The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversaw Saturday’s UFC 166 event inside Toyota Center in Houston, has medically suspended all 26 athletes who performed in arguably the best Octagon show of all time.
The majority of the roster was issued precautionary bans, while three fighters are out indefinitely with potentially serious injuries.
Former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos (pictured), Shawn Jordan and Tim Boetsch will be riding the pine for an undetermined period of time with their respective war wounds. Although, each can return to action sooner with a doctor’s note.
Cain Velasquez, who steamrolled dos Santos for the second time in 10 months, is out until April 18 with a possible broken jaw. However, from the after-party pics that have surfaced on the Internet, the UFC’s 265-pound king had no issues flashing his big Kool-Aid smile all night long.
Like the others, he too can come back sooner with clearance.
Here is UFC 166’s official IR list:
Cain Velasquez: Suspended until April 18 due to possible broken jaw
Junior dos Santos: Suspended indefinitely pending clearance from an ear, nose and throat doctor
Daniel Cormier: Suspended until Oct. 29 for precautionary reasons
Roy Nelson: Suspended until Oct. 29 for precautionary reasons
Diego Sanchez: Suspended until Jan. 18 due to cuts
Gilbert Melendez: Suspended until Nov. 19 for precautionary reasons
Shawn Jordan: Suspended indefinitely pending clearance from an ear, nose and throat doctor
Gabriel Gonzaga: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
Darrell Montague: Suspended until Jan. 18 for precautionary reasons
John Dodson: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
Tim Boetsch: Suspended indefinitely pending clearance from an ophthalmologist
C.B. Dollaway: Suspended until Nov. 19 due to cuts
Hector Lombard: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
Nate Marquardt: Suspended until Dec. 19 for precautionary reasons
Jessica Eye: Suspended until Oct. 29 for precautionary reasons
Sarah Kaufman: Suspended until Oct. 29 for precautionary reasons
K.J. Noons: Suspended until Oct. 29 for precautionary reasons
George Sotiropoulos: Suspended until Dec. 4 due to cuts
T.J. Waldburger: Suspended until Jan. 18 for precautionary reasons
Adlan Amagov: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
Tony Ferguson: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
Mike Rio: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
Andre Fili: Suspended until Dec. 19 due to cuts
Jeremy Larsen: Suspended until Oct. 29 for precautionary reasons
Dustin Pague: Suspended until Nov. 19 for precautionary reasons
Kyoji Horiguchi: Suspended until Oct. 27 for precautionary reasons
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