Posted by Stephen Rhodes on October 15th, 2008 under Octagon Buzz

Below are the final gate receipts and medical suspensions issued by the Florida State Boxing Commission:

Final Gate Receipt Information:

At the post-fight press conference, EliteXC Head of fighter Operations Jeremy Lappen had originally reported that 9,414 attended the EliteXC: Heat event, with 7,723 paid attendees for a live gate of $826,000.

Fact: There were actually 6,854 paid attendees for the event totalling $677,793 in gross gate revenue; add an additional 847 “comped” tickets (an additional $97,542 in uncounted revenue) and you have a total of 7,701 attendees to the event.

Medical Suspensions:

• Edson Berto – Suspended for 30 days following his loss to Conor Heun.
• Murilo Rua – Suspended indefinitely following his loss to Benji Radach; will need to be cleared by a doctor before he will be eligible to fight again.
• Roy Nelson – Suspended for 60 days following his loss to Andrei Arlovski.
• Kimbo Slice – Suspended for 30 days for his loss to Seth Petruzelli.