UFC Fight Night 54 Medical Suspensions Report
By BJPENN.COM News
- October 8, 2014
The Nova Scotia Boxing Authority has suspended 19 UFC Fight Night 54 fighters, following Saturday night’s ‘UFC Fight Night Halifax’ event.
Five men got sidelined for six-months.
The full list of medical suspensions is as follows:
- Rory MacDonald: suspended seven days
- Tarec Saffiedine: suspended 45 days – concussion
- Raphael Assuncao: suspended seven days
- Bryan Caraway: suspended 30 days – facial lacerations
- Chad Laprise: suspended seven days
- Yosdenis Cedeno: suspended 30 days with no contact during training for 21 days – soft tissue swelling
- Elias Theodorou: suspended seven days
- Bruno Santos: suspended seven days
- Nordine Taleb: suspended 182 days but can be cleared early
- Li JingLiang: suspended 180 days but can be cleared early – CAT scan on arms and exam for cut near eye
- Jake Lindsay: suspended 180 days but can be cleared early
- Paul Felder: suspended nine days
- Jason Saggo: suspended 180 days with no contact for 30 days, can be cleared early
- Chris Kelades: suspended seven days
- Patrick Holohan: suspended 30 days, no contact for 21 days
- Albert Tumenov: suspended seven days
- Matt Dwyer: suspended 180 days but can be cleared early pending medical examination and a CAT scan
- Pedro Munhoz: suspended seven days
- Jerrod Sanders: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days
