Geez! GSP really did mess Fitch up.
St. Pierre, Fitch, Evensen and Thomas issued UFC 87 medical suspensions
by Dann Stupp on Aug 11, 2008 at 11:05 am ET
Headliners Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch, and preliminary-card fighters Dan Evensen and Ryan Thomas, were all issued minimal medical suspensions stemming from this past Saturday's UFC 87 event.
MMAjunkie.com (
UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) today spoke to a representative from the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission who confirmed the suspensions.
St. Pierre's short suspension means one less hurdle toward a likely upcoming fight with UFC lightweight champ B.J. Penn later this year.
St. Pierre, who defended his welterweight title with a lopsided unanimous-decision victory over Jon Fitch, was suspended 30 days due to cuts. Fitch, who lost for the first time in nine UFC fights, was also assigned a 30-day suspension.
After the main-event fight, Penn was brought into the cage to hype St. Pierre vs. Penn II, which is expected to take place this year at a currently unannounced event in Montreal or the UFC's year-end show, which is set for Dec. 27 in Las Vegas. Although UFC President Dana White was noncommittal prior to UFC 87, after the event he confirmed the rematch would be next up for both fighters. The fight will take place at 170 pounds.
Without a lengthy medical suspension, St. Pierre should be cleared for the fight.
Meawhile, Evensen, who suffered a first-round TKO to Cheick Kongo in a preliminary bout, will serve a 30-day medical suspension, and he must have a CT scan to rule out any serious injuries. (The Kongo-Evensen fight was shown via tape delay on the pay-per-view broadcast.)
Finally, Thomas, whom Ben Saunders submitted with a second-round arm-bar in the night's first bout, will also serve a 30-day suspension due to cuts.
UFC 87, which took at the Target Center in Minneapolis, was Minnesota's first-ever UFC. Check out our UFC 87 recap or UFC 87 page for more on the event.
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Scott LeDoux, executive director of the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission, today told MMAjunkie.com that fighters' salaries are not released in Minnesota as part of the state's freedom of information legislation.
Therefore, we will not have fighters' salaries for the event.
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St. Pierre, Fitch, Evensen and Thomas issued UFC 87 medical suspensions | MMAjunkie.com
