If a fighter’s eyes are open after he suffers a knockout, is that a bad
sign? Is it the femoral artery that makes leg/thigh kicks so
debilitating? Was an open-mouth Shane Carwin more susceptible to a
knockout? And why in the hell couldn’t Carwin blow his nose between
rounds?
From a medical perspective, this past weekend’s UFC 131 event offered a little bit of everything.
So in our latest installment of “Ask the Fight Doc,” MMAjunkie.com
medical columnist Dr. Johnny Benjamin clears up some of the
misconceptions.