Former Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas could be on the shelf as long as three months.
Dantas (21-7 MMA, 11-4 BMMA) was knocked out in the first round by Juan Archuleta (23-1 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) on the main card at Bellator 222 this past Saturday. As a result, the New York State Athletic Commission has shut down Dantas for 90 days, according to a list of medical suspensions released to MMA Junkie.
Aaron Pico (4-3 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) was knocked out in the third round by Adam Borics (13-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) to close out the prelims and was given a 60-day suspension. Also on the 60-day list is Chael Sonnen (30-17-1 MMA, 2-3 BMMA) after his second-round TKO loss to Lyoto Machida (26-8 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), though it’s likely moot since Sonnen announced his retirement after the fight.
All fighters on the card were given mandatory seven-day suspensions from the commission.
Bellator 222 took place this past Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main card streamed on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
The list of medical suspensions longer than the mandatory seven days from Bellator 222 includes:
- Neiman Gracie: 14 days.
- Chael Sonnen: 60 days.
- Kyoji Horiguchi: 30 days.
- Darrion Caldwell: 30 days.
- Dillon Danis: 30 days.
- Max Humphrey: 14 days.
- Eduardo Dantas: 90 days.
- Adam Borics: 30 days.
- Aaron Pico: 60 days.
- Heather Hardy: 30 days.
- Gustavo Wurlitzer: 14 days.
- Oscar Vera: 14 days.
- Sebastian Ruiz: 45 days.
- Michael Wilcox: 45 days.
- Brandon Medina: 14 days.
- Nekruz Mirkhojaev: 30 days.
- Whitney Francois: 30 days.
- Kastroit Xeham: 30 days.
- Rena Kubota: 30 days.
- Ricky Bandejas: 30 days.
For complete coverage of Bellator 222, check out the MMA Events section of the site.
