11 UFC 92 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions; 12 Fighters Drug Tested
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Jan 1, 2009 at 5:05 pm ET34 Comments
Forrest Griffin
11 of the 20 fighters who were in action at UFC 92 have been issued medical suspensions by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
The December 27th event took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in front of a crowd of 14,166 (9,701 paid), which generated a live gate of $3,468,440 million.
The suspensions included:
- Forrest Griffin must have left hand x-rayed & cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 06/27/09; minimum suspension no contest until 02/12/09 with no contact until 01/28/09
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira suspended until 02/27/09 with no contact until 02/12/09
- Mike Massenzio suspended until 01/28/09 with no contact until 01/19/09
- Wanderlei Silva suspended until 02/27/09 with no contact until 02/12/09
- Mostapha Al-Turk must clear broken nose w/ ENT doctor or no contest until 06/27/09; minimum suspension no contest until 02/27/09; no contact until 02/12/09 lacerations over left eye & on top of head
- Mike Wessel suspended until 02/12/09 with no contact until 01/28/09
- Matt Hamill suspended until 02/12/09 with no contact until 01/28/09 due to a cut under left eye
- Reese Andy must have a CT Scan of face to rule out orbital fracture and doctor’s clearance or no contest until 06/27/09; minimum suspension no contest until 02/27/09 with no contact until 02/12/09.
- Brad Blackburn must be cleared by a neurologist for left arm tingling/numbness before next fight and also must clear nasal fracture with ENT doctor or no contest until 06/27/09; minimum suspension no contest until 02/12/09 with no contact until 01/28/09
- Dan Evensen must have orthopedic clearance on his left knee or no contest until 06/27/09; minimum suspension no contest until 01/28/09 with no contact until 01/19/09
- Patrick Barry suspended until 01/28/09 with no contact until 01/19/09 due to a right elbow injury
Additionally, the NSAC drug tested 12 fighters who participated on the UFC 92 card. Tested were Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Frank Mir, Brad Blackburn, Matt Hamill, Antoni Hardonk, Yushin Okami, Cheick Kongo, Quinton Jackson, CB Dolloway, and Patrick Barry.
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6 months for Forrest hmmmmmm I guess it looks as tho Rampage Forrest II isn’t happening yet, I figure Ranpage v Evans
I look forward to Evans first loss…since you brought it up.
well then I’m looking forward to when Rampage loses his strap again to Forrest Griffin in their 5 round blood bath and once again Forrest will be the champ (pressuming that your thought process works out)
i like that fr702 but rashad always finds ways to win so im thinkin rashad.
What’s up True1, I wouldn’t mind if either of them beat the shhh outta each other.. I would say I’m more of a fan of Crazy assss then iam of Kiss my Nuts.. And Rampage has beaten tougher guys over his carrer than Evans has, but Evans is the man rightnow and he is getting better with each fight… Sooo essentially when (if) this fight come forth then I will attempt to find a winner
He must be cleared by a doctor or out for 6 months. Doesn’t necessarily mean he’s actually out for 6 months.
fr702,
That’s only if he doesn’t go to the doctor, then he will not be allowed to fight until then.
And didn’t Dana White already say it is likely to be Rampage vs. Evans anyway?
Tyler, trust me I understand that, I also understand that when u break your hand you’re going to be out of contention for a bit… Dana White “hinted” that crazy assss will face kiss my nuts
Rampage should not be in line for another title shot already. Rashad’s next fight should be against the winner of the machida vs thiago silva fight. Then after that maybe rampage would be next.
I have to disagree, Forrest barely won their first fight. I would agree with you if Forrest wooped his ass, but that wasn’t the case.
On a side note though I agree that Machida should have a title shot, he has been pushed aside again and again. However I can see why they do that, because no one wants to have boring LHW champion. Not fair, but understandable from a business perspective.
I hear what your saying, the best outcome would be that thiago would beat machida and have him fight rashad next. Thiago vs rashad or rampage would both have the potential to be really exciting fights. But I think either way they have to give machida the shot at the belt or let him go if they are just going to keep stringing him along. The light heavy division is so stacked that if machida won the belt or anyone else for that matter, they probably wont be able to hold onto it for very long.
Rampage the next lhw champion
What do u think of ufc 100 id like 2 c w.silva vs c.liddell
nogueira or a.silva vs r.couture
if nogueria fights couture then id like to c a.silva v m.bisping
Couture is staying at HW, so he won’t be fighting Anderson.
Bisping will be coaching TUF at that point, so he won’t be fighting Anderson Silvea (nor should he be for that matter).
I take back the TUF statement, Bisping will likely be fighting the opposing TUF coach at either UFC 97 or 98, however, in May or June, making UFC 100 a fast turnaround, especially to Silva. And even more pointless when he loses to either Hendo or Franklin.
exactly well said justin
ufc 100 according e-bodys healthy nog vs. randy, rampage vs. cocky rashad, kongo vs. carwin gonzaga winner, g.s.p vs. alves, penn vs. florian, luiz cane vs. thiago silva, forrest vs. wandi, a. silva vs. iceman at lhw, oh yeah & randy vs. a.silva at lhw is dumb!!
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Either upgrade to internet explorer seven or download firefox.
wanderlei is dropping to MW i thought that would be cool like micheal bisping vs Wanderlei or the loser of rich vs dan or the winner i hope franklin wins!
WANDERLEI WILL BE AN ANIMAL AT MW I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT!!!
dude i hate 2 say it because im as big a wanderlei fan as anyone, but im also a football fan, and when steve young started gettin those concussions back in the day, they just started coming easier and easier… cro-cop, hendo, rampage… i dont kno how many points that guy has left on his counter, but im afraid for that guy, i really wish he would stop fighting for his own safety…
im gonna go in a corner and cry now for saying that lol
Thx Justin…
RASHAD, will fall. As do all trees. I predict that Rampage will be just the lumber jack to cause the fall. Rashad CANNOT BEAT, Quinton Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio Rua, Wanderlei Silva.
What are the realistic possibilities of him fighting Anderson? Is there a scenario that could happen? Anderson is getting ready to fight and the timing could be right.
^^^^^^
I second that, while he was getting hit, I told everyone at my house that Griffin was rocked and he was slow even in attempting to close the gaurd… Plus getting rocked in the face by a big dude who knew he had you rocked essentially time to regroup and get back in there…
Cheers pimpin
nah man i was sitting there and was like didnt he just tap?!? and did he not sound like the biggest queer after the fight? haha
If you’ll kindly go over to the posts concerning UFC 92, you will find that there is a consensus on this site that CB did in fact tap, and no one likes him except gunslinger.
ya i saw that 2, it pisses me off cause he did the same thing on the ultimate fighter season finale against amir, then he got pissed off and said he didnt tap!!!! that guy either needs to grow a pair or…. wait there’s no other option 2 that he just needs 2 grow a pair
ha i bet he has like a gay crush on him or something because i mean how could u honestly like that guy?? talented yes but super d-bag
Sorry, mate. Gunslinger is a respected member of this community, he has met CB in person (I think) and claims he’s really not that bad of a guy. We have agreed to disagree, I’d appreciate it if you would grow up and not use gay as a random insult, particularly targeted at a respected member of the MMAFrenzy community. Personal attacks on other members of the site are highly frowned upon here.
talented?? he beat a 1 legged guy. congrats. and if he wins again don’t do an interview. i was laughing so hard beer came out my nose.
my bad man didnt mean to insult anybody
yea he does sound like one! hahahah
so tru man i have to speak the truth also hes a douche haha
Liddel has not gotten another title shot after losing to rampage, and couture only because of the lack of competition. And this is not boxing, there is no mandatory challenger. Who did rampage beat in the ufc to earn the title shot with chuck- marvin ****in eastman. He should not nor should anybody else have another title shot only 1 fight after losing their belt. All weight classes are too stacked for that. If rampages record in pride makes him in line for an immediate title shot, machida beat nakamura and sokoudjou when he was ranked in the world after ko’ing arona and rogerio nogeria. Machida is top 5 lhw in the world and udefeated so how is he not in line for a shot. If thiago wins that will be 5 straight with a win over a top 5 in machida, plus thiago is ranked in the top 10 in almost all world rankings.
True1 I would assume that because of Griffin breaking his hand in the fight with Evans, and Wanderlei already stating he won’t fight either Anderson Silva nor Shogun Rua the theroy of Anderson fight one of the “losers” just went right the F out da window