Anderson Silva’s swollen right eye could keep him out six months after a valiant effort at UFC 234.
The former UFC middleweight champion took on surging contender Israel Adesanya and was outpointed after three rounds. Now, Silva needs an ophthalmologist to clear him in order to avoid a lengthy timeout.
MMAjunkie obtained medical suspensions for this past Saturday’s pay-per-view event from official ABC records keeper mixedmartialarts.com.
A mirror to Silva (34-9 MMA, 17-5 UFC) once again, Adesanya (16-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) also needs medical clearance for his eye. To avoid a six-month suspension, he needs his left eye cleared by an ophthalmologist.
All fighters received a mandatory seven-day suspension as a result of the event, which took place at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Absent from the list is UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, who was forced off the card due to an emergency surgery. He was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
The full list of UFC 234 medical suspension includes:
- Israel Adesanya: suspended 180 days or until cleared by ophthalmologist for left eye; suspended a minimum of seven days.
- Anderson Silva: suspended 180 days or until cleared by ophthalmologist for right eye; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
- Ricky Simon: suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor for right shoulder and right hand; suspended a minimum of 45 days with 30 days no contact.
- Rani Yahya: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for hard bout.
- Montana De La Rosa: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Nadia Kassem: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.
- Jim Crute: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Sam Alvey: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO.
- Devonte Smith: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Dong Hyun Ma: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for left shin; suspended a minimum of 45 days with 30 days no contact.
- Shane Young: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for right foot; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
- Austin Arnett: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact.
- Kai Kara-France: suspended 180 days or until cleared by MRI for right wrist; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
- Raulian Paiva: suspended 45 days for left brow laceration and 30 days no contact.
- Kyung Ho Kang: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Teruto Ishihara: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for TKO.
- Lando Vannata: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Marcos Mariano: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Jalin Turner: mandatory seven-day suspension.
- Callan Potter: suspended 60 days with 45 days no contact for TKO.
- Jonathan Martinez: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for left elbow; suspended a minimum of 30 days with 21 days no contact.
- Wuliji Buren: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for right toe laceration.
For complete coverage of UFC 234, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
