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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
All fighters from Saturday's UFC 154 event in Montreal received some sort of medical suspension from the Quebec Boxing Commission, though most were minor mandatory rest periods. Two fighters, Patrick Cote and Martin Kampmann, were given 60 day suspensions due to being knocked out in their respective fights, but those were the longest suspensions handed down. The full list is below (via MMAWeekly.com):
Georges St-Pierre suspended for 28 days (rest period)
Carlos Condit suspended 30 days
Martin Kampmann suspended 60 days (knockout)
Johny Hendricks suspended 7 days (rest period)
Francis Carmont suspended 14 days (rest period)
Tom Lawlor suspended 14 days (rest period)
Rafael Dos Anjos suspended 14 days (rest period)
Mark Bocek suspended 45 days
Pablo Garza suspended 14 days (rest period)
Mark Hominick suspended 45 days
Patrick Cote suspended 60 days (knockout)
Alessio Sakara suspended 7 days (rest period)
Chad Griggs suspended 30 days
Cyrille Diabate suspended 7 days (rest period)
Sam Stout suspended 14 days (rest period)
John Makdessi suspended 14 days (rest period)
Antonio Carvalho suspended 14 days (rest period)
Rodrigo Damm suspended 14 days (rest period)
Matt Riddle suspended 14 days (rest period)
John Maguire suspended 14 days (rest period)
Ivan Menjivar suspended 7 days (rest period)
Azamat Gaschimov suspended 7 days (rest period)
Darren Elkins suspended 14 days (rest period)
Steven Siler suspended 14 days (rest period)
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