UFC Fight Night 61 Medical Suspensions: “Bigfoot” Silva Shelved For Two Months

UFC Fight Night 61 went down last night (February 22, 2015) from the Gigantinho Gymnasium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, presented live on Fox Sports 1. It was an exciting night of fights, in which 10 of the betting favorites were actually upset by the underdogs.

In the main event of the evening, heavyweight mainstay and former champion Frank Mir took on Brazil’s heavy handed slugger Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Mir, who was coming off of a terrible four-fight losing streak, undoubtedly had a lot to prove and he did just that. In under two minutes, Mir landed a huge left hook that sent Silva to the canvas, finishing him off with a flurry of strikes to earn an impressive TKO victory.

Overall, it was an entertaining card, and today (February 23, 2015), the Brazilian Athletic Commission has released the medical suspensions to MMAJunkie. The fighters were not hit too hard, with “Bigfoot” getting the worst of it, a two month suspension after his third knockout loss in his last four fights.

Co-main eventers Michael Johnson and Edson Barboza both received 45-day suspensions. The two battled it out for three rounds, in which Johnson took the unanimous decision win.

All 22 of the fighters on the card received suspensions of at least 14 days with seven days of no contact training, but some received longer suspensions.

Check out the full list of medical suspensions here:

• Frank Mir: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
• Antonio Silva: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact
• Michael Johnson: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Edson Barboza: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Sam Alvey: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
• Cezar Ferreira: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Adriano Martins: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Rustam Khabilov: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Frankie Saenz: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Iuri Alcantara: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Santiago Ponzinibbio: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Sean Strickland: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Marion Reneau: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
• Jessica Andrade: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Matt Dwyer: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
• William Patolino: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact
• Mike De La Torre: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
• Tiago Trator: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
• Douglas Silva: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Cody Gibson: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
• Ivan Jorge: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
• Josh Shockley: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact