TUF 22 Finale medical suspensions: Ferguson facing six-month term after war

Tony Ferguson

Three fighters from this past week’s TUF 22 Finale 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 FOX Sports 1 televised headliner, Frankie Edgar crushed Chad Mendes in a highly anticipated featherweight showdown. At just the 2:28 mark of Round 1, Edgar landed a massive shot to the jaw of Mendes. A pair of follow-up shots later, the bout was all over.

The full list of medical suspensions:

• Chad Mendes: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons
• Tony Ferguson: suspended 180 days unless cleared by CT scan of head; regardless, suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
• Edson Barboza: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for lacerations on forehead
• Evan Dunham: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for laceration over right eyebrow
• Joe Lauzon: suspended 30 days with no contract for 21 days for precautionary reasons
• Jason Knight: suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days for laceration on left cheek
• Tatsuya Kawajiri: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons
• Konstantin Erokhin: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for left thumb injury
• Mike Pierce: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons
• Ryan LaFlare: suspended 180 days unless right hand cleared by doctor; regardless, suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Joey Sanchez: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for lacerations under right eye and over left eyebrow
• Chris Gruetzemacher: suspended 180 days unless left and right forearms cleared by doctor; regardless, suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Abner Lloveras: suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days for laceration over right eye lid

For complete coverage of the TUF 22 Finale, check out the UFC Events section of the site.