The UFC middleweight was knocked out by Dan Henderson at UFC 199 on Saturday in Los Angeles. The KO was severe enough that California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) doctors suspended Lombard medically for six months without exception, according to a document released to MMA Fighting on Monday via an open records request.
Typically, suspensions come with a caveat. A doctor can clear a fighter before the suspension is up. But not in the case. Lombard was rushed to the UCLA hospital after the bout.
"No exception for prolong recovery from KO," the document read.
Henderson knocked out Lombard in the second round with a head kick followed by a back elbow.