UFC Fight Night 32 medical suspensions: Two fighters suspended 180 days

Brandon Thatch

The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) has issued extended medical suspensions to 16 UFC Fight Night 32 fighters, and two of them could be out of action for up to 180 days.

MMAjunkie.com today obtained the list of CABMMA suspensions, which included lengthy ones for Brandon Thatch and Rony Jason, from the UFC.

UFC Fight Night 32 took place this past Saturday, Nov. 9, at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Goias, Brazil. The main card aired on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on MMAjunkie.com.

All fighters were suspended for at least 14 days with no contact during training for seven days. Vitor Belfort, who knocked out fellow light heavyweight Dan Henderson in the headliner, was one of them.

Thatch, meanwhile, received a six-month term due to possible ankle and shoulder injuries, though a physician can clear him early. Additionally, though not specified, Jason’s 180-day suspension is likely due to an arm laceration that resulted from him punching a wall post-fight.

The full list of suspensions included:

• Vitor Belfort: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days
• Dan Henderson: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Cezar Ferreira: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Daniel Sarafian: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Rafael Cavalcante: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days
• Igor Pokrajac: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Paulo Thiago: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Brandon Thatch – Suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor after ankle magnetic resonance imagining and shoulder X-ray
• Santiago Ponzinibbio: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Ryan LaFlare: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
• Rony Jason – suspended 180 days
• Jeremy Stephens: suspended 21 days with no contact for 14 days
• Godofredo Pepey: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Sam Sicília: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days
• Thiago Perpetuo: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Omari Akhmedov: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Thiago Tavares: suspended 21 days with no contact for 14 days
• Justin Salas: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days
• Adriano Martins: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days
• Daron Cruickshank: suspended 21 days with no contact for 14 days
• Jose Maria: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
• Dustin Ortiz: suspended 14 days with no contact for seven days

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