Modern MMA fighters that will get the most CTE

[flektarn]

shavkat, vetorri.
honorable mention: rodtang

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Emmett, Gaethje, Bryce, Strickland, DDP, Max, Dustin, JDM, Hill, Khalil, every HW

You didn't mention Kattar. He got (what will develop into) CTE from ONE fight.

 

[Morris88]

Andreas Gustaffson
Johnny Walker

 

[Fight Professor]

CTE is kinda rarer in MMA because they take way less damage to the head than boxers. I know people want to point to Tony Ferguson and Diego Sanchez, but they were crazy mfs before and their change can be just attributed to aging.

Tony was really crazy before the UFC. Remember the "where is your kid at" TUF episode where he could not stop until the next day or the whole issue with his family. After all the losses he sounds a lot more coherent.

 

[RockyLockridge]

How else do you get the $50k bonus.

Ya wanna be a star dontcha?

 

[HatKick]

Max, Dustin, Justin and Chandler are locks imo which is sad as hell. I hope I'm wrong. Probably Strickland too the way he spars.

 

[Colemanstove]

Jiri Hopefully he pulls a Overeem and is surprisingly well spoken while retired.

 

[fortheo]

I'm really concerned about Frankie Edgar and Darren Elkins

 

[BowserJr]

You didn't mention Kattar. He got (what will develop into) CTE from ONE fight.

That's a good one out of left field!

 

[BowserJr]

Andreas Gustaffson
Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker FOR sure!

 

[Brather]

Tony was really crazy before the UFC. Remember the "where is your kid at" TUF episode where he could not stop until the next day or the whole issue with his family. After all the losses he sounds a lot more coherent.

LOL He is a bit salty.
I think that a lot of the "craziness" attributed to CTE was already there beforehand, you have to be a bit crazy to make it as an MMA fighter, even more in the UFC which is the top of the top.

 

[JPOMMA]

Agreed but you can't deny that many fighters significantly change not even after but even during their careers. You could notice a bit of a slurred speech even on fighters not considered CTE affected.
I wonder if fighters in Thailand have CTE when many of them have around a 100 muay thai fights.

Not much from what I’ve seen. Probably beacuse:

1. Their sparring is technical rather then brawls.

2. They start fighting for $ as young kids, so those 100 fights might be 30-40 at extremely light weights.

3. They are almost all small/slight.

Plus they block shots well and a lot of the kicking is to the body.

They end up being shop-worn physically but CTE not so much.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

I'm really concerned about Frankie Edgar and Darren Elkins

Frankie, yes. Elkins.... OH HELL YES. Legit feel bad for his hypothetical future, as weird as that sounds.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Elkins








Honorable mention to Bobby Green

 

[Rear Naked Toke]

Gaethje is a good pick indeed. Holloway too even though I feel like him and JDM manage to be evasive enough to reduce damage. Hill is definitely getting himself some good CTE.

Max also stopped sparring in camp a while back.

 

[jnes]

Bigfoot Silva if that counts as modern

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Jiri Hopefully he pulls a Overeem and is surprisingly well spoken while retired.

Overeem was lucky that his brain would immediately shut off at the sign of any trouble which saved him from a lot of damage I reckon even though he's been finished in many comically brutal ways, but I'm surprised the Francis KO didn't leave him speaking Botswanan after waking up.

Here's hoping that they figure out more efficient ways at treating it.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

wtf kind of thread is this? i think the majority of this board has CTE and they're not even fighters.

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

Tony

 

[Your Salad]

Lots of people who smoke cigarettes get lung cancer. Some people who smoke don't.
Same with people getting hit in the head for a living and CTE.