{"id":51096,"date":"2013-02-04T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=51096"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:18:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:18:59","slug":"ufc-156-medical-suspensions-report-13-fighters-out-including-overeem-edgar-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-156-medical-suspensions-report-13-fighters-out-including-overeem-edgar-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 156 Medical Suspensions Report: 13 Fighters Out, Including Overeem \/ Edgar | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/reem-loss.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/reem-loss.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"reem loss\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/reem-loss.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/reem-loss-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/reem-loss-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLast weekend UFC 156 took place from The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n<p>Thirteen of the evenings competitors have received medical suspensions from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of required medical suspensions is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: Suspended indefinitely until cleared by ophthalmologist for potential right eye injury<br \/>\nFrankie Edgar: Suspended until Aug. 2 for potential left orbital fracture, can be cleared early by a maxillofacial doctor following a CT scan; minimum suspension until April 4 with no contact in training until March 20<br \/>\nFrancisco Rivera: Suspended until Aug. 2 for potential right hand\/wrist injury, can be cleared early by an orthopedic doctor following an X-ray; minimum suspension until March 20 with no contact in training until March 5<br \/>\nEvan Dunham: Suspended until Aug. 2 for right orbital blowout fracture, can be cleared early by an ophthalmologist or plastic surgeon; minimum suspension until Feb. 24 with no contact in training until Feb. 17<br \/>\nJay Hieron: Suspended until April 4 with no contact in training until March 20 for precautionary reasons<br \/>\nAlistair Overeem: Suspended until March 20 with no contact in training until March 5 for precautionary reasons<br \/>\nAntonio Silva: Suspended until March 5 with no contact in training until Feb. 24 due to chin laceration<br \/>\nJacob Volkmann: Suspended until March 5 with no contact in training until Feb. 24 due to right eye contusion<br \/>\nYves Edwards: Suspended until March 5 with no contact in training until Feb. 24 due to left eye laceration<br \/>\nJoseph Benavidez: Suspended until Feb. 24 with no contact in training until Feb. 17 due to forehead laceration<br \/>\nGleison Tibau: Suspended until Feb. 24 with no contact in training until Feb. 17 for precautionary reasons<br \/>\nChico Camus: Suspended until Feb. 24 with no contact in training until Feb. 17 for precautionary reasons<br \/>\nEdwin Figueroa: Suspended until Feb. 24 with no contact in training until Feb. 17 due to left eye laceration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend UFC 156 took place from The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. 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The full list of required medical suspensions is as follows: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: Suspended indefinitely until cleared by ophthalmologist for potential right eye injury Frankie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":51097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[90,367,11,649,15,2786,3828,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC 156 Medical Suspensions Report: 13 Fighters Out, Including Overeem \/ Edgar | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-156-medical-suspensions-report-13-fighters-out-including-overeem-edgar-ufc-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC 156 Medical Suspensions Report: 13 Fighters Out, Including Overeem \/ Edgar | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last weekend UFC 156 took place from The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. 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