UFC 184 medical suspensions: Co-headliner Raquel Pennington gets six-month term

Raquel Pennington and Holly Holm

There wasn’t much time for anyone to get seriously hurt in UFC 184’s headliner, but a three-round strike-off in the night’s co-headliner produced a long medical suspension.

Women’s bantamweight Raquel Pennington is benched for six months – or until cleared by a doctor – for possible dual fractures of her hands.

The California State Athletic Commission today released medical suspensions for this past Saturday’s pay-per-view event to MMAjunkie following a records request. The fight card took place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Preliminary-card fights aired live on FOX Sports and UFC Fight Pass.

After three rounds, Pennington lost a split decision to Holly Holm, who remains undefeated and could be on the short list to face champ Ronda Rousey, who needed just 14 seconds to armbar challenger Cat Zingano.

As with the majority of fighters at UFC 184, Rousey and Zingano received mandatory seven-day suspensions. Five others received six-month terms for more serious injuries and need medical clearance by a doctor.

The full list of medical suspensions for UFC 184 include:

• Ronda Rousey: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Cat Zingano: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Raquel Pennington: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for possible fracture to both hands (X-ray required), mandatory seven-day rest period
• Holly Holm: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Jake Ellenberger: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Josh Koscheck: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Alan Jouban: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Richard Walsh: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact (no exception)
• Anthony Ferguson: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Gleison Tibau: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Roan Carneiro: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for right elbow pain
• Mark Munoz: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Norifumi Yamamoto: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Roman Salazar: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for injury to left eye, mandatory seven-day rest period
• Tim Means: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for possible fracture to left elbow, mandatory seven-day rest period
• Dhiego Lima: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for possible fracture to left foot, suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact (no exception)
• Derrick Lewis: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Ruan Potts: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for head trauma, suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact (no exception)
• Valmir Lazaro: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for laceration to right cheek, mandatory seven-day rest period
• Masio Fullen: mandatory seven-day rest period
• Alexander Torres: mandatory seven-day rest period

For complete coverage of UFC 184, check out the UFC Events section of the site.