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Big Nog looking at nine months on sidelines

Frank Mir locked on a nasty kimura at UFC 140 © Getty Images

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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira hopes to return to action within nine months after it was revealed he does not need surgery on his broken arm.

Nogueira was submitted for the first time in his career by Frank Mir at UFC 140, succumbing to a first-round kimura. The Brazilian, more than likely out of pride, refused to tap - allowing Mir to break his arm to finish the fight.

It was first reported that Big Nog would need surgery to cure the injury, but UFC officials have since revealed that will not be the case. Nogueira received a 60-day medical suspension on Tuesday, and it is hoped he will be back in action around September 2012.

UFC 140 medical suspensions:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Suspended 60 days due to submission loss; needs clearance from orthopedic surgeon
Tito Ortiz: Suspended 60 days due to TKO loss; needs chest X-ray and abdominal ultrasound
Mark Hominick: Suspended 60 days due to TKO loss; needs MRI or CT scan
Krzysztof Soszynski: Suspended 60 days due to knockout loss; needs MRI or CT scan
Jared Hamman: Suspended 60 days due to knockout loss; needs MRI or CT scan
Rich Attonito: Suspended 60 days due to TKO loss; needs MRI or CT scan
Mitch Clarke: Suspended 60 days due to TKO loss; needs MRI or CT scan
Lyoto Machida: Suspended 30 days for cut over right eye
Jon Jones: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Frank Mir: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Brian Ebersole: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Claude Patrick: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Chan Sung Jung: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Igor Pokrajac: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Constantinos Philippou: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Dennis Hallman: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
John Makdessi: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Walel Watson: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Yves Jabouin: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Mark Bocek: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Nik Lentz: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
Jake Hecht: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons
John Cholish: Suspended 14 days for precautionary reasons

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