UFC Fight Night 80 medical suspensions: Rose Namajunas gets potential 6-month term

Rose Namajunas and Paige VanZant

Five fighters from this past week’s UFC Fight Night 80 event face medical suspensions that could stretch six months.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission, which oversaw the event at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, issued the medical suspensions. Although every fighter faces a mandatory rest period of seven days, others are facing longer terms.

In the UFC Fight Pass streamed headliner, Rose Namajunas dominated heavily-hyped Paige VanZant from the opening bell before finishing her with a rear-naked choke at the 2:25 mark of Round 5. Despite the lopsided victory, it is Namajunas who faces the longer suspension of the two. However, like all fighters with the lengthy terms, a doctor can clear Namajunas early.

The full list of medical suspensions:

• Rose Namajunas: suspended 180 days unless doctor clears left hand
• Paige VanZant: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons
• Michael Chiesa: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons
• Jim Miller: suspended 30 days with no contact for 14 days for precautionary reasons
• Cody Pfister: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons
• Elias Theodorou: suspended 180 days unless doctor clears right hand; regardless, suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• John Howard: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons
• Sergio Moraes: suspended 180 days unless doctor clears left hand; regardless, suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Omari Akhmedov: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Kevin Casey: suspended 180 days unless eye cleared by ophthalmologist
• Johnny Eduardo: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Aljamain Sterling: must have MRI by doctor within 7 days
• Andreas Stal: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Emily Kagan: suspended 180 days unless doctor clears left knee; regardless, suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 80, check out the UFC Events section of the site.