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Media Vettori's armored defense vs. Costa's kicks

Vettori took a kick to the back of the head and wasn’t even dropped. Crazy.

A kickboxer died this way earlier this year. Took a kick as he turned his head and had his brain stem ripped apart from the spine.
 
Macaque said:
Vettori took a kick to the back of the head and wasn’t even dropped. Crazy.

A kickboxer died this way earlier this year. Took a kick as he turned his head and had his brain stem ripped apart from the spine.
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This is not an accurate statement.

In an amateur kickboxing fight, a fighter noticeably smaller in stature than his opponent leaned back to roll with punches he anticipated, and his very long opponent instead threw a kick which made direct contact with the back of the kids head/spine (it wrapped around his neck). He immediately fell to the ground and grabbed his head, he was wearing a headguard, but there was no EMT or ringside doctor. This took place in Ecuador.

There were several mistakes made, but it was ultimately a very unfortunate freak accident.

Also, Vettori should not be glorified for having poor striking defense, the objective is to hit and not get hit. The MMA media/ufc commentators should be glorifying fighters like Ciryl Gane/Israel Adesanya who demonstrate elite striking defense, not fighters like Marvin Vettori who just eat headkicks and walk forward.
 
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Costa after the fight: "mih foot wuz a bellewn"
 
Macaque said:
Vettori took a kick to the back of the head and wasn’t even dropped. Crazy.

A kickboxer died this way earlier this year. Took a kick as he turned his head and had his brain stem ripped apart from the spine.
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According to @KAZSoliloquy tbis can’t be true as there are no known instances of someone dying from a strike to the back of the head.
 
Macaque said:
Vettori took a kick to the back of the head and wasn’t even dropped. Crazy.

A kickboxer died this way earlier this year. Took a kick as he turned his head and had his brain stem ripped apart from the spine.
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Holly shit! What a kick can do…
 
UFCIsNOTRigged said:
This is not an accurate statement.

In an amateur kickboxing fight, a fighter noticeably smaller in stature than his opponent leaned back to roll with punches he anticipated, and his very long opponent instead threw a kick which made direct contact with the back of the kids head/spine (it wrapped around his neck). He immediately fell to the ground and grabbed his head, he was wearing a headguard, but there was no EMT or ringside doctor. This took place in Ecuador.

There were several mistakes made, but it was ultimately a very unfortunate freak accident.

Also, Vettori should not be glorified for having poor striking defense, the objective is to hit and not get hit. The MMA media/ufc commentators should be glorifying fighters like Ciryl Gane/Israel Adesanya who demonstrate elite striking defense, not fighters like Marvin Vettori who just eat headkicks and walk forward.
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I hadn’t watched the fight thanks for clarifying. I heard it from a guy I train with so I wasn’t sure on the details.
 
Costa's hair looks thinner and more bald post his hair transplant surgery, damn.
 
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