Cage hopping gets Charles Oliveira 60-day suspension from NYSAC

Charles Oliveira’s post-fight celebration at UFC 210 has landed him in hot water with the New York State Athletic Commission.

The Brazilian fighter was given a 60-day suspension by the NYSAC for hopping over the cage following his first-round submission of Will Brooks on the pay-per-view opener of this past Saturday’s event at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

NYSAC spokesman Laz Benitez confirmed the news today following a public records request from MMAjunkie.

“Charles Oliveira was administratively suspended 60 days for exiting the fighting area by jumping over the cage after his bout,” wrote Benitez.

The Empire State commission doesn’t look kindly on rational exuberance. Oliveira is the second UFC fighter to get dinged for “exiting the fighting area” after middleweight contender Yoel Romero was given the same term following a win over ex-champ Chris Weidman at UFC 205.

So, Oliveira (22-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) gets two months on the bench in addition to a mandatory seven-day term for precautionary medical concerns. Given the usual turnaround for UFC fighters, however, it’s not a major career disruption.

In fact, things couldn’t have gone much better for the submission specialist, who caught Brooks (18-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in a standing rear-naked choke, forcing him to tap out midway through the opening frame. After a quartet of weight misses forced him to move up to the lightweight division, and a 1-4 run at featherweight, an impressive win was just what he needed.

Next time, however, he’ll probably be a bit more restrained.

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