UFC 243 medical suspensions: Al Iaquinta potentially facing six-month layoff

Al Iaquinta’s latest trip to Australia was a rough one.

While Iaquinta was enthusiastic about competing in “The Land Down Under” for the second time in his career, the 32-year-old lightweight suffered a unanimous decision loss to Dan Hooker in Saturday’s UFC 243 co-main event. Worse, Iaquinta could be facing a long layoff.

Iaquinta has been handed a provisional 180-day suspension by the Professional Boxing and Combat Sports Board of Victoria, which regulated this past Saturday’s pay-per-view at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Medical suspensions were provided to MMAFighting by official ABC records keeper mixedmartialarts.com.

Iaquinta require X-rays on the tibula and fibula of his left leg as well as his foot. The suspension can be lifted pending clearance from a physician.

No other fighters on the card are expected to miss a significant amount of time for medical reasons, including headliners Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker.

See the full list of UFC 243 medical suspensions below:

• Israel Adesanya: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Robert Whittaker: 60-day medical suspension for KO, 45 days no contact
• Dan Hooker: 30-day medical suspension for left knee lacerations, 21 days no contact
• Al Iaquinta: 180-day medical suspension for left tibula and fibula, foot injuries
• Sergey Spivak: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Tai Tuivasa: 45-days medical suspension for right rib soreness, 30 days no contact
• Dhiego Lima: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Luke Jumeau: 30-day medical suspension (scans and X-rays were negative), 21 days no contact
• Yorgan De Castro: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Justin Tafa: 60-day medical suspension for KO, 45 days no contact
• Jake Matthews: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Rostem Akman: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Callan Potter: 30-day medical suspension (no reason given), 21 days no contact
• Maki Pitolo: 30-day medical suspension (no reason given), 21 days no contact
• Brad Riddell: 45-day medical suspension for left eyebrow laceration, 30 days no contact
• Jamie Mullarkey: 30-day medical suspension (scans were negative), 21 days no contact
• Megan Anderson: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Zarah Fairn: 30-day medical suspension for left eyelid laceration, 21 days no contact
• Ji Yeon Kim: 7-day mandatory rest period
• Nadia Kassem: 45-day medical suspension with 30-days no contact (scans and X-rays were negative)
• Khalid Taha: 30-day medical suspension (no reason given), 21 days no contact
• Bruno Silva: 45-day medical suspension for left eye laceration, 30 days no contact