This Is Gonna Hurt...

Let the Sonnen withdrawal begin. Buddy boy beat the hell out of Silva for 23 minutes at UFC 117, earning the respect of every decent MMA fan in the process, and got a 60 day no-contact medical suspension for his troubles. That's right, two whole months bereft of Chael-y goodness. Oh, the horror! The humanity!

Luckily, we have plenty of random video to keep us entertained until our boy Chael is back in fighting form...like this little gem, which beautifully illustrates my contention that grappling pants just look silly on everyone.

In addition to everyone's favorite Republican, the following fighters were also given medical suspensions according to MMAJunkie (click for more details, yo):

• Anderson Silva
• Junior Dos Santos
• Roy Nelson
• Dustin Hazelett
• Phil Davis
• Charlie Brenneman
• Tim Boetsch
• Todd Brown
• Stefan Struve
• Christian Morecraft
• Dennis Hallman
• Ben Saunders

MMAJunkie.com also has a pretty good explanation of post-fight checkups and medical suspensions in the comments section, which you can go directly to by clicking here. Because we know you're lazy, and we love you anyway.