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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings.It is the largest MMA promotion in the world as of 2023. It produces events worldwide that showcase 11 weight divisions (eight men's and three women's) and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2022, it had held over 600 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia.
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NOBODY TALKS ABOUT IT! The DARK Side of Fighting... CTE
Unfortunately, way too many people in way too many gyms STILL think sparring has to be a kill or be killed activity. It isn't just the fights that are messing fighters' brains up.
GREAT POINT who ever you are, i spent a little time in cromwell staten island n.y. and even had 2 wars in the ring, under the guise of sparring. The teacher there an old man named gene, never showed me how to slip a punch, never showed me how to punch, never showed me shit, good thing i had a bunch of street fights, and a heavy bag an speed bag in my basement, because i lost neither of the 2 fights, and i was only 21 - but i knew to leave that shit hole meat factory, because that guy prob knew nothing - just like jack dempsey teaches in his second book about fake trainers, and the only thing this guy was prob good for was shortening his fighters careers by making them go to war every night, and i mean EVERY NIGHT. pathetically unnecessary also, even if he did have knowledge that i didn't stick around long enough to find out..
You're not wrong. Any people/gyms that tolerate that should be shut down (preferably by loss of revenue from the entire user base leaving them). It's hardly surprising though, look at shit like football. It's still a massive problem. You simply cannot make it safe the way the game is fundamentally played. Still like the biggest sport in the country. Which I've always found a bit baffling. There's like 11 total minutes of "action" (the game ACTUALLY being played) over a 3 hour period. Fucking golf is more action packed.
@joenobody5913 as far as football goes, they have their cause and effect backwards. People talk like they wear pads and a helmet because they hit so hard. That's wrong. They hit so hard because they're wearing pads and a helmet.
What surprised me was learning that some fighters at the top dont spar and simply drill. I wish I could remember who it was but it surprised me when I heard it.
@@TheRealHerbaSchmurba I think it was Lawler who was one of the front runners for that.
it's hard but unfortunately, if you are a fighter, you have to reckon with this. but I think the UFC should start an organization to help fighters in their old age, they deserve it
That would be too amazing for the fighters , the UFC looks at them as worthless wen they can't make them money or shill for them
The fighters that are making millions now could band together and help the guys before them who made peanuts. Maybe the UFC could match what they donate too. At least have their medical bills paid for life.
Theres a reason Ngannou pivoted to boxing
that will only happen if fighters unionize, ufc ain't giving them shit otherwise
You ever see Dana doing that? He never will. Barely gives a shit about them in their prime, let alone when they retire or get injured.
It should be criminal the way the UFC underpays it’s fighters with the consequences involved
True. It's the one thing about Dana White that is ugly.
How bout power slap. Gotta save people from themselves.
Well tbf they don't have to fight in the ufc though
Not at all. You're a contractor. You agree to the contact.
Its their decision, their risk, promoters don't make you go to the ring..
The last story hit me hard. I watched my dad have a brain aneurysm and my mother sit there when him for a year helping him recover. We’re lucky that he’s recovered almost 100%, but it’s such a scary thing that can happen so suddenly.
"nobody talks about it"? It's one of the most talked about subjects in the realm of combat sports
Yeah just click bait, but I get it, thats youtube now adays.
With the most click bait photos and shitty research
Yet most UFC/Boxing fans I speak to are unaware of it……maybe that says more about the fan base..?
I think it's more or less the consequences afterwards arent openly spoken about in gyms so much, there is little money in combat sports unless you're in the 0.001% (silly estimate). Most gyms require good fighters to be profitable, so to talk about your career after fighting isnt spoken about so much.
Fans talk about it, but nobody who can make a difference in the sport talks about it. The UFC doesn't talk about it, their medical team don't address it, theres no after care or protocol in place to combat this because it isn't talked about enough by the people who need to talk about it. Don't be so naive
Having boxed for a while, i think someone who really knows a guy will be able to see a change after each beating. People forget about the beatings it takes to become champ. I think Ali said he thought he was going to die against Frazier the first time.
Nah that was the last fight of fraizer/ali.
Ali had Parkinson’s Disease which is in no way related to CTE or head trauma though.
@@miggs80yes there literally is a correlation between head trauma and parkinsons. A simple Google search will tell you that you're wrong. Denying science isn't helping anyone. Plus he almost definitely had cte on top of having parkinsons
@@GamesWithBrainz There is zero doubt of this. Tris Dixon's book Damage, talks about the impact Ali COULD have had if he'd come out saying that he was suffering from the old school term 'dementia pugilistica' - now called CTE. But he didn't and wouldn't admit boxing had destroyed him.
You mean literally after each session featuring a lot of shots eaten?
I really fear for Tony Ferguson. He has taken a huge amount of damage and keeps coming back for more.
Yeah man. You can condition your body all you want. That brain is still squishy.
He's done tbh. I wouldn't be surprised if we hear of some complications from him later down the years... We already had that one police phone call from his wife about him having a mental break down, punching everything in sight.
@@hahahahailold No matter the fighter the ricochet damaage from head truma is impossible to condition. There's no way to train the skull or the brain. Your only options are dodging the punches, or bracing for the impact as best you can.
It's crazy how the UFC has even started a slap fight organization knowing how bad this can be. Slap fighting should be renamed the CTE Championship.
Moat of the competitors probably have brain trauma to even consider that a good idea, or even a "sport". I wanna see nutsack kicking take off as a "sport" lol. Like...no...it isnt...and will never be.
*Dana White
And now we literally have Slap fights. The Mega, immediate, non avoidable CTE inducing sport.
Slap fighting and Dana’s interest in making money off it, explains what a horrible human being he is.
Well, if they stuck to the premise and made it an actual slap contest, it would not be as harmful, but, yeah, in reality is about punching each other in a face with weight of your body added, that is stupid
@@Melesx2 I always thought White was pretty decent.........but that opinion really changed with the slap-fighting idiocy.
That sh*t is the most retarded competition I have ever seen and a disgrace to professional sports. Why anyone could want to be a part of the garbage is beyond me.
It's makes me angry. People under rate the danger of illegal (back of the head) shots. Leaders like Dana White don't compensate fighters or even want to speak of head trauma. As with the NFL, it may end these sports.
Nah as long as big money involved its going to stay.
Sean Strickland has openly expressed that they're all punching bags for money
lol my guy... These sports will never end. Stop exaggerating. Not every fighter has problems when they get older too. Just chill out. Fighters start fighting, even when they know the serious consequences.
How is it Dana whites fault that people get head trauma from combat sports ?
What makes me angry is people that think and clickbait Muhammad Ali as a victim of CTE, his condition has no scientific evidence that it was caused due to his boxing career!
Football players and hockey players are also getting fucked up with CTE. For some reason no one talks about Hockey.
Because hits are mainly taught shoulder to shoulder and it’s not as “barbaric” as football or mma
Bro hockey is more dangerous than football in a sense of they can actually fight and throw hands and 2 they are playing on ICE.
@kakashi1 yep. A hockey concussion ruined me. It was cracking my head on the ice that did it.
why football? Headers?
@@plasmaastronaut Yes surprisingly
imagine being the best poet in all of boxing history just to find out youll lose the ability to speak and do daily things in a few years (emphasis on speak)
It’s called selling your soul
@@JoeRogansForehead it’s why boxing is so bad for your brain
I had an uncle who was known as a great amateur boxer in his 20's and 30's. Due to CTE, by the time he was in his 60's he could barely walk and talk. Only a few people could understand him and all he'd talk about was boxing.
This is a good video to highlight the dangers of CTE. Everyone should remember Kazuki Anaguchi, a Japanese boxer who lost his life from damage sustained after a BRUTAL match on the co-main of the most recent Naoya Inoue card. Slipped into a coma after the fight ended, and never woke up despite emergency surgery.
Wow a guy died from a fight, so shocking. Pick a different sport if you can't handle this truth
@@Justinicus24 An average of 13 boxers die in the ring a year btw. It’s not a common occurrence at all, and especially not in pro sanctioned bouts on big cards these days. Boxing is a sport, not a fight to the death lil bro lmao.
@@itsprecept you don't know me son!!!! Messing with the wrong guy!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!
Awesome piece. The fighting community need more awareness videos like this.
Yea like everyone doesn't already know about CTE and isn't already more than aware of it and the horrors EVERYBODY knows about CTE and they talk about it and joke about it, Jesus there's even a subreddit with a crap ton of people dedicated to mocking a guys CTE 'isms How much more awareness do you people need?!?!?! You want it literally plastered everywhere and talked about constantly?
@@noonyabeezniss4911Once in a while should be fine and literally there's no harm for speaking about CTE awareness. Except IF you're having CTE and not aware of it then would go on a nonsense ramble in the internet of how dangerous it is to watch or listen about an awareness video about CTE and telling others that CTE is a joke its not real its a faguzi baguzi bogus thingy. You should get check IF so.
@@noonyabeezniss4911He wants to ruin sports because he feels entitled to nanny for grown ass men...
No, we don’t.
@@oggyoggy1299Yes, your younger generation do.
Nigel Benn's reaction to G-man was pretty heart-breaking to watch, I can't imagine how much worse he feels about it.
Exactly
Unfortunately, the casual fans generate the most money. Martial arts fans just want to see a good contest, not a brutal slugfest to till the end 👍
McClellan is one of the few I have zero sympathy for. The guy was a scumbag. He used to feed puppies to his pitbulls. In a huge display of irony he also openly said before that fight that he wanted to do to Benn what ended up happening to him. McClellan was a bad person that karma caught up to.
@@stevepalpatine2828wow I never knew that. Thats pure evil. God dont like the ugly thats for sure.
@@stevepalpatine2828 I hear you, but at the end of the day I'm sure Benn knew that but in the end after it's all done human compassion can sink in especially if you have a purists mindset. Benn is no angel but at least you can try to empathise with McClellans situation. I don't advocate bad behaviour but I'm not going to want to see someone suffer. Even if someone wanted it for me.. You just have to have a soul sometimes.
That daughter's letter hits harder than any punch.
Yeah it was sad. Although I do have one question, It appears the fighter and his wife are Muslim and presumably his children are too. Why are they writing to Santa Claus lol?
@@TYBG85 Because kids don't care about the bullshit, that grownups are willing to go to war for. Like religion, skin color, or politics.
@@MichaPawelec-tz4ub that doesn't make sense to me. Typically if the mother and father are Christian/Jewish/Muslim then so are the children. So it seems bizarre that Muslim parents would have their children writing to Santa who is a big part of a Christian holiday. I mean the letter doesn't actually go to anyone, usually the parents are involved in keeping up the appearance of the letter actually going to Santa Claus.
@@TYBG85 Hey man, a muslim myself here, as you said santa claus is just an imaginary thing. It does not matter if the letter goes to anyone. It is just an excuse to make your children happy. And I'm pretty sure its not haram. So no problem.
Lmao allah is imaginary too so i guess you guys are good at ignoring your bullshit 😂@@roas2t
I have heard that 45-60 sessions in an oxygen chamber have given relief and even corrected symptoms of CTE. They have portable home units now too, but they don't give higher pressures like the solid chambers. Get your friends with CTE to give it a try. My friend with CTE is too proud to start treatment, but I will be an example of health to him when I start sound wave treatments on my brain for tremors later this Spring. Anyone can talk!
Dam do you have CTE
Donld
Thank you for this info! Also, psilocybin mushrooms (aka, magic mushrooms) also repair CTE, and the repair is permanent and ongoing, though whether someone could repair their brain back to almost normality is something I am unsure of, the results have been substantial in the few people this has been tested on. It's 100% advised that people go to a professional clinic to have this administered though rather than at home.
I'm this guys friend George ...my friend is my friend bit he ralks crap I'm fine he's got cte
@@skinnybuddhaboyschizo
you forgot to mention Prichard Colon. other than that great video showing the dark side of the fight business.
I fought for fifteen years. I am 45 now. I have virtually no short term memory anymore and 20 years of mental illness. Travis X
Try fasting several days several times. I've read about former fighters recovering quite well thanks to that.
Just remember that DANA WHITE gambles with more money than it would take to pay for the care of all the fighters with CTE from boxing and MMA combined when you buy his PPV's. Join us old Rogan Board members and watch the PPV from TORRENT on Sunday. 🤙🏿
You can watch ppv live on torrent?
But at least he smokes weed so he doesnt beat his wife.
I don't like Dana but that's not his job, idk people can't take responsibility for their choices. Nobody forced them
@@69meplease100 The fuck are you rambling about? Dana can colonize the sport, get Uber rich, and watch the fighters who got him rich languish in psychological hell because "it's not his responsibility"? Come on, Dana deserves some good hard concussions if he thinks like you.
@@69meplease100 Nobody is forcing them, but it doesn’t nullify their Boss’s clear neglect.
Hockey players suffer too. I don’t have half the courage to get in the cage. My uncle was a pro boxer. He died young because he was punch drunk.
Same with American football We all know this, these people just don't care and just want to make money, same with the content creators, same with the bosses of these orgs
Hey man thank you so much for this video It’s so sad and it made me tear up but it is very important and necessary that these kind of videos reach the masses Very very great job on this one too
We talk about it. We all know about it. Fighters arent so stupid that they dont know the risk. It sucks, but everyone knows
Thanks for bringing awareness to this aspect of contact and combat sports. If anyone's interested, I'm on a team currently trying to develop a therapeutic to mitigate CTE, and we're trying to gauge interest from people into how badly they want us to solve this problem.
where is your research published?
who’s “people”? your comment kinda falls apart near the end
@@chadroeder A few different scientific journals. But I realize youtube isn't the place to publicize this. I'll probably delete my comment, honestly.
@@poindextertunes Yeah, youtube isn't the forum for this. I'll probably delete my comment. It doesn't serve any purpose.
Do not delete the comment. I have cte lol. Lemme know how to reach you
Thats why I stopped kickboxing when I was young. I got kicked in the head back then, total blackout, concussion, took me like half a year to fully recover. After that I often felt kind of depressed, which simply was never the case before. That scared the shit out of me and even though kickboxing gave me lots of confidence and changed my life for the better at the beginning, I just wanted to avoid injuries like that. And when you then take a look at what professional fighters go through, thats so insane it makes me question my hobby of watching people beating the living sht out of each other. Like Mark Hunt for example, I love the guy...and its kinda sad that the now has to pay the price after all the sht hes been through. I really hope it wont get much worse than it already is.
I wanted to get into mma/kickboxing because I had delusions of grandeur despite being a small unathletic guy, but seeing Gary goodridge in his later interviews immediately made me smarten up
One of the other sad outcomes for fighters is that they are left destitute after their careers are over. Many who's intellectual abilities were affected by head trauma were also taken advantage of over the years and saw them with nothing to their names once they retired such as Rocky Lockridge and Bobby Chacon to name a couple.
Gerald McClellan’s wife and kids abandoned him after his diagnosis. Now he’s blind, mostly deaf, and no memory. God, that’s horrible and tragic!
Yeah because he abused dogs
Great Job EnG. Love ur vids
Im a civilian have had about ten good concussions. Lost my sense of taste and smell for about six months… I can’t imagine what life is like for these guys.
Believe it or not your head is a sensitive area. This happens to a lot of fighters and other contact sports that’s why I respect Floyd mayweather for changing the way he fought from pound for pound knockout king to mastering his defensive ability to avoid hits to head not all of them but most of them.
Glad you are putting this up
That was the most coherent i have ever heard mike tyson speak.
Each blow to the head creates tiny bruises in the frontal lobe of the brain, which controls personality. Every injury to a nerve cell is permanent, so after Full contact K.O. everyone should have taken a break of at least six months. Sports supplements that affect neurotransmitters, some of which are also produced in the colon, should also be avoided.
Can you elaborate on the sport supplements? Give some examples?
Wilfred Benitez is kind of surprising since he was so well known for being one of the best defensive fighters of all time.
He was great, but his issues began when he started to fight elite boxers in his divisions. Elite fighters back then didn't throw a lot of punches, but the few they threw were unforgiving, mercyless and technically reckless. One example that comes to me is his fight vs Sugar Ray Leonard. Doesnt appear to be that dangerous to the untrained eye. But from my op, former boxer, every punch that landed on Will wasn't soft nor flicked. Leonard throw hard crisp solid blows.
Wow, I’m in tears. Great video. Subbed.
Every fighter when they come to a gym is told the risks of fighting eventually , CTE usually happens if you stay in the ring to long , or have bad defensive skills and get in to manny fights , if fighters do not want CTE get good at defense , eat healthy , workout regularly , and most important know when to walk away from the fight game and retire , CTE is a shame but it will not happen to every fighter
What you're saying is more important than people realize. My fight philosophy is to absorb as much knowledge and skills with taking as little damage as possible. You need to completely understand everything that goes into fighting. How to avoid unnecessary head damage, taking care of each other and promoting well being. FIghting isn't a sport where you can screw around, EVERY shot counts, every single one. You should make defense the most important thing. Longevity should be one of the most important things to any fighter.
@@Scrumdumn Do you realize how important it is?
@@Scrumdumn How about not fighting at all. Clueless 🤡
That's they must not let Tony Ferguson fight again !
We all talk about it.....and always have.....it just used to be referred to as punch drunk....
I've always felt so sorry for Nigel Benn.... Sad situation 😢
Shouldn't you be feeling sorry for his opponent???
@@Alien_DNA_ obviously.... I ment he didn't want to hurt him like that.... I'm a big boxing fan and it's a sad situation all around
@@Alien_DNA_As I’ve said Gerald Maclellan was into dog fighting, so no don’t feel sorry for him.
I remember when you first started..you grew pretty fast ❤
I’m destroying my body every single day at work. I’m around fumes and hazardous chemicals all day. It’s leeching through my skin, eyes, and lungs. Not to mention my back, shoulders hips and hands are messed up. Real men make sacrifices for their family the best way they can and do it with pride. So I don’t really feel bad. Most are making way more than I am. I have zero medical help either.
That sounds terrible. Where do you work?
I hope things get better for you. Be strong and be kind.
Your family would rather have you around for a long time
That's nothing to be proud of. Your pride in being a "real man of sacrifice" is ridiculous. Get a better job and enjoy your life. You think ppl with think "wow he took all those toxic chemicals and died early. I want to be like him." Ha. Wake up call.
You are being killed man, your family rather have you for a longer time, you are being delusional and selfish
I was an ambitious amateur fighters before chronic hip injuries and surgeries forced me out of fighting... almost a decade later, now that I finally feel close to 100% physically again, I picked up training again and still contemplate chasing the fighting dream... but i also think my injuries may have saved me from brain damage and i should use my brain for something more productive instead.
No
This shows how quickly someone can fall , just that right punch can change there life , wow
The guy before last and the last guy reminds me of how important it is to pick the right one .
Datz why I only fight my shadow. 😳
smart
Good effort Paul! It is one of the overlooked aspects of the combat sports.
I remember McClelan clearly bc he probably had the most natural power of all time. The way this dude finished his fights was brutal, so you can only imagine what could’ve become of him if he remained healthy
This is sad, I had no idea it was this bad, so sad. Great work, thanks for showing us.
Nobody talks about CTE? Bullshit! People have been talking about the effect of blows to the head for years. Where do you think the term 'punch drunk' comes from?
This is so sad. God bless those ex-fighters who are still suffering with this
I boxed silver gloves then tried again in the navy. Tried mma and came out ok. Then got in an arguement one night and got a crowbar stuck in my head by a nice gentleman. Now at 53 it’s hard to type this due to my shaking hands and I have trouble speaking. I can talk fine I just can’t say what I’m thinking (it’s hard to explain). But you play the cards your dealt. I can still work out and I have a big family. It’s been a ride, that’s for sure.
That last one broke my heart they are all heart braking. There is one real wife and women here that stood by her husband when in 90% of cases they leave. I applaud her for doing what she doing and the sister taking care of there brother they need there props
His children and wife abandoned him wow so sad 😢
WHEN MUHAMAD ALI SAY MY PROTECTION BECAUSE OF ALLA.....HMMM I GUESS HIS BRAIN INJURY MADE HIM SAID THAT
THANKS ALLA.... MAGOMED.....
SEEMS LIKE ALLA IS AGANIST BOXING
These are all tragic but man for Gerald that clip is just so incredibly heartbreaking. I got choked up my first time seeing it. So much respect
As much as I wanted to be a boxer, I have always had the frame for it (6 foot 135lbs) and have kept fit enough for it...I realized I like my brain and my face more than the sport. I still train like I wanna box, but it is just for fitness and pride, at this point. I dont even really watch it anymore, either. I have enough brain trauma from playing rep hockey growing up.
Ali's favorite trick was blocking punches with his face... Now that takes skill...😂😂😂
Gerald McClellan breaks my heart man…. damn
McClellan wasn’t a nice person to begin with. Doesn’t justify his condition but people think he was a saint. He wasn’t. As for his sister? Pffft. Look it up. Nigel Benn was/is a gentleman.
Karma caught up with him. McClellan is the one person I have no sympathy for. He used to feed labradors to his pitbulls and in a huge display of comical irony he openly stated before that fight he wanted to do to Benn what ended up happening to him. Karma caught up with "G Man" and he deserves zero sympathy.
@@stevepalpatine2828you're unhinged
@@stevepalpatine2828 I saw your comment twice now, copypasting comments in youtube sections, funny life xd
@leavesofautumn7508 It's a slow day, got to amuse myself somehow.
I’m only an amateur boxer. Only been boxing for 4 years. Just in those 4 years, with all the sparring, sometimes I notice things or I mumble. It’s scary. But I still go back to boxing. I can’t explain it. I’ll never be pro. But I can’t stop going.
Stop, just train but stop sparring hard. Please stop.
I think it might be better to stop but if you want keep going my guy
Do less hard sparring bro and more playing and light. Let your head recover
Stop
I get it, man. I'm a martial arts since I was a child. Training becomes your personality. A source of esteem. You can't just do something else that gives you the same thing. But, look at it this way: you will lose your sport. Its not an if, its a when. The question is if you lose everything else too. Try other sports that match the intensity, but not the risk. BJJ, HEMA, and Judo all could be up your ally.
This stuff is so sad. I noticed I don't enjoy UFC the way I used too 10 years ago. Seeing men being struck with deadly force for money and entertainment is mostly just sad to me nowadays.
People in the fight sport business are driven by a intensely competitive spirit. They don't know how else to satisfy it
Oh they talk about. They just can't seem to remember for some reason? 🤔🤔🤔
@1:48 sugar ray: let him keep praising you man.
Wow who would have thought that getting punched, kneed and kicked in the head could be detrimental to one’s health. Also no one is forcing them to fight
Fighters have a real danger of this occurrence but it should be investigated how does this effect sport enthusiasts that try to do amateur fights and semi pros or that are recreationally engaged. Because there is large number of people that could be effected without knowing.
Thiese hard reality checks make me thankful that I didn't attempt a career in prize fighting.
Yes me too, I sometimes consider it and think about just one wrong kick to your knee, and you're done.
Still go for it, you might be great ☝️🤷
Huh, never would have thought that repeatedly getting hit in the head could have long term side affects. Thanks for shedding light on this topic!
Effects
I had a brief episode with drug induced depersonalization and it was a living HELL. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Luckily mine only lasted for a few days, some people have it for decades. So many people don’t understand the true terrors of having a mental illness, it is a nightmare. Do not be afraid of cancer, diabetes, etc. be afraid of mental illnesses like CTE, Alzheimer’s, etc. they will wreck you far worse than any physical pain.
Beautiful video mate.
I'm FB friends with Gary and he's not only happier these days but much more cognizant. Whatever he is doing, I hope he keeps that up.
Learn from history, fighting as a spectacle is a clear sign society is crumbling.
Ufc saying it’s not their fault Spencer is fucked is very similar to the government saying your injuries are not service related
just do grappling and avoid striking and you'll be fine
Im not against combat sports. But everyone who fights should know the damages of combat sports
That one guys wife what a blessing. Bless these fighters it’s a tough sport.
I always knew these things and its why i try to avoid fights as much as i can
Got me tearing up right off the rip...😢
Why not a dollar from every ticket sold, and matching donations from corporate sponsors at every MMA and pro boxing event for CTE research and treatment? That and mandatory brain scans before every fight, plus emergency treatment by competent professionals, along with scheduled ambulatory trips to the trauma ward, after every fight, trips fighters, if they want to keep their license, can't refuse? It occurs to me, absurd as this will sound to purists, that fighters should be wearing headgear (not that this prevents concussions), plus avoiding head-shots at all cost during sparring. Doesn't matter who you are, you could be the 2nd coming of George Chavalo's chin, the human head will only suffer so much abuse, and things don't improve with time. There's this thing called TAU protein and presumably a simple blood test could be developed to test for this. A lot of fighters wouldn't want to know, but ignorance, in this instance, is NOT bliss ... That's about all I got... Just trying to think outside the BOX(ing ring) PEACE OUT
Well yea that sounds good in theory but not in application that would cost way too much money. Also the best way to eliminate cte would be to get rid of combat and contact sports. Brain damage is just like any other overuse injury excepts it doesnt get better it just degenerates further.
Coleman: 'Brain damage is just like any other overuse injury excepts it doesnt get better it just degenerates further.'
Because CTE research is like cancer research, they only treat it and not cure it. It has to do with hematoma and disconnected neural pathways in the brain after the brain tissue suffers damage. Many of these cases are literal brain damage, worse than CTE, but very much the same. Making your body healthy (alkalizing), retraining your neural connections with exercises, and not taking massive amounts of drugs (like a lot of these guys) will generally get a person to be functional again. Brain damage is what it is, there's billions of connections and realistically speaking, the surgeons would have to get lucky with their "research" i.e. it would be guesswork
Thing is that you see fighters that make it out and are normal with riches the thing is that’s only like 2o percent of them the fighters you don’t ever see again are the ones who can no longer speak or see strait and are dealing with these type of things in there life… you don’t see what happens to these people..
Very sad and tragic to see these tough men in these states of well-being 😢. God please bless them and their families
Tony is the type of dude to go Chris Benoit on his family.
Although this channel has done the right thing by highlighting these incidents and rightly so I don't feel the video has done enough to state that these cases are rare
Every fighter will have some level of CTE, even Floyd Mayweather, though some will be barely noticeable if noticeable at all. A lot of fighters have bad memory loss when they retire as well as other cognitive issues, and the majority of their brain trauma is accumulated through hard-sparring rather than fighting.
@skinnybuddhaboy you're talking mild symptoms. I have that from boxing as a youngster. The cases in the video are extreme
This video hit me right in the feels...
sorry i couldn't watch the video all to the end . great respect for those men and women dedicating their life to the sport , i wouldn't be able to stop what your heart is telling you to do .
When you realise interms of Health and Wealth Khabib is the most successful combat athlete of all time
No, and is not even close. Mayweather,de la hoya, Chávez,Lewis etc etc are healthy and can buy dagestan 3 times
@carlosgaleotegandara7812 all those 3 guys u mentioned aren't even close to Khabib's stardom Khabib is famous internationally and has millions of fans marathon runner Floyd's stardom is only in america 😂
@@goat7728You’re delusional
@@BLAKDANGER all I said was facts
@@goat7728boxers get paid way more than ufc fighters
Ali The Greatest
Allah is the greatest
oh is he now ? Piss off.@@goat7728
@@goat7728 Ali Is Tye Greatest Athlet 😐 why would you compare him To God
a great fighter and an even greater man
@@goat7728allah is the devil. You’re deceived.
it is actually kind of wild how no one talks about stuff like this. there’s been more talk of cte in thr NFL than in combat sports. it’s disturbing tbh
...because it was already talked about to death.You folks are like a decade late.
Decade? More likes many decades. It's always been common knowledge for anyone with even the slightest bit of common sense. The only difference is before people called it "punch drunk" or straight up "brain damage" and not CTE. CTE is a relatively new term. But the fact that repeated blows to the head cause brain damage has been understood for a very long time. It doesn't take a genius or doctor to figure that out. @@FirstLast-yc9lq
Where have you been?
Kids need to realize its not worth the gamble
I stood behind Joe Frazier for about 90 minutes, while serving food & wine to him & his table, at The Philadelphia Museum of Art in late 90's. I heard he & his table's conversations & it was pretty evident that Smokin Joe had TBI. Not as bad as Ali but, very noticeable.
Great awareness video
My dad boxed in highschool and the service. He said his fighting style was to let his oppent tire himself out punching him in the head for the first 2 1/2 rounds, then would lay them out in the last 30 seconds. He was diagnosed with Parkinsons at around 60 yrs old...
I watched that Prichard Colon fight... broke my ❤ man 😔
I have the utmost respect for the dedication of Magomed's wife, bless her.
Gary Goodridge retired in 2003 on PRIDE with an impresive KO highkick over Don Frye. He decided to make a comeback just one year later with K-1, were he took some of his worst defeats. What a terrible and sad mistake he make, but the expression "fight to the dead" is very real on human spirit. I wish he is doing ok now.
I want to learn to fight but definitely don’t want to do this because of brain injury. I’m not injured or anything like these boxers but I’m definitely sensitive about my head. I got ADHD and my dad told me he fell with me and hit my head. You just never know how much your missing out on if your brain is in tact and in good health
Tony is already on another planet imagine when he’s old
I wish every boxer or fighter was respectful
You forgot the saddest story of boxer Prichard Colon.