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Despite coming out on top in his thrilling main event bout with Justin Gaethje at UFC on Fox 29, it looks like Dustin Poirier was the worse for wear. It was pretty obvious that his legs were jacked up, even before he released photographic evidence of it the day after the fight. It turns out that there might be actual knee damage though, based on the Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission’s medical suspensions coming out of the event.
Poirier joined a list of six fighters from the card to be handed 180-day suspensions. Obviously those can be cleared early by a doctor, but are usually the sign of some sort of injury occurring in a bout. In addition to Poirier, Courtney Casey, Tim Boetsch, Ricky Rainey, John Moraga, and Lauren Mueller were also handed long terms. The report didn’t indicate the nature of the rest of their injuries, however.
Gaethje, who was finished in the fourth round of his lightweight bout with Poirier, was handed a 45-day suspension due to the TKO loss.
Here’s a look at the complete list of suspensions (via MMA Junkie):
Dustin Poirier: suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor, and needs an MRI on his right knee; also suspended a minimum of 45 days
Justin Gaethje: suspended 45 days for TKO
Alex Oliveira: suspended 45 days
Carlos Condit: suspended 45 days
Israel Adesanya: suspended 7 days
Marvin Vettori: suspended 45 days
Michelle Waterson: suspended 7 days
Cortney Casey: suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor; also suspended a minimum of 30 days
Tim Boetsch: suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor; also suspended a minimum of 30 days
Antonio Carlos Junior: suspended 45 days for hard bout
Muslim Salikov: suspended 7 days
Ricky Rainey: suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor for KO and unspecified issue; also suspended a minimum of 45 days
John Moraga: suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor; also suspended a minimum of 30 days
Wilson Reis: suspended 7 days
Brad Tavares: suspended 45 days
Krzysztof Jotko: suspended 60 days for KO and hard bout
Gilbert Burns: suspended 7 days
Daniel Moret: suspended 45 days for KO
Lauren Mueller: suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor; also suspended a minimum of 30 days
Shana Dobson: suspended 7 days
Yushin Okami: suspended 7 days
Dhiego Lima: suspended 30 days for hard bout
Adam Wieczorek: suspended 7 days
Arjan Bhullar: suspended 7 days
Alejandro Perez: suspended 7 days
Matthew Lopez: suspended 45 days for TKO
Luke Sanders: suspended 45 days
Patrick Williams: suspended 45 days
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