UFC on FOX 24 medical suspensions: 'TUF 23' winner Andrew Sanchez lands 90-day term

Only a handful of fighters emerged from this past Saturday’s UFC on FOX 24 event with more than the minimum mandatory time off.

MMAjunkie today requested and received a list of the suspensions arising from the Missouri Division of Professional Registration’s Office of Athletics, which regulated the event at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Main card fights aired live on FOX following prelims on FOX and UFC Fight Pass.

According to the commission’s list of medical suspensions, only four of 36 competitors on the fight card were given longer than the standard weeklong term.

Leading the list is “The Ultimate Fighter 23” winner Andrew Sanchez (9-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC), who was up two rounds to none heading into the final round against Anthony Smith (27-12 MMA, 3-2 UFC). In an incredible comeback, Smith caught Sanchez with a head kick and barrage of punches that knocked him out.

All of the fighters given longer suspensions were stopped by strikes – or in the case of welterweight Nate Coy (15-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC), choked unconscious after he tapped to a guillotine choke from Zak Cummings (21-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) on the UFC Fight Pass prelims.

Despite taking a pounding from UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC) in UFC on FOX 24’s headliner, title challenger Wilson Reis (22-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) got no more than the minimum seven-day term following his third-round submission loss.

The (very short) list of medical suspensions includes:

• Ronaldo Souza: suspended for 30 days
• Patrick Williams: suspended for 30 days
• Andrew Sanchez: suspended for 90 days
• Nate Coy: suspended for 30 days

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