UFC 111 suspensions; Rousimar Palhares receives 90-day disciplinary sentence

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After last night's UFC 111 fights, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board handed out their list of medical suspensions, which also included a suspension for disciplinary reasons.

Rousimar Palhares was at the center of some controversy during his fight against Tomasz Drwal. Palhares secured a heel hook, but did not release it when Drwal tapped. Drwal tapped several times and was yelling out in pain before the referee, Kevin Mulhall, intervened. However, even with Mulhall ending the fight, Palhares held the submission, which forced Mulhall to pry him out of it. While Palhares made a victory jump out of the Octagon, Drwal was left with ringside physicians, still moaning from the pain.

Consequentially, Palhares was issued a 90-day suspension, while Drwal was suspended indefinitely. However, compared to past UFC events, the suspension list, and most of what it contains, is more mild than past events.

The full list of suspensions are as follows:

-  Frank Mir was issued a 30-days suspension for precautionary reasons following his first-round KO loss.

-  Mark Bocek suffered a scalp laceration and is also suspended for 30 days after his unanimous decision loss.

-  Rory Markham was suspended for 30 days due to a facial laceration resulting from his second-round TKO loss.

-  Rousimar Palhares was suspended for 90 days for not releasing the heel hook on Drwal.

-  Tomasz Drwal was issued an indefinite suspension pending an x-ray on his left knee and ankle.

-  Jared Hamman was also suspended indefinitely pending x-rays on his right foot, but was still suspended for at least 60 days due to right foot lacerations.

-  Matt Riddle was suspended indefinitely pending a CT scan.