Blachowicz, Manuwa facing 6-month medical bans after UFC London
Jan Blachowicz and Jimi Manuwa could be in for a lot of down time after leaving it all in the Octagon this past Saturday.
The light heavyweights are each facing six-month medical suspensions in relation to their three-round battle at UFC Fight Night 127 in London, according to records obtained by MMAjunkie on Tuesday.
Blachowicz injured his left hand in a unanimous-decision win that avenged a verdict he'd dropped to Manuwa nearly three years ago, while Manuwa reportedly broke his nose. Both can return to action sooner if cleared by a physician.
Also hit with a six-month ban was debuting heavyweight Dmitriy Sosnovskiy, who fractured his right orbital bone in his second-round submission win over Mark Godbeer.
The event's full list of medical suspensions is as follows:
- Alexander Volkov: Suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for a forehead laceration.
- Fabricio Werdum: Suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for knockout loss.
- Jan Blachowicz: Suspended 180 days unless left hand cleared by doctor. Additionally, suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days.
- Jimi Manuwa: Suspended 180 days unless nose cleared by ENT. Additionally, suspended 45 days with no contact.
- Tom Duquesnoy: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Terrion Ware: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for hard bout.
- Leon Edwards: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Peter Sobotta: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for left eye laceration.
- Charles Byrd: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- John Phillips: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Danny Roberts: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Oliver Enkamp: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for knockout loss.
- Danny Henry: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Hakeem Dawodu: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for choke loss.
- Paul Craig: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for hard bout.
- Magomed Ankalaev: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Kajan Johnson: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for right eyebrow laceration.
- Stevie Ray: Suspended mandatory minimum seven days.
- Dmitriy Sosnovskiy: Suspended 180 days for right orbital fracture unless cleared by doctor. Additionally, suspended 30 days with no contact.
- Mark Godbeer: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for hard bout.