UFC Seattle medical suspensions: Henry Cejudo hit with indefinite suspension until cleared for eye injury

03/06/2025 07:39 PM

Henry Cejudo had a bad night at the office in his latest appearance at UFC Seattle.

The former two-division champion suffered a gruesome injury after multiple eye pokes left his vision impaired and ultimately forced a stoppage in his fight against Song Yadong. As a result, Cejudo ended up losing a technical decision since at least three rounds were completed, meaning the fight went to the judges' scorecards.

The fight not only handed Cejudo his third straight loss overall but he's now facing an indefinite medical suspension until he gets cleared by an ophthalmologist for his eye injury.

On Thursday, the Washington State Department of Licensing released the medical suspensions from the UFC Seattle card to MMA Fighting via a public records request.

Because of the eye injury, Cejudo must get clearance before the medical suspension is lifted and he has a minimum suspension through March 24 and no contact through March 15.

Following the conclusion of the fight, Cejudo revealed he suffered "diplopia (double vision), soft tissue damage [and] corneal abrasion" from the eye poke.

As for Song, he faces a potentially longer suspension listed until Aug. 21., although there's no note from the commission why he could be forced to sit out for six months from the date of the fight. Typically, a doctor's clearance can usurp a medical suspension but Song hasn't booked another fight since beating Cejudo so there's no telling if he might try to compete again prior to Aug. 21.

The only other lengthy suspension from the card was for Nikolay Veretennikov after he suffered a second-round TKO loss to UFC newcomer Austin Vanderford. Veretennikov was suspended through Aug. 21 pending an MRI and doctor's clearance on an injured right shoulder. He faces a minimum suspension through April 8.

Here are the full medical suspensions for the UFC Seattle card:

Song Yadong: Suspended until Aug. 21

Henry Cejudo: Indefinite suspension pending ophthalmological clearance (eye injury). Minimum suspension through March 24, no contact through March 15.

Anthony Hernandez: Suspended through March 24, no contact through March 15

Brendan Allen: Suspended through March 1

Rob Font: Suspended through March 1

Jean Matsumoto: Suspended through March 24

Jean Silva: Suspended through March 1

Melsik Baghdasaryan: Suspended through March 24

Alonzo Menifield: Suspended through March 24, no contact through March 15

Julius Walker: Suspended through March 24

Ion Cutelaba: Suspended through March 15, no contact through March 8

Ibo Aslan: Suspended through March 1

Melquizael Costa: Suspended through March 1

Andre Fili: Suspended through March 24, no contact through March 15

Mansur Abdul-Malik: Suspended through March 24, no contact through March 15

Nick Klein: Suspended through March 24

Ricky Simon: Suspended through March 1

Javid Basharat: Suspended through April 23

Austin Vanderford: Suspended through March 1

Nikolay Veretennikov: Suspended through Aug 21 pending MRI and doctor's clearance on right shoulder. Minimum suspension through April 8

Nursultan Ruziboev: Suspended through March 1

Eric McConico: Suspended through April 8

Modestas Bukauskas: Suspended through March 1

Raffael Cerqueira: Suspended through April 23