Medical Suspensions Issued For UFC 221 – Yoel Romero, Luke Rockhold Out Six Months

The medical suspensions for UFC 221 have been issued. Yoel Romero and Luke Rockhold will be out for six months unless cleared early, per MMAjunkie. Rockhold needs to be cleared by a dentist, while Romero needs to be cleared by an orthopedist for his left middle finger.

The full list of medical suspensions from the event were:

* Yoel Romero: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for left middle finger; suspended a minimum of 30 days
* Luke Rockhold: suspended 180 days or until cleared by dentist
* Curtis Blaydes: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for for left knee; suspended a minimum of 30 days
* Mark Hunt: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for left ear laceration
* Tai Tuivasa: suspended mandatory 7 days
* Cyril Asker: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
* Jake Matthews: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for eyebrow laceration
* Li Jingliang: suspended mandatory 7 days
* Tyson Pedro: suspended mandatory 7 days
* Saparbek Safarov: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact for TKO
* Dong Hyun Kim: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for left proximal fibula fracture; suspended a minimum of 30 days
* Damien Brown: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for right eyelid laceration
* Israel Adesanya: suspended mandatory 7 days
* Rob Wilkinson: suspended 180 days or until cleared by ear, nose, and throat or oral and maxillofacial doctor; suspended a minimum of 60 days with 45 days no contact
* Alexander Volkanovski: suspended mandatory 7 days
* Jeremy Kennedy: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
* Jussier Formiga: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for scalp laceration
* Ben Nguyen: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO
* Ross Pearson: suspended 45 days for dental evaluation
* Mizuto Hirota: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
* Jose Quinonez: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for right foot
* Teruto Ishihara: suspended mandatory 7 days
* Luke Jumeau: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedist for right hand and second metacarpal fracture
* Daichi Abe: suspended 45 days due to hard bout