Cauliflower ears???

[ninjashoes]

anyone have these?

[Vens]

no, i take care of mine.

but one time I had blood in my ear, that was nasty..

[Squirrel]

It was nasty watching them being drained in The Smashing Machine.

[dynamitemitch]

got mine drained once after wrestling at provincials. it hurt and it was really gross. My fight instructor said i was a pussy and that i should wear them with honor. What a tool....i dont want saku ears.

[Vens]

cauliflower ears are good..becuase nobody will fuck with you on the street if they see those.

[Eamer]

They look so freakin' rank. I'm hella scared of gettin' them. It seems that the treatment doesn't work, once the cartilage is damaged that's it. Is this the case? I'm no pretty boy don't get me wrong but there's something about the look of those ears that makes me literally sick to the stomach.

[gmanonthird]

is there anything to do after rolling to help prevent it like icing you ears or something?

[dza_one]

you can ice them, but your best bet would be to get the ear guards wrestlers wear

[bjjfighter91]

yep one time my ears got bruised real bad like dark purple but luckily it went back to the normal color. And from now on im wearing my head gear

[ninjashoes]

is there anything to do after rolling to help prevent it like icing you ears or something?

yeah head gear bro, my wrestling coach used to say wear your headgear or get the cailiflower, notice how some guys dont have them

[xhale of the shoes]

yep one time my ears got bruised real bad like dark purple but luckily it went back to the normal color. And from now on im wearing my head gear


yup thats how you get it alright!!


im getting scared i might start getting it...i always wore headgear in hs.... for some reason i dont wear it during ju-jitsu practice.... maybe i should bust those out.

[Steinmiller]

In High School, I was always worried about getting CE but I managed to get lucky and never had to go through that.

[King]

If you get teh earz, you wont hear as good as b4 cuz the "acoustics" are ruined. It´s teh truth!

[Fumblingwisdom]

heres a poll for you...


who has the rankest CE in the bizz...


off the top of my head i say Couture

[bjjfighter91]

yeah Randy or Sakuraba

[gmanonthird]

triggs is no prize either

[xhale of the shoes]

lindland

[weeb]

mmm cauliflower and ranch dressing

[weeb]

oh. yeah. the ears. right.

umm, it's wrestling from your head being on it's side on the mat

[Star Destroyer]

most of my friends who watch mma absolutely hate CE but i dont know why, but i want them lol. i agree with dude who said that nobody will mess with you when they see on the street with it, CE is the ultimate badge of toughness!

[bugsmeanie44]

Saku has by far the worst cauli ear.

[georgesstpierre]

Sakuraba for suuure.. and his face matched it when he faught Arona at critical countdown 05

[gmanonthird]

im getting mine drained tomorrow for the first time.

[L.A.]

saku's ears are brutally cauliflowered, probably the worst

[hbenjaafar]

get them drained and pressure put on the drain point.. keeps them down, hurts like a bitch though.. ask Seth Petrazzeli... his got poped (by a c rank chump fighter no less)

[Rear_Admiral]

cauliflower ears are Bad Ass

[Deception]

Royce Gracie doesn't have cauliflower and that guy rolls all the time, he doesn't wear head gear either. I wonder why.

[danxgerous]

yea i've seen them pop in fights... care to remind me which fight it was?

[TomStall]

Royce Gracie doesn't have cauliflower and that guy rolls all the time, he doesn't wear head gear either. I wonder why.

he probably gets it drained

[Deception]

The worst CE that I've seen was Seth Petruzelli on UF 2. That was nasty.

[Shogunownes]

Yeah I would have to agree CE's aren't gunna be to popular with the ladies, but when fools see you on the streets or at a party they know your a bad mutha, shut cho mouth!

[dDuecy]

I know i dont want CE no way that would suck

[Fumblingwisdom]

I know i dont want CE no way that would suck

thats a fantastic contrubiton

[ninjashoes]

Why do people not wear headgear? I never understood this, rubbing your ears on the mat is one painful fuckin feeling. I know you can get them from being punched and kicked in teh ear too though.

[ninjashoes]

Cauliflower ear or perichondrial hematoma is a condition common among rugby players (particularly forwards), boxers, martial artists and wrestlers. If the external portion of the ear is constantly hit or bashed around, a blood clot may develop under the perichondrium. This separates the cartilage from the overlying perichondrium that is its source of nutrients, causing the cartilage to die. When this happens, the outer ear becomes permanently swollen and deformed.

Headgear that protects the ears is worn in many martial sports to help prevent this condition.

Among some athletes, it is seen as a badge of honor, a scar of experience.
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Treatment

When a blood clot in the outer ear occurs, it is important to contact a doctor immediately and have it treated. The doctor will evacuate the blood clot and apply a compressing tie to the outer ear to reconnect the perichondrium and the cartilage. One has to keep the compressing tie for some time, generally 10 days, to prevent the blood clot from filling up again. The outer ear is prone to infections and therefore antibiotics are usually ordered.

Historically, leeches were used in order to reduce swelling.[citation needed]

[toofastfiveoh]

Ya I have been lucky so far and havent got em... but seriously if u run into a guy on the street with CE just keep on walking

[skunknuts[ADR]]

i had them last year, brutal, especially when taking strikes to them :-(

[Hardcore-Muay-Thai]

get head gear, i have the ears hurts like hell when u grapple

[Swampeast]

It is pretty simple to keep from getting bad cases of it as long as you wear headgear. I personally recommend the hurricanes by asics!! You can hear 100 percent out of them and don't bother you so bad while you are practicing!

[skunknuts[ADR]]

yeah i only used them for wrestling and once i got into MMA, i stopped

[RampageFan4Life]

Kurt Angle is deaf in his left ear because of amatuer wrestling.

[Lightnin_Leroy]

"Cauliflower ear is the black belt of wrestling " This dude Rory that trained at the same place I did said this one time it's funny shit but it makes sense.

[timetravel_0]

How do they drain them? A syringe?

[The Fire]

My right ear is a little cauliflowerd up, when I got it drained the last time the cartalidge at the top was bent and had fused to itself so now it looks like there is a chunk missing at the top ala Holyfield.

When they start to get filled with blood now, I wear the headgear so that they don't get too bad. When the swelling goes back down I ditch them again. Other than that I train without them.

[The Fire]

How do they drain them? A syringe?

That's how doc does mine. They can also cut them with a razor and squeeze the fluid out if it is all not in one or two pockets so that they syringe can easily get it.

[danxgerous]

reviving the thread. i've only been training bjj about a month. we roll pretty hard in practice and today my left ear kinda hurt and i feel a little bump along the inner part of my ear. that part of my ear definitely feels thicker than the same part on my right ear. it also doesnt particularly feel like fluid... feels kinda hard. any chance that its the beginning of cauliflower? its not along the outside edge of the ear, its closer to the canal, the inner curve.

[Radar]

Without knowing a hell of a lot, what I HEARD was as the skin seperates from the cartilage, your normal healing process invites fluid in to the space between, and if the fluid and blood isn't drained (a la Smashing Machine and Bisping in TUF) this can harden to form the cauliflower look that we all know and love. If it's hard straight away, mebbe you've just forced some of that existing cartilage to "herniate" or displace.


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[Radar]

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[kermitthefrayer]

Not yet but I'm working on it.

[kermitthefrayer]

FUCK HEAD GEAR!

[jukeboxhero]

reviving the thread. i've only been training bjj about a month. we roll pretty hard in practice and today my left ear kinda hurt and i feel a little bump along the inner part of my ear. that part of my ear definitely feels thicker than the same part on my right ear. it also doesnt particularly feel like fluid... feels kinda hard. any chance that its the beginning of cauliflower? its not along the outside edge of the ear, its closer to the canal, the inner curve.

I have the same thing. You can barely see it. It doesn't hurt/grow. Just feels wierd.
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[donkeypunch]

when i was in wrestling i always wore gear. dont roll enuf now-a-days to get it now

[danxgerous]

I have the same thing. You can barely see it. It doesn't hurt/grow. Just feels wierd.
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thats exactly where mine is. mine does kinda hurt when i press on it.

[dragonfly]

kawajiri & fujita have mean caulis too, doesnt bother me to look at them... theyre kind of sexy

leo vieira draining his caulis

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caralho

[jukeboxhero]

Leo is the man.

[dragonfly]

Leo is the man.

indeed

[alpha82425]

I have it on my right ear...learned my lesson and always drain my left when needed. Also, try to avoid it if you can because Im a professional in the legal sector and it's hard to talk to a client when they are staring at your ears.

[mullard]

I have a little on each ear, after I drained my ears about 20 times

[mullard]

mine are rock hard solid now though, doesn't hurt at all when I put pressure on them

[dragonfly]

james thompson

[Rob]

I'm think I'm starting to get caulis so now I just need to bulk up and no one will fuck with me. Bad to the bone baby.

[Madvillain]

james thompson

dat james thompson ear was jus frekin crazy .it was lyk a fist on his ear lol

[dragonfly]

dat james thompson ear was jus frekin crazy .it was lyk a fist on his ear lol
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yeah, a big bloody one...

[Narbegesicht]

i got an bad one

[Narbegesicht]

my right ear is jacked and my left has a little tiny coliflower

[Rob]

How do I know if I've got just a bruise or if my ears are beginning to cauliflower?

[Narbegesicht]

my right ear is pwn

[Rob]

Thanks Gabe, now someone answer my question.

[Narbegesicht]

is it hard? do you feel a ball?

[Rob]

Not really hard only on the fold parts where it should naturally be hard. I got a similar bruise a few weeks ago on my left ear but this week after sustaining some decent GnP I have a bruised right ear.

It's purple but I can't really feel a lump or ball.

[Narbegesicht]

well it could be brand new and fresh coli ear, is it squisshy?

[Narbegesicht]

if you have a ball, and it is purple, and it is squishy it is coli ear and you are officially pwn

[Rob]

It feels sort of hard so I can't really squish it to feel anything inside it. Hopefully it's just bruising. I'm probably going to have to buy some ear guards.

[Narbegesicht]

unfortunately it sounds like just a bruise, usually when coli is fresh it blows up and looks like a big blue berry poping out of your ear, or it is not colored and you feel squshiness

[Rob]

It's bittersweet.

If I develop at least a bit of a cauliflower which I probably do since my ear isn't perfect I'll have to bad ass look but it is good that I'm not going to have a fucker like Thompson had.

I think I might have to invest in an ear guard.

[Cameron]

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yeah, a big bloody one...

i still say he looks dazed as fuck