UFC Vegas 21 Medical Suspensions: How Long Is Muhammad Out?
The UFC Vegas 21 medical suspensions have been released.
At UFC Vegas 21, Belal Muhammad was the victim of a vicious eye poke from Leon Edwardsthat saw the main event end in a no-contest. It was clear from both the audio of Muhammad’s groans as well as the visual of Muhammad’s blinded eye just how devastating the eye poke was.
Despite the optics, though, Muhammad is not looking at a long suspension at all. As long as he is cleared by an ophthalmologist, Muhammad could find himself back in action in one month. Below is the full medial suspensions list following UFC Vegas 21 via mixedmartialarts.com.
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UFC Vegas 21 came to an unfortunate conclusion with Belal Muhammad and Leon Edwards ending in a no-contest after an accidental eye poke by Edwards left Muhammad unable to fight.
It s the second week in a row that at least one main card fight ended with a foul. Petr Yan lost his bantamweight belt at UFC 259 after an illegal knee left Aljamain Sterling unable to continue.
ESPN MMA @espnmma Sorry, Belal, brother. Sorry, brother.
@Leon edwardsmma apologized to @bullyb170 for the accidental eye poke that resulted in their #UFCVegas21 fight being declared a No Decison. https://t.co/f9JtRM7jA8