The Ontario Athletic Commission has suspended the entire 24-man roster for “UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields.” The record-setting show took place this past Saturday inside the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Welterweight king Georges St-Pierre successfully defended his title against Jake Shields in the night’s featured contest, however he didn’t get away unscathed. After collecting his ninth straight victory, GSP was immediately sent to the hospital to have his left eye tested.
St-Pierre tweeted on Sunday that he still couldn’t see out of the eye, but was told by physicians there wasn’t a problem with his retina. He will be reexamined within the coming days, although doctors expect a full recovery.
In addition to St-Pierre, Mark Hominick and his second forehead, Randy Couture, Jason Brilz, Sean Pierson, Charlie Valencia and Kyle Watson were all issued 60-day suspensions. Two months was the longest ban given at UFC 129.
As customary with all events that take place in Canada, the card’s complete lineup will be forced to sit the sidelines for various injuries sustained in their respective scraps. Although, most of the athletes received 14-day precautionary suspensions.
Here is the event’s complete IR list (Courtesy of MMAJunkie):
Georges St-Pierre: Suspended 60 days due to eye injury and must have ophthalmologist’s clearance before returning
Jake Shields: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Jose Aldo: Suspended 30 days due to lacerations
Mark Hominick: Suspended 60 days for precautionary reasons and must have a new CT scan completed
Lyoto Machida: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Randy Couture: Suspended 60 days due to KO and must have a new CT scan completed
Vladimir Matyushenko: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Jason Brilz: Suspended 60 days due to KO and must have a new CT scan completed
Ben Henderson: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Mark Bocek: Suspended 30 days due to head laceration
Rory MacDonald: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Nate Diaz: Suspended 45 days due to left-eye laceration
Jake Ellenberger: Suspended 45 days and must have X-ray due to possible hand injury
Sean Pierson: Suspended 60 days due to KO and must have a new CT scan completed
Claude Patrick: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Daniel Roberts: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Ivan Menjivar: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Charlie Valencia: Suspended 60 days due to KO and must have a new CT scan completed
Jason MacDonald: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Ryan Jensen: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
John Makdessi: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Kyle Watson: Suspended 60 days due to left-eye laceration and KO and must have a new CT scan completed
Pablo Garza: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Yves Jabouin: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
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