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Bassplyr
Hey snoopy or whatever. I do know exactly how the damage to the ears happens and I know plenty of people who don't have it and have been in much more serious situations than an MMA fighter bar a few. Your talking to a guy who has been doing martial arts for over well over 20 years. I've even gone to the hospital to get reconstructive surgery on my left eye socket after a street fight. I've been there I know what really happens. so why don't you shove off. I know why people get culiflower ear and why they don't too. a lot of very good guys never seem to get it. You are going on one hell of an assumption to think I don't know about culiflower ear. why don't we trade injuries sometime. bet I've got plenty more scars than you and from fighting. You know some people consider culiflower ear to be a bragging right but an example of misdirected training and execution. Plenty of exceptional warriors never seem to get it. its from the type of training they do. Not every body will waste time wrestling with someone on a mat. there are more effiicent ways to defend your self than that. Also I know plenty about training every day. but not on a stupid mat. I train outdoors on concrete. I do the ground work and the the striking. I know what it's like to train for real and for sport. Heres a clue if your training for real you WILL be so injured after each session that it's not possible to "be on the Mat" every day. Hyperextended elbows and dislocated fingers and sever bruising are the norm and they take a few days to heal. I know plenty. If you think I'm some armchair warrior than thats fine but man are you way off.
Originally posted by Jay-morris
Tell me this, why do many rugby players have culiflower ears? Do you think its because they get punched in the ears lol
The condition is most common among boxers, wrestlers, mixed martial artists and forwards in rugby union.
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Headgear (called a "scrum cap" in rugby, or simply "headgear" in wrestling and other martial arts) that protects the ears is worn in wrestling and rugby, many martial arts, and other contact sports to help prevent this condition. For some athletes, however, a cauliflower ear is considered a badge of courage or experience.[2]
Originally posted by daaskapital
Originally posted by Jay-morris
Tell me this, why do many rugby players have culiflower ears? Do you think its because they get punched in the ears lol
The condition is most common among boxers, wrestlers, mixed martial artists and forwards in rugby union.
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Headgear (called a "scrum cap" in rugby, or simply "headgear" in wrestling and other martial arts) that protects the ears is worn in wrestling and rugby, many martial arts, and other contact sports to help prevent this condition. For some athletes, however, a cauliflower ear is considered a badge of courage or experience.[2]
So, yes it can be caused by getting punched.
en.wikipedia.org...edit on 3-4-2012 by daaskapital because: (no reason given)
As for bruce lee. He was a good martial artist, a fantastic philosopher. but not everything that glitters is gold. he also had a dark side. I too admire him but common he was just another human being with many, many faults. That being said I love his movies and I enjoy his books. but if you do research and dive into his life story a little deeper you will learn things about the guy that will make you think.
I hate MMA anyway, it's damaging to the human body and nature, violence isn't a problem solver, especially your economical problems. Instead of trying to fight for violence, spend your time fighting for peace. Swings those arms for peace and swing the feet for peace.
- riddled with ignorance, criticizing folks you can't get in the same ballpark with is exactly what you're doing.
I'm not some armchair quarterback criticizing folks that I can't get in the same ballpark with. I am saying, bluntly, and blatantly that these guys cannot fight.
And what the hell is up with tapping out? Really? What kind of "ultimate" fighter could ever look in the mirror ever again after tapping out?
have you actually any history with MMA whatsoever? I'm really starting to wonder.
I don't think they can do it, because I don't think they have the killer instinct, or the mean-streak, or the heart, or the toughness to actually pull it off. I think they are highly trained nerds, and I think they tap out too easily, and I don't think they really want to put a hurting on anyone, I think they just want to play fight until it gets hard, and then quit and get paid.