While Iaquinta was enthusiastic about competing in “The Land Down Under” for the second time in his career, the 32-year-old lightweight suffered a unanimous decision loss to Dan Hooker in Saturday’s UFC 243 co-main event. Worse, Iaquinta could be facing a long layoff.
Iaquinta has been handed a provisional 180-day suspension by the Professional Boxing and Combat Sports Board of Victoria, which regulated this past Saturday’s pay-per-view at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Medical suspensions were provided to MMAFighting by official ABC records keeper mixedmartialarts.com.
Iaquinta require X-rays on the tibula and fibula of his left leg as well as his foot.