UFC 185 medical suspensions: Ryan Benoit gets indefinite suspension, but not for foul

Ryan Benoit

Five fighters were suspended indefinitely following this past Saturday’s UFC 185, including flyweight Ryan Benoit, who courted controversy when he kicked Sergio Pettis after a knockout victory.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which recently released medical suspensions arising from the event, confirmed that the suspension was not related to Benoit’s foul, for which he apologized after the fight.

“The Pettis camp did not wish to file a complaint with the Department against Mr. Benoit,” TDLR Public Information Officer Susan Stanford wrote MMAjunkie in an email. “Greg Alvarez, TDLR’s Combative Sports Manager, spoke sternly with Mr. Benoit, stressing this type of behavior is not acceptable, nor that of a professional fighter. No further action will be taken against Benoit.”

Also receiving indefinite terms were Josh Copeland, who suffered a TKO loss to Jared Rosholt; Larrisa Pacheco, who was TKOd by Germaine de Randamie; Jake Lindsey, who was TKOd by Joseph Duffy; and Roger Narvaez, who had his arm broken by Elias Theodorou.

All fighters from the card received minimum suspensions. Headliners Rafael dos Anjos and Anthony Pettis avoided significant terms despite a tough five-round fight that saw dos Anjos take the UFC lightweight title.

Additionally, Stanford told MMAjunkie that the TDLR tested all fighters from the UFC 185 card pre-fight for performance-enhancers and drugs of abuse. Results from those tests will be available next week.

The full list of medical suspensions from UFC 185 includes:

• Rafael dos Anjos: suspended until March 30
• Anthony Pettis: suspended until April 4
• Joanna Jedrzejczk: suspended until March 22
• Carla Esparza: suspended until April 14
• Alistair Overeem: suspended until March 24
• Roy Nelson: suspended until March 24
• Johny Hendricks: suspended until March 24
• Matt Brown: suspended until April 4
• Henry Cejudo: suspended until March 24
• Chris Cariaso: suspended until March 24
• Ryan Benoit: suspended indefinitely pending medical clearance
• Sergio Pettis: suspended until April 12
• Ross Pearson: suspended until March 22
• Sam Stout: suspended until May 14
• Beneil Dariush: suspended until March 22
• Daron Cruickshank: suspended until March 22
• Elias Theodorou: suspended until March 22
• Roger Narvaez: suspended indefinitely pending medical clearance
• Joseph Duffy: suspended until March 22
• Jake Lindsey: suspended indefinitely pending medical clearance
• Germaine de Randamie: suspended until March 22
• Larissa Pacheco: suspended indefinitely pending medical clearance
• Jared Rosholt: suspended until March 24
• Josh Copeland: suspended indefinitely pending medical clearance

For complete coverage of UFC 185, check out the UFC Events section of the site.