Most Life-Threatening Injury in Major Org

[BlackNathan]

Aight, so I know this might be bad timing, especially with it bein' fight day, so mods, feel free to delete if it's outta line. We all know there’s been some fatalities in MMA. 20 so far, according to Wikipedia. Eight of those were in sanctioned fights and 12 in unsanctioned ones. Most of 'em came from concussive hits to the head, a few from weight cuts, and a couple more from heart issues. Luckily, none of these have happened in a big organization, which is a blessing for us as fans. But that brings me to my question today: what’s the closest we’ve seen to a death in a major MMA org? We’ve seen some nasty breaks; Anderson’s leg comes to mind, same with Weidman, or Nogueira’s arm. But my first thought is Michael Page vs. Evangelista Santos, that brain injury was no joke. What do y’all think? Maybe Russow wrecking Todd Duffee, or Jessica Eye gettin' kicked by Valentina, or Tony Ferguson’s rough moments? Feel free to share some of the most brutal ones, too. It's part of the sport, after all. Thanks for choppin' it up with me.

I could have censored the first one, but if you are clicking this link, you know what you are getting.

 

[goOb]

If you were in a country where you could lose human rights… I would turn you in to the authorities for posting this:

My children were watching!! The horror!

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Trying to think if there have been comas outside of James Vick in Karate Combat... Only thing that comes to mind is Matt Lindland after Vitor in Affliction.

 

[don't ask]

I came here to say this. I can't imagine a more life-threatening injury than a crushed skull:

 

[Barteh]

Trying to think if there have been comas outside of James Vick in Karate Combat... Only thing that comes to mind is Matt Lindland after Vitor in Affliction.

Fujita went into a coma I think.

 

[avenue94]

Overreem Fujita most likely.

I came here to say this. I can't imagine a more life-threatening injury than a crushed skull:

The part that was crushed (sinuses) looks really bad and is serious, but I wouldn't say is the same as comas or that kind of head trauma.

 

[hahahayeah]

Vincent Luque's brain bleed has gotta be at the top of the list.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Vincent Luque's brain bleed has gotta be at the top of the list.

Oooh, I forgot about that. I'm amazed Vicente kept fighting.

 

[blaseblase]

A broken limb is not a life threatening injury. Career threatening, yeah.

Cyborg Santos' skull fracture vs MVP in Bellator is probably the most life threatening I've seen.

And this didn't happen in the Octagon but Dillashaw ending the career of Chris Holdsworth in training by giving him post concussion syndrome. It's been a decade, I wonder if he ever fully recovered.

 

[BlackNathan]

Trying to think if there have been comas outside of James Vick in Karate Combat... Only thing that comes to mind is Matt Lindland after Vitor in Affliction.

Oh, I didn't even think about that one. Vitor almost killed him.

 

[don't ask]

Overreem Fujita most likely.

The part that was crushed (sinuses) looks really bad and is serious, but I wouldn't say is the same as comas or that kind of head trauma.

Oh shit, I completely forgot about that! Yeah, I agree a coma is worse.

 

[BlackNathan]

Fujita went into a coma I think.

Did he? I remember it being a long time out... Researching..... Man, not sure if it was a coma, but what I read said he was out for 6 hours!!! Thats pretty much a coma.

 

[BlackNathan]

Vincent Luque's brain bleed has gotta be at the top of the list.

Although there have been some scary scenes in recent years, perhaps none is more frightening than Vicente Luque’s near-career-ending injury, which went undetected by the naked eye. -MMA Junkie

 

[BlackNathan]

A broken limb is not a life threatening injury. Career threatening, yeah.

Cyborg Santos' skull fracture vs MVP in Bellator is probably the most life threatening I've seen.

And this didn't happen in the Octagon but Dillashaw ending the career of Chris Holdsworth in training by giving him post concussion syndrome. It's been a decade, I wonder if he ever fully recovered.

Oh what's that dudes name... uhhh, TJ Grant! He had a training injury as well if memory serves. While we think of broken bones as trivial(easily fixed and such) I swear people are always saying that worse and worse stuff can happen and kill the victim.

 

[BlackNathan]

Oh shit, I completely forgot about that! Yeah, I agree a coma is worse.

Both would suck, but its got to be the more brain injury, the more life-threatening

 

[don't ask]

I looked up Cyborg's X-rays and it looks like a proper skull injury to me, not just the sinuses:

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I also found this bizarre Muay Thai injury (from an elbow):

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[Barteh]

Did he? I remember it being a long time out... Researching..... Man, not sure if it was a coma, but what I read said he was out for 6 hours!!! Thats pretty much a coma.

"When Overeem revealed on the MMA Hour that the cannonball knee he landed not only knocked Fujita out, but also sent him into a six hour coma and almost killed him, read that again if you have to."

Yeah this seems to be the most accurate info. Apparently Overeem kept calling the hospital to check up on him.

 

[Spath]

Did he? I remember it being a long time out... Researching..... Man, not sure if it was a coma, but what I read said he was out for 6 hours!!! Thats pretty much a coma.

I think he may have been put into coma in the hospital to reduce swelling of the brain etc whatever they do. They don’t induce coma via knee to the head there, of course.

 

[HHJ]

The part that was crushed (sinuses) looks really bad and is serious, but I wouldn't say is the same as comas or that kind of head trauma.

He is very lucky to be alive

 

[joy2day]

This one was pretty treacherous. This kick retired Tra; he was unconscious for a long time and was taken out on a stretcher.



Hematomas usually aren't fatal unless accompanied by other symptoms- but geez they look gnarly.