Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone is facing a 180-day suspension following his UFC 246 loss to Conor McGregor .

The former UFC title challenger was defeated by McGregor in just 40 seconds in the Las Vegas bout, in which McGregor walked away unscathed in a triumphant return to the octagon after over a year away, Mirror UK reports .

Cerrone suffered damage from kicks, punches and three shoulder strikes during the onslaught from the Notorious one, who improved his 22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC record.

As well as McGregor, six other fighters on the UFC 246 card walked away suspension-less and so won't now be mandated to sit out a period of time.

Co-main event fighters Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington are among those six, while Maycee Barber faces 180 days out after an ACL tear suffered against Roxanne Modafferi.

Full list of medical suspensions from the Nevada Athletic Commission:

J.J. Aldrich: Suspended 180 days or until right hand x-ray is cleared by physician, also suspended 21 days with no contact for 14 days

Justin Ledet: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Nasrat Haqparast: Suspended 60 days with no contact for 45 days

Tim Elliott: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days

Askar Askarov: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Andre Fili: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Sodiq Yusuff: Suspended 180 days or until right foot x-ray is cleared by physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Maycee Barber: Suspended 180 days or until left knee MRI is cleared by orthopedic physician; also suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days do to laceration on left side of forehead

Anthony Pettis: Suspended 180 days or until right foot is cleared by orthopedic physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Diego Ferreira: Suspended 180 days or until right knee MRI is cleared by orthopedic physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Ode Osbourne: Suspended 21 days

Maurice Greene: Suspended 180 days or until right elbow MRI and right foot x-ray are cleared by orthopedic physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

Aleksei Oleinik: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days

Donald Cerrone:  Suspended 180 days or until nasal fracture and possible mild orbital fracture are cleared by maxillofacial physician; also suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days

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