With five finish losses and two weight misses among them, many of Bellator 237’s main card competitors are facing medical suspensions.
Most prominently, headliner Quinton Jackson (38-14 MMA, 5-3 BMMA) has been suspended 60 days as a result of his first-round knockout loss to Fedor Emelianenko (39-6 MMA, 3-2 BMMA).
Winners Lorenz Larkin (22-7 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) and Goiti Yamauchi (25-4 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) are facing indefinite suspensions until they’re cleared by a kidney doctor, presumably because both fighters missed weight at Friday’s weigh-ins.
In a list acquired by MMA Junkie, six of the 12 main card combatants have received medical suspensions from commission head Mike Mazzulli, who oversaw Saturday’s event in Japan.
Check out the Bellator 237 main card medical suspensions below:
- Daron Cruickshank: no suspension
- Goiti Yamauchi: suspended indefinitely until kidney check cleared by a nephrologist (Yamauchi missed weight)
- Kana Watanabe: no suspension
- Ilara Joanne: suspended 30 days for TKO loss
- Keita Nakamura: no suspension
- Lorenz Larkin: suspended indefinitely until kidney check cleared by a nephrologist (Larkin missed weight)
- Shinsho Anzai: suspended indefinitely until MRI is cleared by doctor; also suspended 60 days for knockout loss
- Michael Page: no suspension
- Sidney Outlaw: suspended 60 days for knockout loss
- Michael Chandler: no suspension
- Quinton Jackson: suspended 60 days due to knockout loss
- Fedor Emelianenko: no suspension
Bellator 237, the promotion’s debut in Japan, took place Saturday (Sunday locally) at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, near Tokyo. The main card aired on Paramount and streamed on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
