UFC 244: Nate Diaz faces lengthy suspension after war with Jorge Masvidal
The aftermath from UFC 244 is beginning to settle. The landmark event was one of the biggest and most entertaining UFC events in recent years , delivering several exciting bouts and finishes. Now the medical suspensions are in, and headliner Nate Diaz received a lengthy layoff.
In the medical suspensions handed out from the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), Diaz was handed a 90 day suspension, as he received two deep cuts – Which ended the fight with Jorge Masvidal via doctor stoppage. According to UFC president Dana White, Diaz will also undergo surgery to remove excess cartilage from his eyebrows to prevent these cuts from opening up as easily.
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“Diaz has to get sewed up tonight then in four weeks he’s gotta have plastic surgery to get all the cartilage out of his eyebrows, or whatever the doctor was telling me. He’s gotta have some work done,” White said.
Diaz was not the only one to receive a 90 day suspension, several other fighters did as well. Chance Cencountre, Andrei Arlovski, Brad Tavares and Makwan Amirkhani were all stopped via strikes in their respective bouts. All were also handed 90 day suspensions from NYSAC. On the main card, previously unbeaten hometown fighter Gregor Gillespie was brutally knocked out in the first round by a returning Kevin Lee. Gillespie will also be out for 90 days.
See the full medical suspensions below, including those handed to Diaz and Gillespie.
UFC 244 medical suspensions
- Julio Arce: 7 days.
- Hakeem Dawodu: 7 days.
- Lyman Good: 30 days with med clearance.
- Chance Rencountre: 90 days with med clearance.
- Katlyn Chookagian: 7 days.
- Jennifer Maia: 7 days.
- Andrei Arlovski: 90 days with med clearance.
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik: 7 days.
- Brad Tavares: 90 days with med clearance.
- Edmen Shahbazyan: 7 days.
- Shane Burgos: 45 days with med clearance.
- Makwan Amirkhani: 90 days with med clearance.
- Corey Anderson: 7 days.
- Johnny Walker: 45 days with med clearance.
- Kevin Lee: 30 days with clearance.
- Gregor Gillespie: 90 days with med clearance.
- Derrick Lewis: 30 days with med clearance.
- Blagoy Ivanov: 60 days with med clearance.
- Stephen Thompson: 30 days with med clearance.
- Vicente Luque: 60 days with med clearance.
- Kelvin Gastelum: 30 days with med clearance.
- Darren Till: 30 days with med clearance.
- Jorge Masvidal: 30 days with med clearance.
- Nate Diaz: 90 days with med clearance.
