UFC 217 Medical Suspensions: Cody Garbrandt Avoids Long Stint
With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC 217, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.
UFC 217 took place on Saturday, November 4th in New York at Madison Square Garden. The main card aired on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card aired on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 7 p.m. ET.
Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre for the UFC middleweight title served as the main event. Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw for the UFC bantamweight title served as the co-main event. Rounding out this stacked five bout main card was Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Rose Namajunas in a strawweight title bout, Stephen Thompson vs. Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight bout, and Johny Hendricks vs. Paulo Borrachinha in a middleweight bout.
Some of the more notable suspensions include Aleksei Oleinik and Aiemann Zahabi got 90-day medical suspensions. St-Pierre, Thompson, and Mickey Gall got 45-day suspensions. Garbrandt and Bisping only got 30-days.
Here are the entire medical suspensions:
Aleksei Oleinik: 90-day medical suspension
Aiemann Zahabi: 90-day medical suspension
Corey Anderson: 60-day medical suspension
Georges St-Pierre: 45-day medical suspension
Stephen Thompson: 45-day medical suspension
Mickey Gall: 45-day medical suspension
Michael Bisping: 30-day medical suspension
Cody Garbrandt: 30-day medical suspension
Joanna Jedrzejczyk: 30-day medical suspension
Johny Hendricks: 30-day medical suspension
Paulo Borrachinha: 30-day medical suspension
Joe Duffy: 30-day medical suspension
Mark Godbeer: 30-day medical suspension
T.J. Dillashaw: Seven-day medical suspension
Rose Namajunas: Seven-day medical suspension
Jorge Masvidal: Seven-day medical suspension
James Vick: Seven-day medical suspension
Walt Harris: Seven-day medical suspension
Ovince Saint Preux: Seven-day medical suspension
Randy Brown: Seven-day medical suspension
Curtis Blaydes: Seven-day medical suspension
Ricardo Ramos: Seven-day medical suspension