UFC on FUEL TV 6 Medical Suspensions: Le and Franklin could be out 6 months

The UFC on FUEL TV 6 medical suspensions have been released and headliners Cung Le and Rich Franklin could be out for six months.

Since China does not have an athletic commission overseeing the fights, the UFC acted as the regulatory body and the suspensions were released by the Association of Boxing Commissions.

Cung Le defeated Rich Franklin by knockout in the first round and has received a suspension of 180 days unless he is cleared by a doctor for his right elbow. Franklin also received a suspension of 180 days and his suspensions was for a left thumb injury.

Other fighters on the main card that received suspensions were Thiago Silva, Stanislav Nedkov, Paulo Thiago, Takanori Gomi, Mac Danzig, Tiequan Zhang, Jon Tuck and Jeff Hougland.

The full UFC on FUEL TV 6 medical suspensions are below:

– Cung Le: 180 days unless cleared by doctor after x-ray of right elbow and suspended for 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Rich Franklin: 180 days unless cleared by doctor for left thumb injury and suspended for 45 days, which includes 30 days without contact
– Thiago Silva: 180 days unless cleared by doctor after x-ray of right hand and suspended for 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Stanislav Nedkov: 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Paulo Thiago: 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Takanori Gomi: 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Mac Danzig: 180 days unless cleared by doctor after x-ray of left thumb and left elbow and suspended for 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Tiequan Zhang: suspended indefinitely unless cleared by ENT for nasal fracture and suspended 180 days unless cleared by doctor for left thumb injury
– Jon Tuck: suspended indefinitely unless cleared by doctor following MRI of right shoulder and suspended 180 days unless cleared with a negative urinalysis and normal renal ultrasound. Also suspended for 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Jeff Hougland: 60 days and 45 days without contact
– Motonobu Tezuka: 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact
– Yasuhiro Urushitani: 45 days, which includes 30 days without contact
– Tom DeBlass: 30 days, which includes 21 days without contact