UFC 88 Medical Suspensions: Liddell, Franklin, and Tavares Receive 60 Day Suspensions
Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Thiago Tavares each received 60 day medical suspensions from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission stemming from their bouts at UFC 88 “Breakthrough”.
The trio of fighters topped the list of medical suspensions issued by the GAEC for Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view event, which was held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and drew an official attendance of 14,736 for a live gate of $2.6 million.
Liddell has been suspended for 60 days due to his second-round main event knockout loss to Rashad Evans and must undergo a CT scan or MRI as well as a neurological evaluation before returning to the octagon.
Franklin, who defeated Matt Hamill via third-round TKO, also received a 60 day suspension due to a deep cut above his right eye. Hamill was suspended for 30 days.
Tavares, who was defeated by Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision in the “Fight of the Night”, must also sit out 60 days and must have a CT scan of his face for potential facial fractures.
Other notable suspensions include Martin Kampmann, who has been suspended for 30 days for precautionary reasons after suffering a knockout loss to Nate Marquardt, Mike Patt, who has been suspended for 42 days due to a nasal fracture, Ryo Chonan, who was suspended for 42 days due to facial lacerations, and Matt Brown, who was suspended for 15 days due to a cut.
The remaining fighters from the nine-bout card all received precautionary 7 day suspensions.
For more on UFC 88 “Breakthrough” click here.
Tags: Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, dong hyun kim, Jason Lambert, Jason MacDonald, Kurt Pellegrino, Martin Kampmann, matt brown, Matt Hamill, Mike Patt, Nate Marquardt, Rashad Evans, Rich Franklin, Roan Carneiro, rousimar palhares, Ryo Chonan, Thiago Tavares, tim boetsch
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Anyone know how many fights Liddell has left on his contract. Don’t think they can continue to keep paying him that much for too much longer.
Yup too bad… UFC paid him 1.5 M in his 3 losses. I think they should pay him less or give it to Keith Jardine who is paid only 14k with his win
man i think they should give liddell a lifetime suspension!! hahha
nah i think he will bouce back and win one more fight…but that’s about it..
Lidell might be overpaid now but he worked his way and his name to that status. jardine has not accomplished what he has.. nor will he.. it is unfortunate that this happened to chuck but the best man won. but i do agree half a mil. for a loss is outrageous. i know the fighters train a lot for months but half a mil for 7 mins work? not bad
liddell gets that cash because his name alone gets most of the ppv buys plus the live gates, chuck is a legend to this sport so get off his back, why do u think lesnar gets 500g?? its cos hes a big draw, the iceman will be back!!
Chuck may be a big name in the UFC he may sell tickets but whats his latest record 1-3? i mean they need to give Keith 30% of what CHuck got from the ufc when they fought each other. Thats one thing! fighter fights for them to survive and live but and need to be compensated propertly.
Keith won against Chuck and he only got 14k. he should have gotten atleast 100k or 150k. how about if keith losses to chuck he will only get 7k.
We are talking about fighters pay and how they should be compensated well. Its business yeah but business is staying coz of the fighters. They should be given insurance and stuff for them to be secured.
Thats one reason also that got Randy fuming coz of Chucks pay. He lost but was given 500k. i know Its in the contract but the UFC needs to bargain with the fighters who has big cash contract that if they lost, they need to give atleast 30% of their pay to the winner to have a healthy competition.
Example if you are Chuck Lidell and you are fighting a lesser contracted fighter hmmm against Stephan Bonnar you are guaranteed 500k fight purse win or lose. While Bonnar 8k to fight and 8k to win thats sucks
Who got hit harder: Lidell via Evans or Herring via Lesnar?
Those are two of the hardest puches I’ve seen in a while.
Erizzle,
Lidell by far got hit harder. He woke up 5 mintues after the shot, while herring was just koncked down.
While you’re wondering why Chuck Liddell gets paid so much, let me ask a question… Who was the head liner on that card? Who’s name did they use to sell over 14,000 tickets? Whose name did they use to see millions of dollars in PPV’s? I know there were a lot of other guys on the card, but who would have bought a ticket or a PPV if the Liddell Evans fight wasn’t on that card? Would they have sold that many tickets if Evans had been fighting Jardine, for example?… I don’t know, but I doubt it.
sorry… I guess I asked more than just one question…
i think we have already established that that the big name fighters get paid for their name.. not performance
Do you think with his performance in last 4 fights, does he deserve to be paid that high? we are talking about performance here. Will you pay a guy 1-3 with his PERFORMANCE? he is the card drawer but think about performance
Chuck is a great fighter but you can not change you age, might be time to retire, that was a wicked knockout needs 3 months rest. Older you get the slower you get, hats off to Rashad.
Dolfan,
Matt Brown?
You guys need to enjoy the fights and not worry about fighter salary. F that ****! Worry about your own finances. As far as I am concerned, Barry Zito’s signing by the Giants proves why you do not invest MILLIONS of DOLLARS into any individual athlete……SHAT HAPPENS!
Andriy Schevchenko is a prime example.. think Chelsea paid him 60 million to ride the bench for 2 years? thats how you earn money
Kouch
I’m from S.F and a huge giants fan, and dude i couldn’t agree more.
Everyone should know these fighters names are the money makers not the “fight of the night” winners or guys who always finish, cuz while we watch the “big” fights we’re always waiting for that sub. or ko, but we only get decisions and we end up getting the more exciting fights by smaller names. big names = big paychecks, let’s not forget that this is not just a sport but a BUSINESS, and, and, Dana white’s a greedy motherf*&%
Liddell is still by far and away the best pound per pound fighter world-wide. He would crush Silva. And a rematch with Evans will prove that the knock-out punch was sheer flukey luck. I’m not really a Lidell fan but unequivocally he is still at the zenith of his career and the grand master of mma.
Yes he is a greedy one
i was surrpised chuck didnt die man that punch was brutal!
Chuck’s losses might be flukes. but he has quite a few L’s in the column. Luck goes along with the sport. Lidell is out of pound for pound talk in my opinion, if he ever was. silva would destroy chuck. and if chuck wants to get destroyed and get that 500k check then let him. i know i will be watching..
Crush Silva? are you kidding… Anderson Silva will be the one crushing the Ice! Thats not a lucky punch that hit him but a well timed punch. A lucky punch is when you blink you hit but Rashad didnt even blink when he hit Chuck.
For all the years chuck has been fighting, I think he should get every penny! He has earned it and deserves it. He will ALWAYS be the MAN.
Sooner or later he will have to give it up. I agree it was a luck punch, Evans is not the better fighter, and he will get his, when the time is right. sad to hear about Evan Tanner, I hate to hear of anyone going out like that.
LOL Cuck best P4P???? That’s a joke right? Funniest chit i’ve heard all night lol. Thanks!
Anyone see Chuck and Griffin on the world series of poker tonight? It was taped the day after Forrest won the belt, and he was sitting at the table with his face mangled. I sure couldn’t beat Chuck in mma, but i could sure kick his a$$ in no limit holdem lol.
well anderson silvas to good he could probaly win the ufc LHW title i agree he would kill chuck hes to fast for anyone in LHW i dont really like him but his so dang good he could become to champs at the same time but he doesnt because he wants lyoto to get it which is why im glad because im sure he could win it
and just to add for you, I think all the “old timers” deserve it all, as you say you can’t fight mma, so until you do ,don’t put your mouth where the money is……..
It’s funny you say that silva would get crushed, because silva would love to fight chuck and decemember would be a perfect time for silva and chuck to fight. Chuck would be off his suspensiona and silva would have enough time to train for anothere 205 fight. Liddell would end up in a coma or have his face looking like Franklin’s after his fight with Silva. Silva is much younger has muay thai skills that I have never seen before. So if Liddell wants to get beat up again I would love to see it.
That’s it then… December… Liddell vs. Silva. It’s a fight. I like the crushed ice thing. That was cool (pun). I don’t think Silva can roll through the LHW like he did the MW division, but maybe we’ll find out.
It might be just me, but I think if you have fighters with equal abilities, the bigger, stronger fighter will usually win, but I could be wrong. Silva might prove me wrong. After Saturday night, I’ll believe anything. You saw Elvis walking down the street?… I won’t doubt you. Was JFK with him?… The UFC was turned upside down and shaken last Saturday night. We will all see how it all falls.
That punch was GOLD!!!
Help me out here… I have forgotten, why did Tito Ortiz get a rematch against Liddell?
M O N E Y
Its impossible for the UFC to have Chuck fight Anderson Silva coz NSAC wont allow it, period. Like what they did to Wandy last year they did not let him fight coz he sustained a KO loss. This goes also to CHuck and the match up. Remember 2 yrs or a year ago they want a Tim Sylvia – Frank Mir 2 fight but NSAC did not allow it coz of the match up and they consider the previous fight of a fighter. Match up and safety precaution would be the main factor that this fight or mega fight wont happen.
NSAC might consider it a mismatch. Anderson Silva is riding on a winning streak while Chuck so far is 1-3. They wont simply allow it
The logical match up for Chuck right now when he comes back is a Shogun fight. They are both coming from losses and they need to work their way up to the LHW ladder. Rumors are circling that Wandy and Rampage are fighting this coming Nov. and Shogun eager to comeback, this would be a great match up Shogun vs Lidell. as for Franklin a fight against Soukodjou is a logical one.
Dolfang I don’t know how to compare abilities, but I have to think Anderson has Chuck in the ability department lol.
RASHAD “THE LEGEND KILLER” EVANS is gonna destroy forrest i cant wait for this december card…….i dont care what everyone else says about liddell winning would have been better for the sport because in my opinion it wouldnt be….rashad is an excelent mixed martial artist…liddell(who i am a fan of) on the other hand is not he is pretty much a one trick pony/one punch pony…..everyone always says chuck has great jiu jitsu…well then chuck lets see it….i was actually starting to get kinda bored of the same ko every fight….some one comes in you tap them on the chin and they fall…his ko’s arent even that exciting there not big hits more like small hits right on the button so they ko them fast………also just to tell everyone the nipple twisting thing and the bill gates tshirt…evans said on mmajunkie that they were inside jokes for the jackson camps…..also i hate how everyone is saying evans is a showboater..yet all he is doing is dancing around like ray leonard used to do in boxing and just like anderson silva does every fight and obviously it worked against liddell…..at least evans didnt run around like a maniac and act like he was cutting a throat like thiago silva or doing the gay gravedigger thing like tito and kendall instead he just walked away and later told liddell that he hoped he didnt cause any serious injury seriously not joking around kind of way…it doesnt get classier than that
JustJoe,
They’re both big hitters and they both are good on the mat. I haven’t seen the greatness from Silva on the mat that people think that he has. Maybe he is as good as people think, but he hasn’t shown that yet. I thought Lutter did real well against him and gave him a good fight. Silva spent more time on his back in that fight than he wanted to, I’m sure. Silva is 185 and Liddell is 20 pounds heavier. Don’t be so quick to annoint a guy as the new king or send a guy to the old folks home. Silva has lost before and he’ll lose again. Chuck has won before and he’ll win again. Actually, they might make a good fight. It would be interesting…
… I’m just saying…
Yeah know I get sick of these newbie fans! On this very site, these very same people were putting Chuck down in favor of Silva. Then When Chuck beat Silva, these pathetic fans went back to praising chuck! Now that Chuck loses a fight, these people are right back to putting him down! Like anyone of you could fight even the bottom feeder fighters; let alone Chuck Liddell!
Back in the day MMA fans were real, true fans. People that knew the fighters, because we didn’t have 50 different MMA groups. We have the UFC and Pride. So it just makes me sick hearing from those of you putting Chuck down!
Keep in mind, Chuck’s win-to-lose ratio is one of the best on EARTH! So before you bash him, consider who Chuck as beaten and who Evens has beaten. Chuck has beaten the best of the best! Evens slips by, and manages to win a few fights by KO.
Newbies make me sick!! Show some respect, or go watch WWE!!!
russ, chill out man. if you don’t like peoples opinion then don’t come to the site? i don’t think anyone is hating on chuck. but losing the last 3 of 4? that is not good for any competitor. the past is past. now is now. there is a reason why its called MMA.. when you enter the octagon there is a possibility that you could lose. no matter what the ratio is. i am for sure looking forward to chuck’s next fight to see how he does it. and he better do something different.
RUSS YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT CHUCK IS NO LONGER THE SAME FIGHTER…NOBODY IS QUESTIONING WHO HE IS…WE ARE JUST ALL CONVINCED THAT HE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME CHUCK! HE HAS LOST MOST OF HIS RECENT FIGHTS…AND HASN’T KNOCKED ANYBODY OUT IN A WHILE…SO JUST REEEEEELAX…DO A COUPLE PUSH-UPS TO RELEASE THE STRESS…AND JUST TRY TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT CHUCK IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO RETIRE SOON IF HE DOES NOT PROTECT THAT SOFT CHIN OF HIS! OK!!
Gunslinger,
Forrest is going to beat Evans, mark it down. I was not sold on Griffith,but he made me a fan with his wins over Rampage and Shogun. He is a warrior and he really don’t start fighting till he bleeds.
Dolfang, I dunno man. I don’t believe Anderson walks around at 185, granted I don’t think he will dominate the 205 like he does 185, but imo I think he takes care of Chuck pretty easily. I’d be shocked if Chuck beats him, just like I was shocked Saturday. Anderson might not be the best fighter on the ground, but to me he looks really relaxed when he is on his back, especially in the Dan Henderson fight and Lutter fight. I don’t see Chuck taking him to the ground at all. I would really love to see this fight though, Chuck always has that punchers chance.
JustJoe,
Anderson is great on ground. GREAT & UNDERRATED. I think Silva could easily dominate the LHW division. Silva has a special super hero power where he hits people and they feel like death. It’s really cool. The next fighter to beat Silva or Fedor will be a GIFT to MMA fans. As I see it now we have two fighters who can control their divisions for years to come.
Gunslinger,
Careful with the nick names…… WWE might come after you. I believe Randy Orton is the legend killer.
Chuck gets the $ because he sell the tickets. No one would even show up if Jardine was the headliner. They would have to raffle off tickets! Can you name 4 fighters that Evans has beaten? Chuck always fights the best and that means more risks. It is like saying De La Hoya can’t box because we has a few losses. BUt the guy always fights the best. Maybe Chuck should go out and knock out a bunch of Cab Drivers for 4-5 fights just to pad his record like some of the other jokers. Did you see Evans interview after the fight. He said” I am in no hurry for a title fight”, “I am going to enjoy the ride and take my time” – That is weak!!!!!!!! A true champion would demand a title shot!
Thats right. But it was TNA that went after Warmachine not WWE.
Thanks KOuch, I admit i’ve only seen clips on Spider before UFC, but I can tell he’s pretty good on the ground, now if he’s great like you say, i might have to change my opinion and say he could dominate LHW!. I would like to see his fight Against Lee Murray, I’m gonna go look that up now.
I have a question as well as a few comments. I am new to this site, though not new to MMA. My question is, are the medical suspensions normal, and just not something I’ve seen before, or was this something out of the ordinary for the GAEC to do?
My comments are that Chuck was, and still is a very good fighter. I don’t think that the case is necessarily that Chuck is less good than he has been in the past, its just that his opponents now are better than some of his previous opponents. Also, in the past, Chuck was on another level as far as strikers go, and none of his opponents could even come close to him on the feet(except the first loss to Rampage). Now there are more strikers that if nothing else are as good as him. That means that if they stand and trade its just a matter of who catches who first, or who executes their game plan best.
The suspensions are a pretty normal thing. Many of them can be cleared early with a doctor’s note.
NSAC or any governing body will not allow it to happen coz of the recent loss of Chuck. A mismatch is widely considered in this one
Chuck is still good in this game but he is not the same fighter coz of his age. He is not Randy Couture they are totally different fighters but in order for Chuck to stay in the sport and dominate, he needs to train well and be a well rounded fighter. He has jiu jitsu, wrestling and kickboxing and excellent striking but the sport has evolve so fast. He doesnt implement some of his strength thats why he is 1-3.
JustJoe,
Thanks for that. Definitely makes sense to be a normal thing, I’ve just not seen it reported before.
Royce Gracie is the BJJ best but he did not stay and dominate so long coz he is one dimensional fighter. He only has BJJ as his weapon. Chuck needs to surprise his opponents like what he did to WAndy in which he uses take downs and whch lead to his win.
Royce was the star of Rorion’s infomercial…When they talked about Karelin…Rorion wanted to bring in Rickson.
chuck fills seats. it doesnt matter if he wins or loses he is the most recognized mma fighter in the world. he is in a stacked weight class everyone loses. chuck will bounce back. i got faith in the iceman.