After UFC Japan, Gadelha and Frankenstein receive medical suspension

C. Gadelha suspended for a month and a half (Photo: Reproduction Facebook UFC)

After two battles at UFC Japan last Friday, Claudia gadelha and Henrique Frankenstein were suspended by doctors from the local commission. The strawweight division is out for 45 days and the light heavyweight division is out for two months (60 days). This means that neither of them will be able to fight again in the next month and a half. For the strawweight, the punishment shouldn't make a difference, as she plans an MMA retreat, to reflect on your career.

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Gadelha lost for the third time in the UFC and in her career, but only to her second opponent. She had been defeated twice by the current strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and now ended up losing to compatriot Jessica Andrade, in the decision. Frankenstein was defeated for the fourth time in a row, again by knockout, to former world kickboxing champion Gokhan Saki.

The Brazilians' suspensions, however, were not the strictest. Three fighters were suspended for six months. alex morono, Daichi Abe and Hyun Gyun Lim. Morono will have to present an X-ray that proves that his right hand has healed from the injury, if he wants to return before that period. Abe and Lim, who faced each other in a major duel in the preliminary portion, with the former winning, also need medical certificates proving improvements in injuries to the face and eye, respectively.