UFC Fight Island 2 medical suspensions: Luana Carolina could be out six months after brutal kneebar

Flyweight Luana Carolina shrieked in pain as the “Queen of Violence” Ariane Lipski applied a kneebar early in their UFC Fight Island 2 meeting. The resulting damage could keep her out of the octagon for quite some time.

Carolina led the list of medical suspensions issued by the UFC after Fight Island 2 this past Saturday, drawing a potential six-month term that can be lifted if she provides a clean MRI on her left knee.

In other suspensions, four-time UFC title challenger Joseph Benavidez received a 45-day suspension after he was choked unconscious by new flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo in the headliner of Fight Island 2.

Here’s the full list of medical suspensions for UFC Fight Island 2:

Deiveson Figueiredo: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Joseph Benavidez: suspended 45 days for forehead laceration, 30 days no contact.

Jack Hermansson: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Kelvin Gastelum: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Rafael Fiziev: suspended 30 days for hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Marc Diakiese: suspended 30 days for hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Ariane Lipski: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Luana Carolina: suspended 180 days or until cleared by left knee MRI; minimum suspension 30 days with 21 days no contact.

Askar Askarov: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Alexandre Pantoja: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Roman Dolidze: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Khadis Ibragimov: suspended 45 days, 30 days no contact.

Grant Dawson: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Nad Narimani: suspended 30 days for left brow laceration, 21 days no contact.

Joel Alvarez: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Joseph Duffy: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Brett Johns: suspended 45 days for hard bout, 30 days no contact.

Montel Jackson: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Amir Albazi: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Malcolm Gordon: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Arman Tsarukyan: suspended 30 days for hard bout, 21 days no contact.

Davi Ramos: suspended 45 days for multiple lacerations, 30 days no contact.

Serghei Spivac: mandatory seven-day suspension.

Carlos Felipe: mandatory seven-day suspension.