Put up for you, mobi.

-1 for not actually seeing the pop.

One helluva ear pimple?

cauliflower ear

Yeah, a really brutal cauliflower ear. Before the fight, the ear bounced around like a loose tooth just about ready to fall off. Most of the cartilage in it was dead, so it was just skin and blood and such.

ear mites?

After you get cauliflower, the skin over the cartilage seems to get kind of loose and will fill up with blood pretty easily. Even if Thompson had drained it (I don't know why he didn't) it probably would have filled up again as soon as he got hit or tried to get out of a guillotine.

The ear itself didn't pop exactly, it was the skin on one side that split. The ear cartilage itself is probably calcified and much harder than most, assuming that's not his first bad ear.

Good ear shot at http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_popup.asp?pic_id=61214&n_id=12 995

thanks ric romero

That fight wasn't much of a show. It was your average mma fight with a popped cauliflower ear that looked like it hadn't been drained in years.

I thought it was a good fight. First time seeing Kimbo on the ground or seeing him go longer then a few mins in the first round.

Even if it was just an "average mma fight" how many of those have seen with exploding ears and where the ref gets slapped in the face?

I guess I just watch too much MMA, because ive seen refs get attacked by punch drunk fighters who still think its their opponent, and lots of ear popping. Its like he purposely didn't drain his ear, like a blood pack popping in a movie for effect. That thing was bad.

It's his third non-exhibition MMA fight. What do you expect?

I just don't think he should be getting half the attention he is receiving. Maybe if it was early years UFC, where street fighting was encouraged and glorified. It seems like he doesn't have enough training (though Bas Rutten is a good start) and is too far along in his life to be able to match up with elite fighters and be able to be successful. Showtime and CBS were cashing in on an internet sensation, and while they sure as hell had the right to do that, if the guy was any good one of the more legitimate MMA leagues would have jumped on the guy first.

Fair enough

Stop tearing out internet heroes down.

I expect his third non-exhibition MMA fight to be on the undercard where it belongs. Kimbo has a lot of charisma and he hits hard but his MMA fights haven't been good to watch. He would lose quickly to a lot of B level fighters.

Four stars for some of the nastiest cauliflower I've ever seen. Minus one for the rest of that fight.

I love you Enjoy

Yum.

OH MY GOD. Fifty stars for this imagery.