All 24 Fighters Receive Medical Suspensions Following 2022 PFL World Championship
Pacheco and Harrison received minimum suspensions.
Larissa Pacheco and Kayla Harrison have been ordered to a mandatory rest following the shocking outcome of the PFL lightweight title fight on Friday.
Pacheco got her revenge by defeating three-time rival Harrison by unanimous decision at the 2022 PFL World Championship. Both fighters have been suspended for a minimum of seven days by the New York State Athletic Commission.
Championship winners who were also suspended include Brendan Loughnane, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Sadibou Sy, Ante Delija and Rob Wilkinson.
All 24 fighters were suspended for at least one week while two fighters were forced to be out for 90 days. MMA Fighting first reported the suspensions.
Here’s the full list:
- Biaggio Ali Walsh: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Tom Graesser: Suspended 60 days or until cleared by a primary care physician.
- Dakota Ditcheva: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Katherine Corogenes: Suspended 90 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by neurologist.
- Magomed Magomedkerimov: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Gleison Tibau: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by a primary care physician.
- Natan Schulte: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Jeremy Stephens: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by a primary care physician.
- Sheymon Moraes: Suspended 14 days for mandatory rest.
- Marlon Moraes: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by a primary care physician.
- Rob Wilkinson: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Omari Akhmedov: Suspended 90 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by both a primary care physician and a neurologist.
- Sadibou Sy: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by a primary care physician.
- Dilano Taylor: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely or until cleared by an orthopedic doctor.
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Stevie Ray: Suspended 90 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely or until cleared by a neurologist.
- Aspen Ladd: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Julia Budd: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Ante Delija: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Matheus Scheffel: Suspended 45 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by a neurologist.
- Brendan Loughnane: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Bubba Jenkins: Suspended 45 days for mandatory rest; also suspended indefinitely until cleared by a neurologist.
- Larissa Pacheco: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.
- Kayla Harrison: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest.