UFC 271 was a historic event with some major contests between some of the best fighters on the roster, but who got a medical suspension following their fight?

There were a number of KO victories on the fight card and as expected there were some fighters issued with medical suspensions following their gruelling contests.

Whilst most were issued with a standard couple of weeks, there were two fighters on the fight card who were issued with indefinite suspensions.

Here’s everything you need to know regarding the medical suspensions from UFC 271 on Saturday 12th February 2022.

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UFC 271 Medical Suspensions

The official medical suspensions were released this week by the official ABC record-keeper mixedmartialarts.com. It’s worth noting that the list does not disclose the official details of the injuries themselves.

  • Israel Adesanya: Suspended until Feb. 28
  • Robert Whittaker: Suspended until Feb. 28
  • Tai Tuivasa: Suspended until Feb. 20
  • Derrick Lewis: Suspended until April 14
  • Jared Cannonier: Suspended until Feb. 20
  • Derek Brunson: Suspended until March 15
  • Renato Moicano: Suspended until Feb. 20
  • Alexander Hernandez: Suspended until March 15
  • Bobby Green: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Nasrat Haqparast: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Andrei Arlovski: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Jared Vanderaa: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Casey O’Neill: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Roxanne Modafferi: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Kyler Phillips: Suspended until Feb. 20
  • Marcelo Rojo: Suspended indefinitely
  • Carlos Ulberg: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Fabio Cherant: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Ronnie Lawrence: Suspended until March 6
  • Mana Martinez: Suspended until March 6
  • Jacob Malkoun: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • AJ Dobson: Suspended until Feb. 22
  • Douglas Silva de Andrade: Suspended until March 30
  • Sergey Morozov: Suspended until March 30
  • Jeremiah Wells: Suspended until Feb. 20
  • Blood Diamond: Suspended until Feb. 20
  • Maxim Grishin: Suspended indefinitely
  • William Knight: Suspended until Feb. 22

Adesanya has said in the octagon that he wants to fight again in July 2022, following his unanimous decision defeat of Whittaker on the night. 

At the press conference following the event, UFC President Dana White confirmed that he will be pitting Jared Cannonier against the Last Stylebender. "Yeah, I'm not going to say no to Cannonier” White revealed.

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