Ryan Spann: Suspended seven days
- Dominick Reyes: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 90 days
- Renato Moicano: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Brad Riddell: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 45 days
- Dan Hooker: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Claudio Puelles: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Chris Gutierrez: Suspended seven days
- Frankie Edgar: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 90 days
- Dustin Poirier: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 30 days
- Michael Chandler: Suspended indefinitely; minimum 60 days
