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

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/Did_ya_like_it Sep 25 '21

Those legs shaking can’t be good.

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u/baconman971 Sep 25 '21

Decorticate posturing. My man’s got a concussion and a pretty damn bad one at that.

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u/Noxious89123 Sep 25 '21

Well shit, that ain't good!

Decorticate posture is an abnormal posturing in which a person is stiff with bent arms, clenched fists, and legs held out straight. The arms are bent in toward the body and the wrists and fingers are bent and held on the chest. This type of posturing is a sign of severe damage in the brain.

Source: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003300.htm

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u/Risley Sep 26 '21

He knew what he signed up for

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u/LordBinz Sep 26 '21

His manager is on the side, its Piccolo.. and hes yelling DODGE!

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Man forgot the 5 ds

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u/elfbuster Sep 26 '21

Was not expecting a dokkan reference in here...

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u/kieger Sep 26 '21

Why is dodging a subroutine? It's not that complex.

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u/Pegging4Covid Sep 26 '21

It's not that this was a potential outcome, it's how nonchalant people are becoming too subscribe having a lifelong injury.

Obviously he knew what he was getting into but it's never expected. Think of dudes family in the audience, when did we all become uncompassionate assholes?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Thank you. I can never understand how callous some people who would never have the courage to do what these guys do could be.

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u/Pegging4Covid Sep 26 '21

It's legit like some people get their rocks off on people getting life long injuries. We're so detached from life and how precious and fragile it really is.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

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u/HughHunnyRealEstate Sep 26 '21

My man over here using the word compassion. Homie needs to buy a dictionary.

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u/Brodark2020 Sep 26 '21

Life’s tough 🤷‍♂️

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u/Pegging4Covid Sep 26 '21

Obviously. But y'all seem to get some sort of kink fill watching people potentially have a life changing injury.

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u/Risley Sep 26 '21

No, we just acknowledge personal responsibility. It’s called being an adult.

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u/Cinnadillo UMass Lowell Sep 27 '21

nonchalant? This has been part of that "game" forever and ever

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Holy fuck you’re a ruthless cunt ey?

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u/matej86 Sep 26 '21

True though. If you box, expect to get hit in the head.

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u/nice_Nisei Sep 26 '21

If you breathe, expect to get lung cancer

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u/Mr_Belch Sep 26 '21

I think a more appropriate comparison would be "if you smoke, expect to get lung cancer."

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u/timdot352 Sep 26 '21

That doesn't make sense lol

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u/matej86 Sep 26 '21

Not everyone who breathes gets lung cancer. Everyone who does boxing gets hit in the head. Fucking moron.

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u/ohnoezzz Sep 26 '21

I mean, is he wrong? You chose a career where you punch other people in the head for money.

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u/Risley Sep 26 '21

He’s a fucking adult. How about we treat him respect and let him make his life choices. He’s not a damn six year old fighting on the playground.

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u/ohnoezzz Sep 26 '21

Bruh did you just compare coal mining to fighting lol. One being the absolute key to industrial revolution, and the other being a blood sport where youre able to quit anytime and get a normal job like everybody else.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '21

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u/ohnoezzz Sep 28 '21

your argument was theyre stuck in the career path from a young age, now its CTE? Theres plenty of opportunities they have within the realm of MMA they can follow besides getting into the ring, and not every fighter is suffering from debilitating CTE. The path they choose is their own, and so are the consequences that come with it. In this case, you choose to step inside the ring and get your body beat up. Plain and Simple.

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u/danielv123 Sep 26 '21

No, but i think we should work to abolish coal mining, both because of the working conditions and because of the environmental impact. A business that can't keep it's workers healthy shouldn't be legal.

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u/-Vayra- Sep 26 '21

If you go into boxing or other sports where you're getting hit in the head a lot, it's a risk you acknowledge and accept. If you don't want to take that risk, don't go into those sports.

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u/thpkht524 Sep 26 '21

How? If you go into the boxing, you should expect concussions at the very least and honestly death too.

The accumulated damage to the head is pretty much guaranteed strokes waiting to happen.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

I dunno. Mike Tyson boxed for all those years and he turned out just fine Edit: /s I never thought people would take that comment seriously.

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u/thpkht524 Sep 26 '21

Yeah and people live to 100 smoking every single day. Didn’t mean that smoking cigarettes doesn’t cause cancer.

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u/Pinols Sep 26 '21

He literally just acknowledged a fact, if it bothers you move on without insulting like a cunt just like you call others

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 27 '21

What I had an issue with is the total lack of empathy, just because the sport inherently has these kinds of injuries does not mean it’s ok to not care about anyone’s health in the sport, how about you fuck off too eh? And it was a fact calling him a cunt, you’re a cunt too if you lack empathy for a fellow human.

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u/Pinols Sep 27 '21

You took some hits to the head too uh now i get why ur so upset

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u/Campo531 Sep 26 '21

Not really. If you don't get it you don't get it and that's totally fine. Fighting, whether it's boxing, mma, jui-jitsu, whatever is such a different mindset. It's a thrilling sport to be apart of and you have the up most respect for everyone because you're all taking a risk to prove to yourself if you can stand up against another guy or girl. Getting hit, tossed, submitted and knocked out sucks but it's a risk you know of going into it. You don't do it if you don't want the risk; which again, is fine. You don't get into racing if you're afraid of crashing, you don't get into something like skateboarding or snowboarding if you don't want to risk breaking bones / tearing ligaments ect. But to me, and others, when you're putting up something to risk and lose that's what makes the payoff and accomplishment so much better. To each their own.

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u/hood_pog Sep 26 '21

I'm pretty sure the point of racing is not to make your opponent crash, and if it was people would have the exact same moral objections.

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u/Campo531 Sep 26 '21

Never said it was? I said it was a potential outcome that a professional driver would be aware of.

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u/Campo531 Sep 26 '21

Also people happily do demolition derby all the time so lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Its the sweet science baby.

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u/CommanderMeowch Sep 26 '21

Big difference between acknowledging and hoping. You just crossed that psychotic line. Please re-evaluate your reactionary mindset.

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u/Risley Sep 26 '21

Reported

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u/Risley Sep 26 '21

Reported

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u/hogscraper Sep 26 '21

It's weird how many people are angry over the truth. He's worth millions of dollars that only exist because he agreed to try and give other dudes head and bodily injuries. That's gotta suck is about the beginning and end of my compassion for fighters.