UFC 107 Medical Suspensions: Buentello, Guida, and Wiman Out Longest
Main card fighters Diego Sanchez, Paul Buentello and Clay Guida were among eighteen fighters issued medical suspensions on Tuesday by he Tennessee Athletic Commission on Tuesday, stemming from bouts at UFC 107 which took place at the Fedex Forum in Memphis on December 12.
Sanchez lost a title bout to BJ Penn in the events headlining bout will have to sit out 60 days with no contact unlessed cleared by a doctor. While Clay Guida is suspended 180, which can be shortened by a clearance from an ophthalmologist for a possible eye injury suffered in his loss to Kenny Florian, and Buentello is suspended indefinitely pending rib X-rays following his majority decision loss to Stefan Struve.
Preliminary card fighter Matt Wiman was also issued a 180 day suspension for a right hand injury, but following X-rays and a doctors clearance can return to action following a precautionary 30 day suspension with 21 days without contact.
Also, several fighters were issued 3 day precautionary suspensions including co-headliners Frank Mir and Cheick Kongo.
The complete list of medical suspensions includes:
- Diego Sanchez: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 60 days and must undergo a CT scan and be cleared by a doctor
- Frank Mir: Suspended 3 days with no contact for precautionary reasons
- Cheick Kongo: Suspended 3 days with no contact for precautionary reasons
- Jon Fitch: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days for precautionary reasons but can be cleared early by a doctor
- Kenny Florian: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days due to a cut but can be cleared early by a doctor
- Clay Guida: Suspended minimum 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons unless cut is cleared early by a doctor, additionally suspended 180 days due to a possible eye injury but can be cleared early by an ophthalmologist
- Paul Buentello: Suspended minimum 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons, additionally suspended indefinitely until doctor clears rib X-rays
- Alan Belcher: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons
- Wilson Gouveia: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons; can be cleared early by a doctor
- Matt Wiman: Suspended minimum 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons, additionally suspended 180 days due to a possible right injury but can be X-rayed and cleared early by a doctor
- Shane Nelson: Suspended 14 days with no contact for 14 days due to a cut but can be cleared early by a doctor
- Johny Hendricks: Suspended 3 days with no contact for 3 days for precautionary reasons
- Ricardo Funch: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons but can be cleared early by a doctor
- Rousimar Palhares: Suspended 3 days with no contact for 3 days for precautionary reasons
- Lucio Linhares: Suspended 3 days with no contact for 3 days for precautionary reasons
- DaMarques Johnson: Suspended 3 days with no contact for 3 days for precautionary reasons
- Edgar Garcia: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons but can be cleared early by a doctor
- Kevin Burns: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons
Tags: Alan Belcher, Cheick Kongo, Clay Guida, DaMarques Johnson, Diego Sanchez, Edgar Garcia, Frank Mir, Johny Hendricks, Jon Fitch, Kenny Florian, Kevin Burns, Lucio Linhares, Matt Wiman, Paul Buentello, Ricardo Funch, rousimar palhares, Shane Nelson, Wilson Gouveia
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damn dude diego looks like that dude from the goonies!
Baby Ruth!!!!!
“Heeeyyy….yyyyooouuuu guyyyyyyyyyssss!”
He’s a tough guy….
He may be a tough guy physically, but mentally he is a mess. BJ broke him in the first round. Diego has potential to be a great fighter, but due to his mental game, he is far from there.
I guess this proves that the ‘power of positive thinking’ is no power at all.
Dude thats compleaty wrong. He Has gotten to where he is at because of his crazy mentality, not overwheliming talent and power. Its his mental game that sets him appart. and his skills where not up to par with BJ’s, boxing, ground game, everything.
Ouch. Seems like a lot of bloody messes and swellingness after the prodigy gets done with you.
joe,
dude diego is probably the most mentally tough fighter in the game. He hung in there the whole fight and didn’t quit till the ref stopped the fight.
The fact that he was done after the first round is a fact BUT it wasn’t because he broke mentally. It was more so that he realized he was being super outclassed and he didn’t know how to engage or to even fight a dude who was like 3 levels above him.
Imho if he mentally broke he wouldn’t have made it out of the 1 or 2nd round.
Yeah, I gotta agree with my boy Jazz on this one. I’m not a fan of Deigo but that kid is head strong like no one else.
i agree with both sides on this one. mentally he’s got the ability to hang in, but by the same token, all that talk and strategy he had planned went out the door the second penn knocked him on his ass. he can hang in, but it doesn’t appear that he can overcome. of course he was fighting bj, so it’s not like i’m totally insulting the guy, i prolly wouldn’t make it to the cage without pissing my pants. not a fan of sanchez, but i applaud the fact that he didn’t give up.
can we PLEASE get a before and after of that photo? like his face before destruction and then that pic?
Happiest day of my life I think when I saw that beat down. BJ is unmatched at 155. I gotta be honest, I really thought Diego would give BJ a lot of trouble in the later rounds, simply because of Diego’s unstoppable will. He has a HUGE heart and determination. Diego I think is a good replacement for when BJ relinquishes the title, but for now BJ is king.
grey maynerd can beat BJ..
After the beating Penn threw Sanchez, I’m betting that Diego’s personal guru Tony Robbins is burning thru a sh!tload of “anytime minutes” trying to keep Sanchez’s morale from bottoming out…
very true, although i thought it was a quick title shot for diego, i still think he was the only one left in that division that could possibly do something. who’s left that hasn’t already been dominated? Huerta isn’t the same fighter and even if he was, still no match. guida, as much as i like the guy, will prolly never get a title shot. maynard will prolly be in the picture but he’s a bad match up cuz penn will stuff his take downs…. even though it’s a deep division, penn is far beyond any contenders.
Positive thinking is a great motivator to improve yourself. Positive thinking, however does and cannot change reality.
We romanticize the idea that we can accomplish anything if we only believe that we can. That is a lie.
Every man, woman and child on the planet once believed the earth was flat. It never was. Beliefs based on folly, even collective ones, are an insult to the intelligence of our species.
The danger to me in getting caught up in all of this is when you convince yourself (and sometimes others) that something is true that isn’t. Having an imagination is one thing… but when you’re actually convinced of something that simply isn’t true… that is called a delusion.
Some people see Diego’s mental state as his strength… As a materialist, I see it as his weakness. His mind isn’t weak, but faith does not overcome what’s real… including natural talent, genetics and the refinements of those qualities through hard work.
I hope Diego recovers soon and is back to putting on more great fights.
antiidol,
well put. i’d say there’s some value in believing that things are possible, but it is a two edged sword that can set up of for heartache when a different reality sets in. based on your comments, i’m guessing you liked the movie fight club.
This is a shameful admission… but I have never watched Fight Club. It is very high on my list though… perhaps I’ll slow down long enough this weekend and pay homage. Take care.
But in that light would it be better for a fighter who realizes he’s outmatched to just throw in the towel? Faith is more important in fighting than in religion. If a fighter has a moment of exestentialism in the ring, and acts on that, then you would not have come from behind victories like St. Pierre v. Penn I, or Big Nog v. Tim Sylvia. Think about those consequences. If fighters allowed reality to govern their actions we may still have Tim Sylvia in the UFC… I shudder to think.
I actually considered that side to the coin myself (I have a tendency to view things from conflicting sides often) and I chose my side of the argument from there. Faith is belief without evidence. Fighters, and others, will use the term “I have faith in myself… that I’ll win… etc.” but in fact there is great evidence, in their mind anyway, to believe what they are saying.
In some cases, “faith” can also simply be ego. In most cases, faith is actually a misused word to describe confidence.
Even if a fighter knows that he is completely outmatched, it is the case in many, many fights that the best fighter doesn’t actually win. That “punchers chance” is reason enough to continue… if you think like a fighter ;-)
In Nog’s case, it isn’t faith that he will eventually catch his opponent and come from the brink to reign victorious… it’s experience. He’s done it before and based on that, he believes he can endure and find that opening that every fighter will present at some time during a fight.
Lastly, if a fighter knows he is outmatched, applies “faith” and wins… faith didn’t overcome reality. The reality is that he simply got lucky, overestimated his opponent or underestimated him/herself. If that outcome wasn’t in the realm of reality… it wouldn’t have happened.
Great discussion guys. Sorry to be so long winded. You just don’t get quality conversation in most MMA forums :-)
As someone who doesn’t believe in “luck” (what most people call “luck” is the moment at which opportunity and preparedness meet), I have to disagree with the assertion that a fighter who is outmatched applies faith and still wins is just lucky.
There is plenty of evidence in sports and in life that people over come the “facts/circumstances” of a situation and produce what would normally be considered an “impossible” result through “faith” or belief in themself/God/whatever. For example, it was previously deemed physically impossible – and there was plenty of “scientific evidence” to support the viewpoint – to run a mile in under 4 minutes. Now high school kids do it, but it took a man who had faith in himself enough to know that he could prove those “facts/circumstances” wrong. Once something is proven to be possible, doesn’t negate the faith it took to accomplish the feat the first time, because they have to overcome the perceived reality (though not actual reality) so that sort of negates the point I have inferred you to be making with your second to last paragraph.
what does no contact mean??
It means they can’t have any sort of fighting or training related contact.
cheers dude i wasn’t sure if it ment that or no contact wiv the ufc to arrange other fights
Diego i still believe you are able to win the belt in the Light weight division and defeat BJ Penn regards to your loss i think it will make you a stronger person in your mind and heart keep your faith in God he has brought you this far for a reason. You are still a warrior you continued to fight when others would have given up that is what it takes. BJ penn said that you never fought a champion before but now you have to defeat a champion Learn and train with champions like GSP, Anderson Silva, you got what it takes. Forget Revenge because it keeps you unfocused, Forget Pride because before the pride there is the Fall. Keep your faith in GOD because GOD can move mountains.
God Bless
Rob
Rob you seem nice enough, but when in history has God or anybody in Gods’ name ever moved a mountain, in history? On that note I think Diego, could go train with GSP, Kenny Florian, and all the other nipple tweaking Greg Jackson camp and I don’t think the results would be much different. At least not for quite a few years, until BJ gets out of shape or Diego jumps leaps and bounds. Remember BJ’s strongest suite is BJJ and we didn’t even need to see one ounce of ground game out of Baby Jay.