UFC-Gdansk medical suspensions: Forced time off for Donald Cerrone with potential 6-month term

UFC welterweight Donald Cerrone hates to take time off, but with a potential six-month medical suspension, he’s benched for the time being.

Cerrone (32-10 MMA, 19-7 UFC), who reported a broken nose following a first-round TKO loss to Darren Till (16-0-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 118, drew a six-month suspension from the UFC, according to medical suspensions released by the UFC and reported by official ABC record keeper mixedmartialarts.com.

That suspension can be lifted, of course, with clearance from a doctor, in this case a maxillofacial specialist. But Cerrone is also suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for his stoppage loss, which marked his third straight defeat.

In other notable suspensions, light heavyweight opponents Jan Blachowicz (20-7 MMA, 3-4 UFC) and Devin Clark (8-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) both drew potential 180-day terms for injuries sustained prior to Blachowicz’s surprise second-round submission. Despite a gritty effort, bantamweight Damian Stasiak (10-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) needs clearance for his right knee or faces a six-month suspension. So, too, does Sam Alvey (31-10 MMA, 8-5 UFC), who’s listless performance against Ramazan Emeev (16-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) may have been influenced by an apparent right knee injury.

All fighters received a minimum 7 day suspension.

The full list of medical suspensions stemming from UFC Fight Night 118 includes:

• Donald Cerrone: suspended 180 days or until cleared by maxillofacial doctor, and suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Darren Till: suspended 7 days
• Jody Esquibel: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Karolina Kowalkiewicz: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Jan Blachowicz: suspended 180 days or until cleared by left foot X-ray, and suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Devin Clark: suspended 180 days or until cleared by right calf and right elbow X-ray, and suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Oskar Piechota: suspended 7 days
• Jonathan Wilson: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Marcin Held: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Nasrat Haqparast: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to right orbital laceration
• Brian Kelleher: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Damian Stasiak: suspended 180 days or until cleared by right knee MRI, and suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Ramazan Emeev: suspended 7 days
• Sam Alvey: suspended 180 days for until cleared by right knee MRI
• Andre Fili: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Artem Lobov: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to left brow laceration
• Warlley Alves: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to right brow laceration
• Salim Touahri: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Aspen Ladd: suspended 7 days
• Lina Lansberg: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact due to TKO
• Josh Emmett: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact due to right brow laceration
• Felipe Arantes: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 118, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.