Six fighters are facing six-month medical suspensions following UFC on FOX 29, including headliner Dustin Poirier . Poirier (23-5 MMA, 15-4 UFC) needs an MRI on his right knee after his impressive TKO of Justin Gaethje (18-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in the event’s FOX-televised headliner. MMAjunkie requested and received the list of medical suspensions for the event from the Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission, which regulated UFC on FOX 29 last Saturday at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Related Dustin Poirier's day-after battle wounds (it might be easy to forget he was the winner) Of course, Poirier can be cleared prior to six months with doctors clearance. He nevertheless faces a mandatory 45-day suspension, while Gaethje, who was stopped in the fourth round, received a 45-day term for a hard bout
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