Jose Aldo and Rob Font, UFC fighters, both suffered broken eye sockets during a brutal fight. They will be back in action six months later.

After breaking each other's eye sockets, UFC stars Jose Aldo & Rob Font will be facing six-month medical suspensions.

In what is one of the most anticipated fights of the year, the bantamweights fought to the death at UFC Vegas 44.

After five exhausting rounds that saw both men suffering from fractured orbital bones, Aldo won with a 49-46 and 50-45 victory over Font.

The former featherweight champion expressed his desire to be a UFC two-weight champion.

He said that he was unlikely to win a title shot with current champion Aljamain sterling and interim belt holder Petr Yan set to meet in 2022.

Aldo stated: "So Dillashaw just sitting there. I want to fight Dillashaw.

"That would be my next best opponent.

"I want to be a champion of this division, and I'm working towards that.

Rob Font is a formidable opponent. He is a great man, but I'm not going to let him down.

"We trained to be a complete MMA fighter. "I want to be as complete and as competent as possible - this is the new Aldo you're looking at."

He might need to wait at least until May for his return to the Octagon.

MixedMartialArts.com has released UFC's most recent medical suspensions.

Aldo was suspended for 180 days until his right orbital fracture heals. He also received a 30 day suspension with no contact for 21-days.

Font will also be out of action as Font was suspended for 180-days or until his left orbital fractures and nasal fractures have been cleared by a physician. Font also received a 45-day suspension with no contact for 30 consecutive days.