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Ciryl "Back of the Head" Gane

strikes to the back of the head are not any more dangerous than any other head strikes. they also are completely legal, so long as you don’t hit it on purpose, i guess?
 
Dim1 said:
The primary reason for the rule is the risk of paralyzing injury. Just a few punches to the head or neck can cause deterioration of motor skills and paralysis. It can also cause serious spinal cord injury, and even detach the brain from the brain stem, which is fatal.
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this is complete bullshit lol hitting the neck is legal btw
 
Yeah its true, he does tend to throw back of the head shots, which the refs miss most of the time, sometimes they say "watch the back of the head" but he keeps doing it and they don't say anything. He was doing it in the Lewis fight but the commentators were going so hysterical that he is the so called "new breed of HW" that they don't even see it. But he does it for sure
 
Yeah, i noticed his hammer fists basically to the back of the head, the kind of thing that can get him a DQ instead of a win with strict reffing and an opponent willing to take the DQ win...

FlyingDeathKick said:
I thought the back of the head being dangerous has been debunked?
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Prichard Colon (Former boxer) would like to have a word with you on that subject, im not sure he can tho.

KAZSoliloquy said:
this is complete bullshit lol hitting the neck is legal btw
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Isnt that the spine? Which is illegal.
 
El Fernas said:
Prichard Colon (Former boxer) would like to have a word with you on that subject, im not sure he can tho.
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prichard suffered a brain bleed, which happens to fighters all the time. he ate hundreds of legal punches in that fight, the dozen or so rabbit punches didn’t cause a brain bleed. also pretty telling that in the millions of boxing matches, TMA comps, MMA fights, etc. this is the only “example” of rabbit strikes being uniquely dangerous, despite not damaging prichard’s brain stem at all.
Isnt that the spine? Which is illegal.
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damaging the spine is only illegal in some scenarios, which means it should just be legal. if you get cro cop’d in the neck, it’s completely legal, and could just as easily paralyze you.

NSFL warning on this one and mods can delete if need-be:



top down compression on the spine is far more dangerous, and completely legal outside of spike slams (which are rightfully illegal as they are genuinely uniquely dangerous). you are allowed to strike the top of the head from any position.
 
Yeah he does always seem to slip in a back of the head hammerfist when going for the finish… should be warned before his next fight
 
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Blame the refs? I can't remember a time when someone has been called for hitting behind the head, seems like refe just allow it to happen
 
I wouldn't consider it an illegal strike when the opponent is turning and/or ducking and exposing the back of their head, that's clearly the opponent not intelligently defending himself.
 
With so many haters, one can't deny the guy is doing pretty good. God bless Sherdog.
 
Dim1 said:
He does this every fight. A lot of his shots are dangerously close to the back of the head or on the back of the head. Sometimes the ref calls it, maybe not so much in his home country. Either way tired of seeing it go un-challenged. Its part of his repertoire where he actually goes after the vulnerable parts of the head

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The primary reason for the rule is the risk of paralyzing injury. Just a few punches to the head or neck can cause deterioration of motor skills and paralysis. It can also cause serious spinal cord injury, and even detach the brain from the brain stem, which is fatal.

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Gane seems like kind of a dumbass and just keeps doing it.
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It's because he lacks restraint when he sees the guy's hurt. It's like all technique and logical go straight out the window. He needs to work on that shit for sure, control himself.
 
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Prince Nephilim said:
Not his fault his opponents have to turn and duck tail when he’s whipping their ass. Notice a common theme, every time that back of the head nonsense is called is when Gane has his opponent badly hurt and they’re force to turn away from his striking.
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Please.... we're not having any of this common sense stuff, Ciryl Gane is a dirty fighter, he aims for the back of head on purpose to get them hurt badly first!
 
Prince Nephilim said:
Not his fault his opponents have to turn and duck tail when he’s whipping their ass. Notice a common theme, every time that back of the head nonsense is called is when Gane has his opponent badly hurt and they’re force to turn away from his striking.
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I like how the defence of Gane is that actually he's a terrible striker who can't control his own arms.
 
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