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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Andrei Arlovski is among three fighters receiving six-month suspensions after UFC Fight Night 51 last weekend.
The Brazilian commission handed down the suspensions this week to a big chunk of the fighters on the card, with Arlovski, Piotr Hallmann, and Efrain Escudero getting the lengthiest terms until cleared by doctors.
The full list of suspensions is below (via MMAJunkie.com):
- Andrei Arlovski: Suspended 180 days pending wrist x-ray
- Antonio Silva: suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
- Gleison Tibau: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
- Piotr Hallmann: Suspended 180 days pending clearance of jaw
- Leonardo Santos: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
- Efrain Escudero: Suspended 180 days pending clearance of knee
- Wendell Oliveira: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
- Iuri Alcantara: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
- Russell Doane: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
- George Sullivan: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
- Igor Araujo: suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days
- Francisco Trinaldo: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
- Leandro Silva: suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days
- Paulo Thiago: suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days
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