Cat Zingano's Eye Injury

[Chad R. Thundercock]

It's terrible what happened to her, but it's worth mentioning that a similar freak accident resulted in a worse outcome: it cost Mike Winkeljohn one of his eyes:

While training one of his fighters, Winkeljohn received a kick in the right eye. A toenail sliced through his cornea, causing his eyeball to deflate as fluid drained out from it. I hope you enjoyed your dinner. Trim those goddamn nails.

 

[Quietus]

Winkeljohn actually had the eye removed on purpose, to make it easier to look the other way when Jones uses his dick pills.

 

[Chris Gaines]

Winkeljohn actually had the eye removed on purpose, to make it easier to look the other way when Jones uses his dick pills.

 

[VinceArch]

I just thought Winklejohn had heterochromia?

 

[Buff]

Winkeljohn actually had the eye removed on purpose, to make it easier to look the other way when Jones uses his dick pills.

Savage.


About the toenails... If they hadn't been checked before the fight to have been clipped properly, that would have done the same thing.

I assume the guy Winklejohn fought had some talons coming off his foot because it was in training.

 

[Fergelmince]

Winkeljohn actually had the eye removed on purpose, to make it easier to look the other way when Jones uses his dick pills.

No, he had it removed so there would be less distraction when Jones does this

 

[Reach4theSky]

“I asked the person that kicked me if it was cut,” Winkeljohn recalled. “He goes, ‘No, coach, it’s your eyeball.’ I felt moisture, and it was all the fluid from inside my eye. It just shriveled up like a little grape; I was in shock, so I didn’t feel it. I saw [the look] on the doctor’s face after she examined me. I knew [it was bad].”

Damn..

 

[Better Every Day]

 

[boss429]

I just thought Winklejohn had heterochromia?

Nope, the op is accurate.

I had a cat with heterochromia a few years back, he was awesome. All white except for a black patch on the top of his head with one green eye and one eye super blue eye that looked like mine, lol.

 

[spannered]

I got a fingernail in the eye from a new guy at the gym who didn't know what the hell he was doing. We were light shootboxing with MMA gloves and his response to strikes was to duck his head and throw a lead hook with his fingers out. Within 40 seconds he cut the side of my eye and eyeball.

I knew it wasn't a poke but a scratch. It's the most fucked up feeling in the world. I showed the coach and he said, "fuck me, you need to go to emergency". I could barely keep it open and all my vision was blurry. I asked the new guy to show me his nails - he had 4ml nails protruding out from the end of his finger tips. I didn't mince words with him.

Luckily it was only a corneal abrasion, so only the outer layer was punctured. I had a giant red patch on the white of my eye for nearly a month and every time I looked left I could feel the friction of my eyeball and eyelid rubbing. Fucking annoying.

I always ask to see everyone's nails now before we spar with grappling gloves. Nails-on-fleek douche never came back.

Can't imagine what Winklejon was going through.

 

[Rum]

It seems bad at first, but then you notice your other senses get sharper to compensate

That's why I always train blindfolded

 

[StayCranked]

Idk it didn't look that bad though

 

[Metheus]

No, he had it removed so there would be less distraction when Jones does this

I bet you thought you were being witty. Instead you just post nonsense. Having two eyes is a distraction?? Wow...

 

[Fergelmince]

I bet you thought you were being witty. Instead you just post nonsense. Having two eyes is a distraction?? Wow...

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[BigBadKraken]

It seems bad at first, but then you notice your other senses get sharper to compensate

That's why I always train blindfolded

 

[jsbx45]

That must explain why winklejohn kept encouraging jon jones to use his 85” reach to stab at his opponent’s eyeballs huh??

He def understands the effectiveness of that technique.

 

[badascan]

in wrestling we were made to trim out fingernails and were checked before matches, if they don't do the same for hands and feet in mma they better start...

 

[Vil7]

Winkeljohn actually had the eye removed on purpose, to make it easier to look the other way when Jones uses his dick pills.

Not bad dude, not bad.

 

[MechMA]

I got a fingernail in the eye from a new guy at the gym who didn't know what the hell he was doing. We were light shootboxing with MMA gloves and his response to strikes was to duck his head and throw a lead hook with his fingers out. Within 40 seconds he cut the side of my eye and eyeball.

I knew it wasn't a poke but a scratch. It's the most fucked up feeling in the world. I showed the coach and he said, "fuck me, you need to go to emergency". I could barely keep it open and all my vision was blurry. I asked the new guy to show me his nails - he had 4ml nails protruding out from the end of his finger tips. I didn't mince words with him.

Luckily it was only a corneal abrasion, so only the outer layer was punctured. I had a giant red patch on the white of my eye for nearly a month and every time I looked left I could feel the friction of my eyeball and eyelid rubbing. Fucking annoying.

I always ask to see everyone's nails now before we spar with grappling gloves. Nails-on-fleek douche never came back.

Can't imagine what Winklejon was going through.

Probably because he knew you were gonna knock his block off next session

 

[TheRassler]

That must explain why winklejohn kept encouraging jon jones to use his 85” reach to stab at his opponent’s eyeballs huh??