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Eight fighters from UFC 249 are looking at potential 180-day layoffs, but at the moment, Tony Ferguson isn’t one of them.
Ferguson took a hellacious beating at the hands of Justin Gaethje in Saturday’s headliner at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, eventually falling via technical knockout 3:39 into the fifth round. While “El Cucuy” reportedly suffered a broken orbital in the bout, thus far he has only received a 60-day medical suspension. However, that term could be longer pending further results, according to a full list of suspensions released by the Florida State Boxing Commission to Sherdog.com on Tuesday.
Gaethje, meanwhile, emerged from the card with a clean bill of health. The eight fighters who received 180-day suspensions can have those terms reduced once they are cleared by a physician. The FSBC did not reveal the specific nature of each medical suspension.
UFC 249 Medical Suspensions:
Tony Ferguson: Total suspension pending results; 60 days mandatory
Henry Cejudo: Suspended 45 days
Dominick Cruz: Suspended 45 days
Jairzinho Rozenstruik: Suspended 60 days
Jeremy Stephens: Suspended 60 days
Calvin Kattar: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 60 days mandatory
Yorgan De Castro: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
Anthony Pettis: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
Donald Cerrone: Suspended 30 days
Alexey Oleynik: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician
Fabricio Werdum: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician
Michelle Waterson: Suspended 30 days
Vicente Luque: Suspended 30 days
Niko Price: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 60 days mandatory
Charles Rosa: Suspended 30 days
Ryan Spann: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory
Sam Alvey: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by a physician; 30 days mandatory