UFC Fight Night 122 medical suspensions: Michael Bisping out 60 days after knockout

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping’s bench time is doubled in the wake of his second stoppage loss.

Bisping (30-9 MMA, 20-9 UFC) is suspended 60 days with 45 days of no contact during training after a first-round knockout loss courtesy of Kelvin Gastelum (14-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in the headliner of UFC Fight Night 122, according to medical suspensions released to official MMA records keeper mixedmartialarts.com.

UFC Fight Night 122 took place this past Saturday, Nov. 25, at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. The entire card streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

Bisping, 38, received a 30-day suspension after being choked unconscious at UFC 217 – just three weeks before the Gastelum fight – by Georges St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC), who claimed the UFC middleweight title after a four-year layoff. But Bisping reportedly received doctor’s permission to compete, despite being badly rocked by a punch prior to being submitted. The UFC, which independently regulated this past Saturday’s event, also cleared him for the fight.

UFC commentator Joe Rogan recently criticized the decision to allow Bisping to fight.

All UFC Fight Night 122 fighters were given a mandatory seven-day suspension, but four fighters received potential six-month terms.

The full list of medical suspensions from UFC Fight Night 122 include:

• Kelvin Gastelum: suspended 7 days
• Michael Bisping: suspended 60 days due to KO and 45 days no contact
• Li Jingliang: suspended 7 days
• Zak Ottow: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for right hand, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Wang Guan: suspended 7 days
• Alex Caceres: suspended 45 days due to right eyelid laceration and 30 days no contact
• Alex Garcia: suspended 7 days
• Muslim Salikhov: suspended 7 days
• Zabit Magomedsharipov: suspended 7 days
• Sheymon Moraes: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
• Song Kenan: suspended 7 days
• Bobby Nash: suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
• Yan Xiaonan: suspended 45 days due to lip laceration and 30 days no contact
• Kailin Curran: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
• Song Yadong: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for right foot, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Bharat Kandare: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
• Shamil Abdurakhimov: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for left thumb, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Chase Sherman: suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
• Gina Mazany: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for left toe, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Wu Yanan: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Rolando Dy: suspended 7 days
• Wuliji Buren: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
• Cyril Asker: suspended 7 days
• Hu Yaozong: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 122, check out the UFC Events section of the site.