UFC Krakow medical suspensions: Gonzaga, Calderwood and Manuwa potentially out for six months

Following the UFC's debut event in Poland, several notable fighters find themselves facing a potential six-month spell on the sidelines with the release of…

By: Karim Zidan | 8 years ago
UFC Krakow medical suspensions: Gonzaga, Calderwood and Manuwa potentially out for six months
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Following the UFC’s debut event in Poland, several notable fighters find themselves facing a potential six-month spell on the sidelines with the release of the medical suspensions.

Those facing six-month suspensions include Gabriel Gonzaga, who suffered a vicious TKO loss to Mirco CroCop in the third round of their main event and will require a CT scan before he can resume training. Other such as Joanne Calderwood and Jimi Manuwa were also handed six-month suspensions, the former for a right elbow injury, while the latter for his shins.

The entire list of suspensions is available below, courtesy of mixedmartialarts.com (h/t MMAFighting.com.)

Gabriel Gonzaga: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by negative CT of head and face; mandatory suspension of 45 days, 30 days no contact
Jimi Manuwa: Suspended 180 days or orthopedic clearance on both shins; mandatory suspension of 30 days, 21 days no contact
Sheldon Westcott: Suspended 180 days or orthopedic clearance on both elbows; mandatory suspension of 30 days, 21 days no contact
Joanne Calderwood: Suspended 180 days or orthopedic clearance of right elbow; mandatory suspension of 30 days, 21 days no contact
Yaotzin Meza: Suspended 180 days or orthopedic clearance on both elbows; mandatory suspension of 30 days, 21 days no contact
Anthony Hamilton: Suspended 180 days or ophthalmologist clearance of right eye; mandatory suspension of 30 days, 21 days no contact
Seth Baczynski: Suspended 45 days, 30 days no contact
Marcin Bandel: Suspended 45 days, 30 days no contact
Mirko Cro Cop: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Jan Blachowicz: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Pawel Pawlak: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Bartosz Fabinski: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Garreth McLellan: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Mickael Lebout: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Damien Stasiak: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Daniel Omielanczuk: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Rocky Lee: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Izabela Badurek: Suspended 30 days, 21 days no contact
Maryna Moroz: Seven-day mandatory rest period
Leon Edwards: Seven-day mandatory rest period
Sergio Moraes: Seven-day mandatory rest period
Alexandra Albu: Seven-day mandatory rest period
Stevie Ray: Seven-day mandatory rest period
Taylor Laplus: Seven-day mandatory rest period

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Karim Zidan
Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.

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