Five UFC 94 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Twelve Drug Tested
BJ Penn
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to five UFC 94 participants, including BJ Penn, for various injuries suffered in their bouts Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The medical suspensions were:
- BJ Penn (defeated by Georges St-Pierre via fourth-round TKO) suspended until March 18th with no contact until March 3rd for precautionary reasons.
- Thiago Silva (defeated by Lyoto Machida via first-round KO) suspended until March 18th with no contact until March 3rd for precautionary reasons.
- Stephan Bonnar (defeated by Jon Jones via unanimous decision) suspended until March 3rd with no contact until February 22nd due to a scalp laceration.
- Akihiro Gono (defeated by Jon Fitch via unanimous decision) suspended until March 3rd with no contact until February 22nd for precautionary reasons.
- Chris Wilson (defeated by John Howard via split decision) must clear broken nose with doctor or no contest until July 31st. No contact until March 3rd.
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NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer on Monday confirmed to MMAFrenzy.com that the NSAC tested twelve UFC 94 fighters for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse. The tested fighters were Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn, Lyoto Machida, Thiago Silva, Clay Guida, Nate Diaz, Stephan Bonnar, Jon Jones, Jake O’Brien, John Howard, Thiago Tavares, and Karo Parisyan.
MMAFrenzy.com will pass along the drug tests results as soon as they’re available.
Tags: Akihiro Gono, BJ Penn, Chris Wilson, Clay Guida, Georges St. Pierre, Jake O'Brien, John Howard, Jon jones, Karo Parisyan, Lyoto Machida, Nate Diaz, Stephan Bonnar, Thiago Silva, Thiago Tavares
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I wonder what the suspension is for fighters who talked 300% better than they fought? I think we should put a suspension law in that says something like this:
“If any fighter talks about his opponent quitting, then quits himself, he is no longer allowed to talk to anyone. Ever.”
You should run for some sort of UFC office since you want to make laws. You could be the Secretary of Smack Talking.
Maybe the Smack Czar might be more your speed though since you want to ban smack.
BJ did not lose because he is a quiter, but because he was not prepared and did not take George seriously enough. GSP is extremely strong physically and he is getting better day by day. GSP proved with his fists and technique that he is no fake, no quiter and no loud mouth. For a man who was supposed to crawl under his bed and cry after losing UFC 94, GSP seemed quite happy after the fight… lolllllll
And to throw a stupid cheating allegation in the face of George is the saddest excuse I’ve ever heard. I don’t think vaseline is exactly what was pounding BJ’s face four rounds in a row!!!
Very Gooood!!! HAHAHAHA………!!!!!!
sense GSP wasn’t suspended anyone think the UFC will try to have him and Thiago Alves on UFC 100 and Possible even BJ Penn Vs. Kenny Florian if BJ’s ready by then. Anyone hearing any big fights for this card , they could have a Machida Vs. Rashad Fight on 100, or Maybe Maia is ready for Silva by then so Silva can finally have a true contender, a nice co-main event like a Sherk vs Sanchez or a Fitch vs Karo, Kongo vs Junior Dos Santos?
If they do all the championships on one card, I’ll protest since that means no more championships until December. Put on solid fights, not all gold fights.
I’m with you on that, not interested in seeing all the belts on the line on one card.
I doubt BJ will be ready by then.
how could he be ready he already had his 1 fight this year
I think so far UFC 98 is the furthest out they have rumored any matches for. I think we could see GSP v. Alves sooner than 100, but we’ll see. BJ v. Kenny I think would be possible for 99 or 100. Maia Silva could probably be done around that time, if Maia wants it. Machida v. Rashad hinges on Rampage v. Jardine. Either way we could see Rashad fighting at 100. For Sherk v. Sanchez, Sanchez has to get past Stevenson first, which I think he will. Fitch v. Karo would be sheer domination by Fitch. Kong v. Junior Dos Santos would be great, but maybe we could see that before then.
hahahaha maia a true contender. sorry i just thought that was funny. seeing how maia cant stand up with silva. no chance in hell.
I think their gonna do GSP vs Spider for christmas. that would be nuts.
That would be foolish, you mean.
they should do spider vs 205title holder…. cause i dont think rashad is gonna hold on to it for very long
I would like to see Evans vs. Machida, Machida would take Evans no doubt.. but it would be a good fight.
machida would take evans…no doubt? just like everyone said chuck liddell would knock out evans…no doubt? just like alot of people though forrest would dominate rashad…no doubt? just like everyone said Rashad would never be 205lb champion…no doubt? check yourself fool. this is MMA. anything can happen
That fight, while a dream match for the millenium, should never happen. GSP’s just not big enough. Spider walks around somewhere between 215-220 when he’s not cutting weight for a middleweight fight. GSP’s what, maybe 190 naturally?