Boxer Fighter Ears. In particular it was his elite xc. Primetime 2008 match with kimbo slice that puts him on our list as this fight saw his ear completely burst open it was a horrendous injury that nearly split his ear in two resulting the fight being stopped.
Tyson was disqualified from the match and lost his boxing license though it was later reinstated. In particular it was his elite xc. Though holyfield was in obvious pain the fight resumed after a brief stoppage and then tyson bit holyfield s other ear.
Only last year leslie smith s ear exploded at ufc 180 blood spurting everywhere and the whole thing practically ripped off but cauliflower ear isn t a recent problem for mma fighters.
The 125lb fighter was forced to stop the fight when a hematoma in her left ear violently ruptured after a direct blow from her opponent. The fighter had an existing cauliflower ear that was intermittently being drained of fluid before the fight but the ear was further damaged by the intense blow causing it to bleed. Wrestlers boxers and martial artists in particular are susceptible to this type of injury therefore cauliflower ear is also sometimes called boxer s ear or wrestler s ear. Leslie had been draining a preexisting auricular hematoma multiple times a day leading up to the fight.
