UFC Fight Night 179 Medicals: Cory Sandhagen Among Six Fighters Facing 180-Day Terms
It appears that Cory Sandhagen did not emerge unscathed from his highlight-reel victory over Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night 179.
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The UFC, which acted as its own regulating body for the event, recently released a full list of medical suspensions to mixedmartialarts.com. UFC Fight Night 179 took place at the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night. Everyone who competed received at least a seven-day mandatory suspension.
Five other fighters from the card are facing potential 180-day
sits: Tom
Breese, Rodrigo
Nascimento Ferreira, Impa
Kasanganay, Tony Kelley
and Omar
Morales.
UFC Fight Night 179 Medical Suspensions:
Cory Sandhagen: 180 days unless cleared by ophthalmologist; minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Marlon Moraes: 45 days for TKO defeat and 21 days no contact
Makwan Amirkhani: 30 days for hard bout and 21 days no contact
Marcin Tybura: 30 days for hard bout and 21 days no contact
Ben Rothwell: 45 days for right eyebrow laceration and 30 days no contact
Markus Perez: 60 days for KO defeat and 45 days no contact
Alan Baudot: 30 days for TKO defeat and 21 days no contact
Ilia Topuria: 30 days for left eyelid laceration and 21 days no contact
Tom Breese: 180 days unless cleared by right knee MRI and left tibia/fibula x-ray; minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
K.B. Bhullar: 45 days for TKO defeat and 30 days no contact
Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira: 180 days unless cleared by ophthalmologist; mandatory 30 days with 21 days no contact for right scalp laceration
Impa Kasanganay: 180 days unless cleared by ophthalmologist; mininimum suspension 60 days with 45 days no contact for KO defeat
Tony Kelley: 180 days unless cleared by right elbow MRI and right tibia/fibula x-ray; minimum suspension 30 days with 21 days no contact
Omar Morales: 180 days unless cleared by right elbow MRI and left tibia/fibula and left ankle x-ray; minimum suspension 30 days with 21 days no contact
Bruno Silva: 30 days for right eyebrow laceration and 21 days no contact
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