‘UFC Fight Night: Portland’ medical suspensions

This past weekend, fight fans tuned in for ‘UFC Fight Night: 96’ which took place in Portland, Oregon.

The fight card was a spectacular one from top to bottom, from Curtis Blaydes’ spectacular knockout of Cody East on the UFC Fight Pass Prelims, to Andre Fili’s impressive performance against Hacran Dias on the preliminary card, to the spectacular five round war in the main event between John Dodson and John Lineker, which saw Lineker awarded the split decision win.

The fight which drew the most attention from fans however was the co-main event bout between Alex Oliveira and Will Brooks. In the first round, Oliveira injured Brooks’ ribs, ultimately impeding his performance and leading to a 3rd round TKO win for Oliveira, who was criticized by fans for his disrespectful post-fight actions.

Brooks was forced to be taken out on a stretcher due to the rib injury, which has landed him on the sideline indefinitely pending ER clearance.

Following the event, MMAJunkie obtained the medical suspensions for the event from the Oregon Athletic Commission, which you can see below:

John Lineker: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
John Dodson: suspended 7 days
Alex Oliviera: suspended 7 days
Will Brooks: suspended indefinitely pending ER documentation and physical clearance
Zak Ottow: suspended 7 days
Josh Burkman: suspended 7 days
Brandon Moreno: suspended 7 days
Louis Smolka: suspended 7 days
Luis Henrique da Silva: suspended 7 days
Joachim Christensen: suspended 30 days
Andre Fili: suspended 14 days
Hacran Dias: suspended 7 days
Shamil Abdurakhimov: suspended 14 days with 7 days no contact
Walt Harris: suspended 7 days
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: suspended 7 days
Keita Nakamura: suspended 7 days
Nate Marquardt: suspended 7 days
Tamdan McCrory: suspended 60 days
Ion Cutelaba: suspended 28 days
Jonathan Wilson: suspended 30 days
Curtis Blaydes: suspended 14 days
Cody East: suspended 45 days
Ketlen Vieira: suspended 7 days
Kelly Faszholz: suspended 7 days