Mark Hunt must fly to Las Vegas and have his brain assessed by chief UFC medical adviser Dr Jeffrey Davidson if he is to ever fight again.
As revealed by The Daily Telegraph, Hunt has been banned from headlining the upcoming UFC Sydney card after using a website article to reveal he was suffering symptoms linked to brain injury.
Since the contentious Players Voice piece was released, the cult heavyweight has seen two Australian brain specialists who, he insists, have declared him fit to fight.
Yet given the serious nature of his claims, UFC president Dana White now wants Hunt flown Stateside to be assessed by his fight company's own physician.
Head of Emergency at Valley Hospital, Las Vegas, Dr Davidson was recently at the forefront of treating those involved in the shooting massacre which tragically claimed 58 lives, injured 500 more and caused global headlines.