UFC 197 Medical Suspensions: Jon Jones, Ovince Saint Preux, several others out up to six months pending clearance

By Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

If Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are going to fight at UFC 200, it’s not just Cormier who needs to get medical clearance. The Nevada Athletic Commission released to MMATorch on Tuesday the list of medical suspensions for UFC 197, and Jones is going to need an x-ray on his left foot; if it comes back positive for a break he’ll be out up to six months pending doctor’s clearance.

The man Jones defeated on Saturday night, Ovince Saint Preux, is himself out up to six months pending clearance of the broken left forearm he suffered in the main event. Several others are out the same time frame for different ailments coming out of the event, though all can return earlier with doctor’s clearance.

Here’s the full slate of suspensions out of the event:

  • Jon Jones: Must have left foot x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21
  • Ovince Saint Preux: Must have broken left ulna cleared by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Rafael Natal: Must have nasal fracture cleared by doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Robert Whittaker: Must have right hand x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 05/24, no contact until 05/15
  • Andre Fili: Must have left inferior orbital wall fracture cleared by oral, maxillofacial surgeon, or ophthalmologist or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Sergio Pettis: Must have right hand x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21
  • Danny Roberts: Must have left foot cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Glaico Franca: Must have ophthalmological exam; must also have nasal fracture cleared by doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/23, no contact until 06/08
  • Cody East: Must have nasal fracture cleared by ENT doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Walt Harris: Must have right hand x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 05/24, no contact until 05/15
  • Henry Cejudo: Suspended until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Anthony Pettis: Suspended until 05/24, no contact until 05/15 (right eyebrow laceration)
  • Chris Kelades: Suspended until 05/24, no contact until 05/15 (facial abrasions)
  • Juliana Lima: Suspended until 05/24, no contact until 05/15
  • Clint Hester: Suspended until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
  • Dominique Steele: Must get yearly eye exam by 03/22/17 due to possibility of glaucoma

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