UFC 143 medical suspensions have been handed down by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and 15 of the 22 fighters who were in action at the Feb. 4 event in Las Vegas have been sidelined, including newly crowned interim UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit, who was suspended until March 6 for a left cheek laceration suffered in his win over Nick Diaz in the night’s main event.
Seven fighters were suspended for six months unless their injuries are cleared sooner by doctors, including co-main event winner Fabricio Werdum and main card winner Ed Herman.
The complete list of UFC 143 medical suspensions includes:
- Carlos Condit: Suspended until March 6 for left cheek laceration
- Fabricio Werdum: Must have right quadriceps contusion cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3. Minimum suspension until March 6
- Roy Nelson: Suspended until April 5 for forehead laceration
- Mike Pierce: Suspended until March 6 for right eye laceration
- Scott Jorgensen: Suspended until March 6
- Clifford Starks: Must have left ring finger cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3
- Ed Herman: Must have both hands cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3. Minimum suspension until March 6
- Max Holloway: Suspended until February 26 for right eye contusion
- Alex Caceres: Suspended until March 6
- Edwin Figueroa: Must have right groin injury cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3. Minimum suspension until March 6
- Chris Cope: Suspended until April 5
- Matt Riddle: Must have broken right index fighter cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3. Minimum suspension until March 21 for left eye laceration
- Henry Martinez: Must have right foot cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3. Minimum suspension until March 21 for left nasal laceration
- Michael Kuiper: Must have left foot cleared by doctor or suspended until August 3. Minimum suspension until March 6
- Dan Stittgen: Suspended until March 21
More UFC 143 coverage: UFC 143 Results: Carlos Condit Tops Nick Diaz to Win Interim Title, Shot at GSP
Pictured: Carlos Condit (via UFC.com)
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For those that haven’t seen Nelson’s noggin: http://cache.bjpenn.com/mmanews/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Roy-Nelson-Cut.jpg (CAUTION: It’s pretty gnarly)
Just goes to show you how deceiving images can be, (people yapping about “look at Diaz’s face!”), being that Condit was the one who got a medical suspension after being busted up during the fight and Diaz was cleared. LOL
Didn’t Diaz quit, why would they suspend him if he’s already gone?
Well, BJ Penn “retired” in the cage after UFC 137 and he was still suspended a couple days later:
- “B.J. Penn: Suspended until Dec. 29 with no contact until Dec. 14 for precautionary reasons”
He has a cut on his cheek.
Diaz has a bleeding vagina in the center of his face. The difference is, Condit’s will heal while Diaz will cry and complain about how no one likes him and that’s why he lost this fight.
It couldn’t be because Condit fought smarter than him and picked him apart. No, it’s because the judges don’t like him and didn’t weight his one take down as enough to win the fight.
Diaz needs to learn to be a man about things, because right now he’s acting like Gisele Bundchen.
haha
Aww, dbiz made a funny, how cute.
who would have thought the thai plum would look so easy against a powerful guy like Nelson.?
I love the addition of werdum and overeem to the heavyweights , maybe werdum vs Travis Browne next
Or Mir