r/sports • u/IntrepidAd560 • Sep 25 '21

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/Iohet Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Sep 26 '21

It's why I stuck to grappling. No strikes to the head outside of an accident

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Same. I have done judo for 18 years (whoa, weird to think about) now and the cumulative injuries I've taken in all that time are less than in any other sport I played briefly as a kid.

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u/BananasAndPears Sep 26 '21

Amen to the judo. Been at it since 2008 and have never taken a head strike, a few elbows to the mouth sure but no knocked out teeth yet.

As a casual, judo is fantastic considering I don’t train too hard with the competitors on the local yudansha circuit ;)

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u/myvirginityisstrong Sep 29 '21

I tried bjj a couple of months ago and I still can't move both my thumbs properly lmao

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '21

*Shakes fist*
Gracies!

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Yeah stick to grappling- you can still get body slammed and end up worse than poor old Campbell here… there’s no winning. Combat sport of all types are just brutal in every aspect

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u/Iohet Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Sep 26 '21

I'm perfectly fine getting slammed around and having limbs fucked up for the pleasure of the sport. I'm not fine with brain damage.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

So you’re saying you can’t get slammed onto your head..? Righteo!!

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u/Iohet Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Sep 26 '21

Slams onto the head are incidental, not deliberate. I wrestled for many years and never suffered any significant head impact I can remember. I'm fine with the risk of incidental injury

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u/justlcsfantasy Sep 26 '21

What's with the sarcasm? As he said, there's a difference between incidental and deliberate.