AZ AC suspends fighter indefinitely, with recommendation to retire
There were 12 suspensions after World Series of Fighting 19 at March 28 in Phoenix, AZ, including a safety recommendation to stop competing for Eric Regan.
World Series of Fighting 19 at March 28 at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. When the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission medical suspensions were obtained by Shaun Al-Shatti for MMAFighting.com, the cost of excitement was abundantly clear.
Luis Palomino: 60-day suspension for TKO; needs orthopedic clearance on left knee, ankle and thigh; needs clearance on right hand; cut to left eye brow
Justin Gaethje: 45-day suspension for right eyebrow, right foot; X-rays needed
Teddy Holder: 45-day suspension for CT scan of head; needs ophthalmologist and neurologist clearance
Ed West: 45-day suspension for TKO and cut to left eye
Joe Gigliotti: 45-day suspension for cut to right eyebrow
Brendan Tierney: 45-day suspension for TKO, right upper lip and left orbital hematoma
Erik Villalobos: 45-day suspension for cut on left eyebrow
Joe Madrid: 45-day suspension due to cut on forehead
Thiago Silva: 30-day suspension for TKO
Benny Madrid: 30-day suspension, need X-ray on right elbow
Israel Aquino: 30-day suspension; need X-ray on left hip
Eric Regan: Indefinite suspension; safety recommendation to stop competing
Justin Gaethje and Luis Palomino put on one of the best fights of the year, with Gathje winning by TKO in the third. The winner needs an X-ray on his right foot and was cut on his right eyebrow. The loser was cut on his left eyebrow. Needs orthopedic clearance on left knee, ankle and thigh, medical clearance on right hand, and is suspended for 60 days for the TKO.
Eric Regan, 31, a durable and exciting fighter on the AZ scene, was brutally KOed, and has been suspended indefinitely, with a “safety recommendation to stop competing.” The loss was Regan’s eight in the last nine fights.
Regan debated the suspension on his Facebook page.
Israel Canez You took a beating bro. You got hit way too much with hard solid shots. Anyone else would’ve been hospitalized. You might want to think about what they’re saying.
Eric Regan um do you think they where honest decisions or colored by a bias against me. I was up after the knock down and they made me lay there for a 5 minutes and the doctor back stage did not do a through examination. He directed me to come to the Good Sam some time in the next 30 days. They have been unfairly scoring my fights for some time. Since 2008 they have been rallying to keep me from fighting.
Israel Canez Did you go to good Sam? How are you feeling?
Eric Regan Not yet, I am moving out of my apt this week. Really that needs to be decided by an impartial doctor not one based on the preference of one of the most corrupt commissions in the country.
Regan is a warrior, and clearly wants to keep fighting, but that is precisely why mixed martial arts is regulated by the government – fighters choosing when they retire is not always the responsible option.
