UFC Shanghai Medical Suspensions: Michael Bisping Faces Lengthy Layoff
With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Shanghai, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.
Some of the more notable suspensions include Michael Bisping being suspended for 60 days after being finished in the first round by Kelvin Gastelum in a middleweight bout that headlined the event while Li Jingliang got 7 days for beating Zak Ottow in a welterweight bout that served as the co-main event. Ottow is out for 180 days.
Rounding out the four bout main card was Alex Caceres vs. Wang Guan in a featherweight bout and Muslim Salikhov vs. Alex Garcia in a welterweight bout. Here are the entire medical suspensions:
Kelvin Gastelum: suspended 7 days
Michael Bisping: suspended 60 days due to KO and 45 days no contact
Li Jingliang: suspended 7 days
Zak Ottow: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for right hand, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Wang Guan: suspended 7 days
Alex Caceres: suspended 45 days due to right eyelid laceration and 30 days no contact
Alex Garcia: suspended 7 days
Muslim Salikhov: suspended 7 days
Zabit Magomedsharipov: suspended 7 days
Sheymon Moraes: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
Song Kenan: suspended 7 days
Bobby Nash: suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
Yan Xiaonan: suspended 45 days due to lip laceration and 30 days no contact
Kailin Curran: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
Song Yadong: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for right foot, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Bhahat Kandare: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
Shamil Abdurakhimov: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for left thumb, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Chase Sherman: suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
Gina Mazany: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for left toe, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Wu Yanan: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Rolando Dy: suspended 7 days
Wuliji Buren: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
Cyril Asker: suspended 7 days
Hu Yaozong: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout
UFC Shanghai (Fight Night 122) took place on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. The main card aired on the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 7 a.m. ET while the preliminary card also aired on Fight Pass at 3:45 a.m. ET.
