Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, 6 Others Receive 180-Day Medical Suspensions after Bellator 300

Several fighters from the recently concluded Bellator 300 may be forced out of action for a while due to long medical suspensions.

Former Bellator MMA flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (13-3) took on her longtime friend former training partner, current champ Liz Carmouche (20-7) on Saturday’s main card a Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Macfarlane suffered a possible fracture to her left knee en route a fifth-round TKO loss, resulting in a 180-day medical suspension, unless cleared by a physician earlier.

In addition to Macfarlane, six others from the prelims card also faced medical suspensions of six months or until cleared by a doctor: Jesse Roberts (left knee and left jaw), Davion Franklin (left knee), Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (right knee), Herman Terrado (rib), Romero Cotton (right orbital), and Miguel Peimbert (right foot, left hand, right ankle) Other medical suspensions from Bellator’s marquee event included Cat Zingano, who received a 45-day suspension for her quick loss in a failed featherweight title bid against Cristiane Justino, and Brent Primus, who has been suspended for 60 days after his lopsided loss to lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov in the main event.