{"id":218300,"date":"2017-01-18T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218300"},"modified":"2017-01-18T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T18:45:02","slug":"ufc-phoenix-medical-suspensions-yair-rodriguez-out-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bj-penn\/ufc-phoenix-medical-suspensions-yair-rodriguez-out-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"‘UFC Phoenix’ medical suspensions: Yair Rodriguez out indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend, the UFC hit Phoenix, Arizona for UFC Phoenix<\/a> headlined by a featherweight tilt between streaking contender Yair Rodriguez and UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn which saw Rodriguez pick up an impressive 2nd round TKO win.<\/p>\n

In addition to Rodriguez’ impressive win, in the co-main event Joe Lauzon picked up a rather controversial split decision win<\/a> over Marcin Held in a fight which Lauzon himself admitted was scored incorrectly. The main card also featured the return of Ben Saunders, as he picked up a unanimous decision win over Court McGee. <\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

The event as a whole was an extremely entertaining one for fight fans, which also saw heavyweight veteran Oleksiy Oliynyk pick up an impressive ezekiel choke submission from bottom mount, the first in UFC history. <\/p>\n

\"Alexey<\/p>\n

Now, MMAMania<\/a> has obtained the medical suspensions for the event:<\/p>\n

Yair Rodriguez: Indefinite suspension
\nBen Saunders: Indefinite suspension
\nJocelyn Jones-Lybarger: Indefinite suspension
\nB.J. Penn: 180 days
\nDevin Powell: 180 days
\nNina Ansaroff: 180 days
\nSergio Pettis: 60 days
\nFrankie Saenz: 60 days
\nCourt McGee: 45 days
\nJoe Lauzon: 30 days
\nWalt Harris: 30 days
\nChase Sherman: 30 days
\nJoachim Christensen: 30 days
\nDmitri Smoliakov: 30 days
\nBojan Mihaljovic: 30 days
\nMarcin Held: 7 days
\nJohn Moraga: 7 days
\nDrakkar Klose: 7 days
\nAugusto Mendes: 7 days
\nAleksei Oleinik: 7 days
\nViktor Pesta: 7 days
\nTony Martin: 7 days
\nAlex White: 7 days
\nCyril Asker: 7 days<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is important to mention that the fighters who were listed above as having received medical suspensions lasting only 7 days sustained no injuries, and were given 7 day precautionary medical suspensions as standard procedure.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/18\/2017.<\/p>\n