I been doing it for 22 years and I have had some serious injuries to my ears, but I was pretty mindful and iced it, massaged it, but luckily nothing really for some reason. I did do many types of stuff in between and I think it helped by giving them a break.
If you are well-off enoughhh (money-wise or enjoyment-wise), then you actually should be... potentially. So many people after winning the lottery, say they wish they never did. You can look into that if you wanna. Mostly it's about people who aren't good with money, winning the lottery. Also everyone they know wanting money and their whole social situation turning to shit. Also people coming after their money (in a variety of ways. Good luck if you're kind of old and your kids don't like you lol).
I train MT, BJJ, and Judo. My girlfriend's biggest fear about my training is me getting cauliflower ear. Not broken bones, CTE, or torn ligaments. Cauliflower ear. Bless her little heart.
Years of wrestling, a decade of rugby, BJJ in the gi for over a decade (all the way up to blackbelt) I have about as much as you, which is to say, none. A lot of that is genetic. Some folks ears just blow up, mine refuse. Best answer is pick your parents right.
I’ll never forget when my wrestling coach in high school told us to not wear head gear at practice so that our ears could go through puberty and we would get girlfriends. He was a tad crazy.
yesterday I searched on youtube "Ramsey Dewey, cauliflower ear" no results. and today there you are with a video talking about the damn ear. great video Ramsey, best channel ever.
I wrestled about 7 years without it, never got it. I think he's right, it's probably genetic or possibly due to your style, but I drilled all sorts of shit, never got it. I wore headgear for matches, because it was mandatory.
At first my right ear got just a little bit swollen at the bottom. No big deal I thought, but still I went to the doctor because I didn't want it to get worse. Too bad it was too late to drain it anymore as it had hardened. I kept training and little by little my ear got more swollen, from the bottom and kinda inside the earlobe, in front of the ear canal. I think I could have drained it at some point but it was always swelling after each session so it would have been too much trouble. Last thursday after training my ear got even more swollen and I finally went to get the new blood drained. It didn't help that much and now my right ear is almost sealed shut. I can't fit an ear pod in there, I can't sleep on my side, training hurts and I don't know if it has affected my hearing, plus it looks pretty bad. I am ordering ear guards right now because I can't afford to lose hearing. Just remember my story when you are getting your first ear pains.
@@mycabana6298 i still do. Actually got some ear infection and complications so i'ts been healing for nearly 20 days with a daily doctor's intervention. It's crazy and I consider quitting BJJ because of it.
@@mycabana6298 so 25 days later I finally hit the gym (not the mats though). If I were you I'd do this: - buy mouthguard (that's non negotiable) - get some earguard - wrestle with higher belts - only wrestle with like 40% of your strength - if they don't do the same, don't spar with them
So he can put Rogan in his place...lots of people don't seem to realize, Joe Rogan is an Actor, he's not a fighter...go back to a show called News Radio with Joe Rogan...
You suggested this video to me 3 years ago. Watching this today. My time I did TKD in my teens for 3 years. I wish there was a school like yours that I could’ve replaced those 3 years with. Glad your channel grew 10 folds ever since then. Good video Sensei.
Despite years of boxing&wrestling, it wasn't until one of my last times competing at an "Oldtimers" wrestling tournament (where I came in 2nd), i finally got an ear ruffled enough to have fluid drained, no cauliflower ear, it healed fine, I thought it seemed funny that it took that long to happen. I've got some friends who's ears look like there's no channel for sound to get inside,some with less damage,& a few of us with no trace of ear trauma.at all. Plenty of red ears temporarily all along the way, but no treatment needed except for the one drainage. Your video is as always pretty insightful. Well Done again!
Mate all your videos are funny and informative. See i don't do martial arts I've never been one to get into fights either. But watching your videos inspire me to go and train in some sort of fighting style. Keep up the good work Ramsey love your videos.
Thank you for the tips. I think some people are more lively when protecting their head and not allowing their opponent to get close to it, and take the hits and friction elsewhere instead. Many others get too comfortable with it to the point where they defend by allowing their opponent to tire on their neck and head area.
The main cause for me is getting caught in triangles and trying to fight my way out too much. There is a triangle escape that works pretty well but the trade off is that it will put the ear closest to the opponents leg through a lot and that was the cause of the only time I decided to get it drained.
I was going to talk about treatment, but I knew you would cover it really well. I have a cauliflower ear. Besides the martial arts I do,, I wrestled a couple of years in college, BUT that's not where I got it. At 14, I had a very serious all over the skin staph infection and one of the palaces I got an infection was in the cartilage of my ear. The ENT doc drained it once, and then my dad was supposed to keep draining it, but he didn't :-( (Bas Rutan says to drain the fluid out and use compression. I agree with that)
Good advice on the headgear, everything else was a bit bs doe, i was not afraid of cauliflower, didnt even knew what it was. But one day I had it, had terrible sleep, it isn't a purely cosmetic thing, you can feel a certain numbness on the parts and it's rly awkward when you lie on the affected side. Googled it, to the doc, had to stop training for a while, back, and it came back. It is rly a once you got it, you got it - thing, cartilage is a shitty tissue when it comes to healing. I think the most important thing is, that ppl should go to the doc or at least use steril needles to drain it, there are some very reckless ppl out there, and sure cauliflower ear sucks, but an infection on top of it sucks even more.
I use the Cliff Keen Fusion headgear when my ears start getting a little swollen. It is padded, doesn't look as dorky as scrum cap or water polo headgear & great for not hurting your BJJ partners.
Hey Ramsey, I trained kyokushin karate until a year ago but I got beaten up by one of my teachers while still a white belt, bruised ribs and such, I was 17 and he was 19. I haven't trained in a club ever since, do you have any advise how to handle such situations and how to find a good gym. My complaints were dismissed by the other teachers on acount of me being quite tall, 1.92m or 6.3ft and this is quite shocking to me. Thanks for all the cool video's, I've learned a lot.
I've been grappling for close to a decade now. I only have the tiniest bump in one ear. Many times I've thought it would swell up, but never does. I think some people's ear are more susceptible, while some aren't. Some of our ears are naturally flexible like mine, some are naturally stiff. Just my $0.02!
“What you will be most afraid of will happen to you” that is 100%. I always feared to get my nose broken and in my first street fight i got it broken, still sad about it but it is what it is
I wrestled for my 8th and 9th grade years and had insane cauliflower ear on my left and pretty bad in my right, so I thought I was a bad ass but really I just couldn't use ear buds
I once stuck a kidney been up my nose when I was in preschool, my teacher thought I'd broken it and the bone was sticking, out...but never got cauliflower ear...
I played rugby almost a decade and even went professional in my last year Now i'm transitioning to mma (i also have a background in boxing) I've never had cauliflower ear neither in rugby or boxing, but i think that's because i always used my head protection My fear is when i start getting serious into BJJ and wrestling that i will get ears like that because unlike other guys i don't want that "though guy" look, i already have many scars that i hate
This is something I’ve always wondered about, are fighters required to have short toenails that don’t protrude past the toes themselves? When watching MMA I cringe every time someone throws a kick and wonder if the recipient of the kick got scratched from toenails.
This is BAXTER Not the kick itself but the thought of someone’s toe nails colliding head on with someone’s shin or knee and possibly causing them to bend or snap off. Some people can’t stand nails on a chalkboard or biting down on silverware and it makes them shiver and cringe when they think about it, but for me when I was a kid I kicked my brother in the knee barefoot and I had long toenails and my big toenail and middle toenail snapped in half so ever since I cringe watching kicks. Someone just said the UFC makes fighters trim them, so now that I know I can watch without cringing so much.
Hi ! I was the same, I wanted cauliflower ! For me it was a tough guy sign, like tony montana scarface, I was imagining people said " wow look at this ear, he's a wrestler, don't mess with him". . Fighters are like weirdos, geek for the common people. As computers programmer who exchange about binary language on the post office, people hear them and said " what the hell are they talking about !!? " How a normal human being Can endure pain , hard training day After day, with the sword of Damoclès of loosing during their entire career , enjoying throwing punch, kick and submit ? Are they completely nuts ? No, it's a thing call passion. It's a fire inside you, you have to burn like the Jazz men who continued to play their unpopular music, practiced their instrument 10 hours a day, played on empty club night After night and at the same Time , some young playboy with a nice voice and zero musical talent sold million of records and fuck more woman than the number of notes on a Chopin's, piece, why did they do that ? Emotion. This unique feeling, make you feel alive, and when the death will Come, you can say " I lived."
Actually, a whole bunch of young guys from the southern parts of the Russian Federation (like Dagestan, Chechnya) really want to have it to look like famous wrestlers. So, there are other guys who actually help them to damage ears for money to satisfy that childish desire.
Even some UFC fighters like their cauliflower ears, because it's like wearing a black belt 24/7. And if somebody sees your cauliflower ear and still wanna mess with you, it means that person has no clue about fighting whatsoever.
I got cauliflower ears from one match. But I didn’t even realize it happen till my ear was aching a little. But it actually isn’t as bad as it look, once the blood and fluid hardens up it doesn’t hurt anymore
You are not just an mma fighter, you are a sensai and a martial artist. What you said " What you are constantly scared of will happen" is very right. Thanks for putting up the video man !
6:55 that's true. I ride motocross ans enduro and i was riding down this huge down hill and thought "hmm damn it would hurt if i fell" and i was little bit scared and pow i ate shit. Dropped about 5 meters down and landed on a rock and after that i couldn't walk normally for 3 weeks. Now i just try to keep my head clear of thoughts
I really like your videos man, they are really informative and helpful. There's one doubt I always get about bodybuilding and martial arts, and is if I can do both. Does it actually help gaining muscle through a gym, in martial arts? People say is not necessary to go to a gym, lift weights and bulk up with martial arts. Still I would like to know your opinion! Also I became 15 yesterday and people tell me I'm too young to try bulk up in a gym and lift weights so I quitted it a month ago. Still I'm planning to try gain muscle at a gym when I'm 17 or 18. What are your thoughts in this theme? Thanks!
Strength training is super important- aesthetic bodybuilding, not so much. Powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting are what you want to focus on for functional strength for combat sports.
Hi Ramsey, I wanted to get your thoughts on something. I have heard you say before that Sanda is very often the base for Chinese MMA fighters but I have been wondering if any Chinese wrestlers go into MMA and do well. I know that China has it's own native form of wrestling, that being Shuai Jiao (and Mongolian wrestling if you count Inner Mongolia as China). Ultimately my question is threefold: how popular is wrestling in China (particularly the native styles), do wrestlers (even those who practice Olympic styles) go into MMA, and do they tend to dominate in their divisions like in American MMA orgs? Thanks man. I really enjoy your videos and I hope all is going well with you.
Wrestling is not popular at all in China. It’s extremely difficult to find anyone who wrestles outside of one of the major sports universities or Olympic training centers. The wrestling training most Sanda fighters have consists of takedowns only- no ground fighting. Chinese and Mongolian folk wrestling is also just the stand up game: takedowns only- no ground fighting. Shuai Jiao just means “wrestling” in Mandarin. It doesn’t refer specifically to any particular style of Chinese folk wrestling. However, the style most foreigners associate with the word Shuai Jiao (where the wrestlers wear the white uniforms with short sleeves and belts) is extremely uncommon. The only people I’ve met so far in China who practice that are foreigners. With 1.3 billion Chinese out there, I’m sure there are locals who do it too, but per capita, they are few and far between.
it probably is like those scars that really pop up from the skin , those are not relevant to how deep the cut but on how your system responds to that cut, if it over reacts it gets really popped up scars
I'm torn. On one hand I am happy to get them as a practitioner of BJJ and Muay Thai. On the other hand it looks bad to others, including my partner. She hates it. I got a hematoma last night sparring MMA, I'm now wondering whether to get it drained or let it develop.
My concern is not the aesthetics but I can only sleep on my side and I'm getting so bad cauliflower ears I can't sleep for few days after BJJ training. Even when I train with a head gear it still hurts
That sucks! Sorry to hear that! Man, back in my 20's I ended up in the hospital for a few months needing some major surgeries, and I had to lie on my back for 3 months straight. I like to sleep on my side too- that was torture!
What happens is blood vessels break and blood starts to pool causing the swelling. It's called a hematoma. I've got a hematoma in my left calf, but is just millimeters away from a major blood vessel, which would have required surgery.
I've never gotten cauliflower ears. Judo, Jiu-jitsu Muay Thai, Wrestling and MMA but never once have I gotten any noticable changes in my ears. I get floppy cantaloupe knees and tomato elbows though..
Hey coach! i know you're not in it for the money, (one of the reasons you're so loved and appreciated), but if you ever start designing apparel I am sure you would have some buyers. Hats, rash guards, shirts, sweat pants and hoodies. Some little design, school logo, or signature. . I know you won't make millions but its supplemental income to help support the channel.
Ive been training/fighting for awhile now and always wanted it but itd never pop up. Even after elbows, knees, punches, and lots of friction lol. Guess my ears are just tanks 😂
The cauliflower ear is not the most common 'feature' in the bjj world, I'd say that weird (crooked and/or twisted) fingers are a lot more common, specially for those used to fight with the gi
I've accepted this is my life.... I try to minimize the swelling as much as possible but it's an on going battle. I drain my ear every morning and continue to train. Why is it the people who DON'T want it get it, while the people who do never get it?
Caulifower ear isn't cause from "abrasive" fabrics or anything. Its from trauma/pressure to the ears. Essentially blood builds up between the skin of the ear and the cartilage. But rough fabrics rubbing the skin of the ear won't cause it.
Ramsey, I love your videos! This is not martial arts related but you’re one of the few in the world who can answer. How do you create RUclips videos when RUclips is illegal in China??? I have the opportunity to teach English in China but I’m worried I won’t be able to create RUclips videos or Facebook. Can you talk about that?
Read some old books that cleaning your skin prevents most of the rashes boils and coliflower ear. By washing in 50% clorine solution. And straight hydrogen peroxide afterwards.
I saw the title and went from, "Oh yeah, that can happen, maybe I should avoid it," before watching it, to, "He's right, if I want respect I better start grappling in jiu-jitsu,"
I sense a little bit of irony here. I read something, on one of these jailbait sites, that the only guys the ex-con presenter fears are those with cauliflower ears - a new market for the plastic surgeons maybe. Personallly, I think everyone (male) should have their nose broken at least once. I had mine re-set. Certainly makes you wary of getting involved in unnecessary altercations.
Ohh you did a video about the Ear...the dreaded ear, yes I was wondering as well, my ears are very durable, they never became solid after the hit, I knew the cartilage separated I can hear it when I put headphones on.
The desire for cauliflower ear described by Ramsey is definitely not unique. I know quite a few guys who “strive” to attain it, and those who do have it flaunt it with pride... like a battle scar. Although the desire to become grossly disfigured may be a difficult concept for most people to grasp, the intimidation factor can not be denied. For example, if there was even the slightest chance of a physical altercation, who would you rather confront.... if you had to. A bigger guy who looks like your accountant; or a smaller guy with cauliflower ears, a crooked nose, and no front teeth?
I'd pick the smaller guy, cause he looks like he doesn't know how to guard. Facial deformations don't necessarily mean, that somebody's a good fighter. He could just be a loudmouth, who's got his ass handed to him one too many times. I'd rather check the knuckles. They tell you a lot more.
for those who want cauliflower ear, don't. not that it's ugly, I don't mind the shape, but the shape of our ear is designed/optimized for hearing perception, it help us locate the source of the sound we hear, having cauliflower ear will probably reduce your ability to perceive sounds direction.
Reactions after just having a surgery to fix your ear that almost got ripped off: Normal people: ‘thank god that my ear is ok and I’m not half deaf’ Ramsey: ‘WHAT, STILL NO CAULIFLOWER EAR!?!?!?!?!’
This has been my biggest factor in refrain from Wrestling :D My ears do get red over JiuJitsu, but as it's really nothing to fear, I should try it lol Thanks again, Sen'Sei
I have a fair bit of abrasion around my ears, but none anywhere as aggressive since before the American shutdown! All of the gyms in my area closed, so it limits my sparring partners/sessions; Gives the ears time to recover 🙂
Dj XLT how long that’s good, how long have you been doing BJJ for? Yeah I saw this dude last night that showed his ears were slowly turning into cauliflower, nothing crazy but they were slowly turning. Seems like overtime it can happen without swelling up a onetime
Oh, yes, that definitely happens for the "rollers", as we Thai Jiu Jitsu call them; Stocky guys like Matt Serra can train in grappling all day, but it does swell the ears; the clots that form cauliflower ear start when you train in intense grappling, for long periods of time, consistently; 5-6 days in the dojo for 6-8 hours, and you'll be icing your head! 😅
Ramsey, Are you familiar with Billy Matheny and his book the MMA art of war? Reason I ask. I have the chance to train with him four times a week. I don’t want to get in over my head. I’m not young any more
No. A mouth guard is the single most important piece of protective equipment for sparring. Never forget it. It’s not just for your teeth- it’s also for your brain.
"Whatever you're most afraid of will happen"
Boy, I'm absolutely terrified of winning the lottery.
😆😆
I been doing it for 22 years and I have had some serious injuries to my ears, but I was pretty mindful and iced it, massaged it, but luckily nothing really for some reason. I did do many types of stuff in between and I think it helped by giving them a break.
If you are well-off enoughhh (money-wise or enjoyment-wise), then you actually should be... potentially.
So many people after winning the lottery, say they wish they never did. You can look into that if you wanna.
Mostly it's about people who aren't good with money, winning the lottery. Also everyone they know wanting money and their whole social situation turning to shit. Also people coming after their money (in a variety of ways. Good luck if you're kind of old and your kids don't like you lol).
I train MT, BJJ, and Judo. My girlfriend's biggest fear about my training is me getting cauliflower ear. Not broken bones, CTE, or torn ligaments. Cauliflower ear. Bless her little heart.
You broke up, didn't you
@@Kronos0999 they definitely did
My wife’s fear too😂
It is understandable from her side though, all the other injuries can be fixed but this cannot and looks so ugly on the external aspect...
Man your a victim you need to learn more about live and especially about women
Can your ears become other vegetables?
No, but a good head kick will make you a potato
No, but YOU can become whatever vegtable you want 😊
no but they could become hamburger
Or mince meat
ask james thompson, he evolved his into a tomato when he fought kimbo slice
so the key to avoiding cauliflower ears, is to WANT cauliflower ears
*Big brain time initiates*
LMFAO
I love how true this is
Yes… it is all making sense to me now…
Stop putting cauliflower in your ears guys
Years of wrestling, a decade of rugby, BJJ in the gi for over a decade (all the way up to blackbelt) I have about as much as you, which is to say, none. A lot of that is genetic. Some folks ears just blow up, mine refuse. Best answer is pick your parents right.
Broccoli nose is even worse.
Some have a penis nose!
Idk if that's a serious ordeal but my nose is pretty jacked up
Both pale in comparison to rhubarb tongue though
Bro I think that’s rhinophyma lol
I’ll never forget when my wrestling coach in high school told us to not wear head gear at practice so that our ears could go through puberty and we would get girlfriends. He was a tad crazy.
LOL, ya think?
nahhh ya think?
what a moron
So you ended up with a deformed ear and an inability to get a job that involves customer service? What a great guy that coach was!
Hahaha
It's official... his ears are indestructible
yesterday I searched on youtube "Ramsey Dewey, cauliflower ear" no results. and today there you are with a video talking about the damn ear. great video Ramsey, best channel ever.
Always used to hate my wrestling coach forcing us to practice with our headgear but knowing what could have been I'm glad now.
I wrestled about 7 years without it, never got it. I think he's right, it's probably genetic or possibly due to your style, but I drilled all sorts of shit, never got it. I wore headgear for matches, because it was mandatory.
Same for me, glad to not have them, those ears are so fucking ugly 😅
At first my right ear got just a little bit swollen at the bottom. No big deal I thought, but still I went to the doctor because I didn't want it to get worse. Too bad it was too late to drain it anymore as it had hardened. I kept training and little by little my ear got more swollen, from the bottom and kinda inside the earlobe, in front of the ear canal. I think I could have drained it at some point but it was always swelling after each session so it would have been too much trouble. Last thursday after training my ear got even more swollen and I finally went to get the new blood drained. It didn't help that much and now my right ear is almost sealed shut. I can't fit an ear pod in there, I can't sleep on my side, training hurts and I don't know if it has affected my hearing, plus it looks pretty bad. I am ordering ear guards right now because I can't afford to lose hearing. Just remember my story when you are getting your first ear pains.
what ear guards did you buy? I'm in a very similar situation, just firing up amazon for somehting nice.
@@Lucy-Luc-Lu-L bro do u hv fresh swollen ear?
@@mycabana6298 i still do. Actually got some ear infection and complications so i'ts been healing for nearly 20 days with a daily doctor's intervention. It's crazy and I consider quitting BJJ because of it.
@@Lucy-Luc-Lu-L brother I'm more concerned about it because m gonna start my journey in wrestling. So I'm keen to know what it feels like
@@mycabana6298 so 25 days later I finally hit the gym (not the mats though). If I were you I'd do this:
- buy mouthguard (that's non negotiable)
- get some earguard
- wrestle with higher belts
- only wrestle with like 40% of your strength
- if they don't do the same, don't spar with them
This is really cool. I asked this question a few weeks ago! Thanks for explaining even further!
Please do the Joe Rogan podcast
So he can put Rogan in his place...lots of people don't seem to realize, Joe Rogan is an Actor, he's not a fighter...go back to a show called News Radio with Joe Rogan...
@@Inlinetodie joe Rogan is most definitely a fighter, black belt in bjj cracked at taekwondo knocked hella mother fuckers out
You suggested this video to me 3 years ago. Watching this today. My time I did TKD in my teens for 3 years. I wish there was a school like yours that I could’ve replaced those 3 years with. Glad your channel grew 10 folds ever since then. Good video Sensei.
Despite years of boxing&wrestling, it wasn't until one of my last times competing at an "Oldtimers" wrestling tournament (where I came in 2nd), i finally got an ear ruffled enough to have fluid drained, no cauliflower ear, it healed fine, I thought it seemed funny that it took that long to happen. I've got some friends who's ears look like there's no channel for sound to get inside,some with less damage,& a few of us with no trace of ear trauma.at all. Plenty of red ears temporarily all along the way, but no treatment needed except for the one drainage. Your video is as always pretty insightful. Well Done again!
Mate all your videos are funny and informative. See i don't do martial arts I've never been one to get into fights either. But watching your videos inspire me to go and train in some sort of fighting style. Keep up the good work Ramsey love your videos.
YOUR AWESOME RAMSEY !
IT NEVER GETS OLD LISTENING TO YOU. THANK YOU 😁
Thank you for the tips. I think some people are more lively when protecting their head and not allowing their opponent to get close to it, and take the hits and friction elsewhere instead. Many others get too comfortable with it to the point where they defend by allowing their opponent to tire on their neck and head area.
This man, Ramsey, is formidable in knowledge and approach!
The main cause for me is getting caught in triangles and trying to fight my way out too much. There is a triangle escape that works pretty well but the trade off is that it will put the ear closest to the opponents leg through a lot and that was the cause of the only time I decided to get it drained.
I was going to talk about treatment, but I knew you would cover it really well. I have a cauliflower ear. Besides the martial arts I do,, I wrestled a couple of years in college, BUT that's not where I got it. At 14, I had a very serious all over the skin staph infection and one of the palaces I got an infection was in the cartilage of my ear. The ENT doc drained it once, and then my dad was supposed to keep draining it, but he didn't :-( (Bas Rutan says to drain the fluid out and use compression. I agree with that)
I'm an audio professional, so I can't have anything damaging my ears. Thanks for the advice!
Good advice on the headgear, everything else was a bit bs doe, i was not afraid of cauliflower, didnt even knew what it was. But one day I had it, had terrible sleep, it isn't a purely cosmetic thing, you can feel a certain numbness on the parts and it's rly awkward when you lie on the affected side. Googled it, to the doc, had to stop training for a while, back, and it came back. It is rly a once you got it, you got it - thing, cartilage is a shitty tissue when it comes to healing. I think the most important thing is, that ppl should go to the doc or at least use steril needles to drain it, there are some very reckless ppl out there, and sure cauliflower ear sucks, but an infection on top of it sucks even more.
I guess I’m the only one who thinks having impaired hearing isn’t worth the street cred
I hear fine with a fucked up cauliflower ear..
speak up son
sam nix why are you yelling?
@@simonyadig lmao!
I use the Cliff Keen Fusion headgear when my ears start getting a little swollen. It is padded, doesn't look as dorky as scrum cap or water polo headgear & great for not hurting your BJJ partners.
Hey Ramsey, I trained kyokushin karate until a year ago but I got beaten up by one of my teachers while still a white belt, bruised ribs and such, I was 17 and he was 19.
I haven't trained in a club ever since, do you have any advise how to handle such situations and how to find a good gym. My complaints were dismissed by the other teachers on acount of me being quite tall, 1.92m or 6.3ft and this is quite shocking to me.
Thanks for all the cool video's, I've learned a lot.
I've been grappling for close to a decade now. I only have the tiniest bump in one ear. Many times I've thought it would swell up, but never does.
I think some people's ear are more susceptible, while some aren't. Some of our ears are naturally flexible like mine, some are naturally stiff.
Just my $0.02!
Guy: "Hey I'm afraid of getting cauliflower ear"
Ramsey says to himself: "Oh he's going to get it for sure"
“What you will be most afraid of will happen to you” that is 100%. I always feared to get my nose broken and in my first street fight i got it broken, still sad about it but it is what it is
I wrestled for my 8th and 9th grade years and had insane cauliflower ear on my left and pretty bad in my right, so I thought I was a bad ass but really I just couldn't use ear buds
I once stuck a kidney been up my nose when I was in preschool, my teacher thought I'd broken it and the bone was sticking, out...but never got cauliflower ear...
Just stay healthy Ramsey, and thanks for your videos!
I played rugby almost a decade and even went professional in my last year
Now i'm transitioning to mma (i also have a background in boxing)
I've never had cauliflower ear neither in rugby or boxing, but i think that's because i always used my head protection
My fear is when i start getting serious into BJJ and wrestling that i will get ears like that because unlike other guys i don't want that "though guy" look, i already have many scars that i hate
It would be interesting to know, if there's a link between cauliflower ears and a general connective tissue infirmity. 🤔
This is something I’ve always wondered about, are fighters required to have short toenails that don’t protrude past the toes themselves? When watching MMA I cringe every time someone throws a kick and wonder if the recipient of the kick got scratched from toenails.
I think the UFC requires clipped finger and toenails.
This is BAXTER Not the kick itself but the thought of someone’s toe nails colliding head on with someone’s shin or knee and possibly causing them to bend or snap off. Some people can’t stand nails on a chalkboard or biting down on silverware and it makes them shiver and cringe when they think about it, but for me when I was a kid I kicked my brother in the knee barefoot and I had long toenails and my big toenail and middle toenail snapped in half so ever since I cringe watching kicks. Someone just said the UFC makes fighters trim them, so now that I know I can watch without cringing so much.
In my amateur fights during the pre fight medical examination they have checked my nails and I've seen them clip other peoples nails that are too long
Yes, fingernails and toenails must be trimmed.
Apparently they let DC go in with claws fully untrimmed.
Lol Ramsey your first person I know who deliberately wanted cauliflower
Hi ! I was the same, I wanted cauliflower ! For me it was a tough guy sign, like tony montana scarface, I was imagining people said " wow look at this ear, he's a wrestler, don't mess with him". .
Fighters are like weirdos, geek for the common people. As computers programmer who exchange about binary language on the post office, people hear them and said " what the hell are they talking about !!? "
How a normal human being Can endure pain , hard training day After day, with the sword of Damoclès of loosing during their entire career , enjoying throwing punch, kick and submit ?
Are they completely nuts ?
No, it's a thing call passion.
It's a fire inside you, you have to burn like the Jazz men who continued to play their unpopular music, practiced their instrument 10 hours a day, played on empty club night After night and at the same Time , some young playboy with a nice voice and zero musical
talent sold million of records and fuck more woman than the number of notes on a Chopin's, piece, why did they do that ?
Emotion.
This unique feeling, make you feel alive, and when the death will Come, you can say " I lived."
Actually, a whole bunch of young guys from the southern parts of the Russian Federation (like Dagestan, Chechnya) really want to have it to look like famous wrestlers. So, there are other guys who actually help them to damage ears for money to satisfy that childish desire.
@@sciloj wow ! I don't know that, I don't share their reason.
i know some people who want it too
Why wouldn’t you want cauliflower ear? It’s a battle scar. A medal earned through fighting.
Even some UFC fighters like their cauliflower ears, because it's like wearing a black belt 24/7. And if somebody sees your cauliflower ear and still wanna mess with you, it means that person has no clue about fighting whatsoever.
I'd say it's more like a blue belt. From what I've seen, the people who get it usually get it around that time.
Bas Rutten doesn't have a cauliflower ear, he made sure to drain his ears like a sane person.
Or it could mean quite the opposite and they know plenty about fighting and are confident they'll take you down.
Dudensky You should be proud of your fighting because of your fighting. Outside the ring nobody cares about amateur fighters.
i had it at white belt literally 3 months in lmao
Have you considered the effect the cauliflower ear swells could be having on your BMI?
I got cauliflower ears from one match. But I didn’t even realize it happen till my ear was aching a little. But it actually isn’t as bad as it look, once the blood and fluid hardens up it doesn’t hurt anymore
You are not just an mma fighter, you are a sensai and a martial artist. What you said " What you are constantly scared of will happen" is very right. Thanks for putting up the video man !
*G R A P P L I N G E A R S*
could you do a video about native amarican martial arts? been looking for those for ever and barely found anything
6:55 that's true. I ride motocross ans enduro and i was riding down this huge down hill and thought "hmm damn it would hurt if i fell" and i was little bit scared and pow i ate shit. Dropped about 5 meters down and landed on a rock and after that i couldn't walk normally for 3 weeks. Now i just try to keep my head clear of thoughts
I really like your videos man, they are really informative and helpful. There's one doubt I always get about bodybuilding and martial arts, and is if I can do both. Does it actually help gaining muscle through a gym, in martial arts? People say is not necessary to go to a gym, lift weights and bulk up with martial arts. Still I would like to know your opinion!
Also I became 15 yesterday and people tell me I'm too young to try bulk up in a gym and lift weights so I quitted it a month ago. Still I'm planning to try gain muscle at a gym when I'm 17 or 18. What are your thoughts in this theme? Thanks!
Strength training is super important- aesthetic bodybuilding, not so much. Powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting are what you want to focus on for functional strength for combat sports.
Hi Ramsey, I wanted to get your thoughts on something.
I have heard you say before that Sanda is very often the base for Chinese MMA fighters but I have been wondering if any Chinese wrestlers go into MMA and do well. I know that China has it's own native form of wrestling, that being Shuai Jiao (and Mongolian wrestling if you count Inner Mongolia as China).
Ultimately my question is threefold: how popular is wrestling in China (particularly the native styles), do wrestlers (even those who practice Olympic styles) go into MMA, and do they tend to dominate in their divisions like in American MMA orgs?
Thanks man. I really enjoy your videos and I hope all is going well with you.
Wrestling is not popular at all in China. It’s extremely difficult to find anyone who wrestles outside of one of the major sports universities or Olympic training centers. The wrestling training most Sanda fighters have consists of takedowns only- no ground fighting. Chinese and Mongolian folk wrestling is also just the stand up game: takedowns only- no ground fighting. Shuai Jiao just means “wrestling” in Mandarin. It doesn’t refer specifically to any particular style of Chinese folk wrestling. However, the style most foreigners associate with the word Shuai Jiao (where the wrestlers wear the white uniforms with short sleeves and belts) is extremely uncommon. The only people I’ve met so far in China who practice that are foreigners. With 1.3 billion Chinese out there, I’m sure there are locals who do it too, but per capita, they are few and far between.
it probably is like those scars that really pop up from the skin , those are not relevant to how deep the cut but on how your system responds to that cut, if it over reacts it gets really popped up scars
Can you make a video about mouthguards? Do they protect completly against having teeth knocked out?
I'm torn. On one hand I am happy to get them as a practitioner of BJJ and Muay Thai. On the other hand it looks bad to others, including my partner. She hates it.
I got a hematoma last night sparring MMA, I'm now wondering whether to get it drained or let it develop.
My concern is not the aesthetics but I can only sleep on my side and I'm getting so bad cauliflower ears I can't sleep for few days after BJJ training. Even when I train with a head gear it still hurts
That sucks! Sorry to hear that! Man, back in my 20's I ended up in the hospital for a few months needing some major surgeries, and I had to lie on my back for 3 months straight. I like to sleep on my side too- that was torture!
Well u can get surgery.
To remove my ears?
Sleep with your head gear on bro. Shit works
What happens is blood vessels break and blood starts to pool causing the swelling. It's called a hematoma. I've got a hematoma in my left calf, but is just millimeters away from a major blood vessel, which would have required surgery.
I've never gotten cauliflower ears. Judo, Jiu-jitsu Muay Thai, Wrestling and MMA but never once have I gotten any noticable changes in my ears. I get floppy cantaloupe knees and tomato elbows though..
Hey coach! i know you're not in it for the money, (one of the reasons you're so loved and appreciated), but if you ever start designing apparel I am sure you would have some buyers. Hats, rash guards, shirts, sweat pants and hoodies. Some little design, school logo, or signature. . I know you won't make millions but its supplemental income to help support the channel.
Would you keep it if you got cauliflower ear? Would you start wearing headgear? Or drain it a lot of times and buy $30 magnets?
I have a question I put little pressure on ear it kinda sting outside of my ear is hard
cauliflower ears?
So if I constantly fear of not getting a girlfriend, I will get one later? D: Also, I need to curb my fear of insects soon too...
please tell me in a Q&A your opinions on atemi jui jitsue?
James Thompson Vs kimbo
Always wondered why they didn't drain in pre fight
It's a beauty!
Ive been training/fighting for awhile now and always wanted it but itd never pop up. Even after elbows, knees, punches, and lots of friction lol. Guess my ears are just tanks 😂
I lobe this video :) it was a bit eerie though
The cauliflower ear is not the most common 'feature' in the bjj world, I'd say that weird (crooked and/or twisted) fingers are a lot more common, specially for those used to fight with the gi
I've accepted this is my life.... I try to minimize the swelling as much as possible but it's an on going battle. I drain my ear every morning and continue to train. Why is it the people who DON'T want it get it, while the people who do never get it?
How tf do you drain it every morning? Don't you need to go to the doctors for that??
I don't care if I do, don't care if I don't. Strangely though this attitude is leading to its development.
Caulifower ear isn't cause from "abrasive" fabrics or anything.
Its from trauma/pressure to the ears.
Essentially blood builds up between the skin of the ear and the cartilage.
But rough fabrics rubbing the skin of the ear won't cause it.
Your voice is amazing you should be a narrator
I like your style, my man.
For a guy who uses his head as a punching bag, your conversational speaking voice is amazing. Like you should be in radio, (Or something).
That escalator story is ridiculous; I burst out laughing. Oh man.
Ramsey, I love your videos! This is not martial arts related but you’re one of the few in the world who can answer. How do you create RUclips videos when RUclips is illegal in China??? I have the opportunity to teach English in China but I’m worried I won’t be able to create RUclips videos or Facebook. Can you talk about that?
Get a virtual private network (VPN) and you can access websites that are blocked in China from the mainland.
About 5:30 you say your friend didn't have the couliflower ears until fight in MMA. Should I understand that only ONE fight was enough?
Have you ever considered that maybe getting your ear damn near ripped off had anything to do with you not getting cauliflower ear?
Best fashion statement ever!
Is it suppose to hurt? With the magnets?
Is that a picture/poster of you under the clock?
Great video. Thanks!
proposal #1: wear exoskeleton + skafander; p #2: do not enter any fight ever. sit and drink green tea instead.
One of my childhood fears was having a insect crawl in my ear and guess what it did happen I was crying my eyes out
I've been training for a year and a half formally. I've only got a tiny crinkle on my left ear rim. Pretty pathetic really.
I've not done much martial arts training compared to others. When I meet a guy with it I immediately have a level of respect for him.
2:00 I was laughing so hard at how he said that haha.
Read some old books that cleaning your skin prevents most of the rashes boils and coliflower ear. By washing in 50% clorine solution. And straight hydrogen peroxide afterwards.
bonus tip: if you also play rugby and don't have a rugby headgear, get one. It works great for both.
the thing with your ear torn off was nasty now i just randomly think about it and it hurts my head and ive rememberd for the past like 2 weeks
I saw the title and went from, "Oh yeah, that can happen, maybe I should avoid it," before watching it, to, "He's right, if I want respect I better start grappling in jiu-jitsu,"
I sense a little bit of irony here. I read something, on one of these jailbait sites, that the only guys the ex-con presenter fears are those with cauliflower ears - a new market for the plastic surgeons maybe. Personallly, I think everyone (male) should have their nose broken at least once. I had mine re-set. Certainly makes you wary of getting involved in unnecessary altercations.
Omfg that fucking escalator story is hilarious.
How many posters of yourself do you have here? Or in total? Can we see all of them?
your voice sounds great for tv.
Ohh you did a video about the Ear...the dreaded ear, yes I was wondering as well, my ears are very durable, they never became solid after the hit, I knew the cartilage separated I can hear it when I put headphones on.
The desire for cauliflower ear described by Ramsey is definitely not unique. I know quite a few guys who “strive” to attain it, and those who do have it flaunt it with pride... like a battle scar. Although the desire to become grossly disfigured may be a difficult concept for most people to grasp, the intimidation factor can not be denied. For example, if there was even the slightest chance of a physical altercation, who would you rather confront.... if you had to. A bigger guy who looks like your accountant; or a smaller guy with cauliflower ears, a crooked nose, and no front teeth?
I would prefer guys who look more "scary" because those are the ones who fight worse
Talking from experience
I'd pick the smaller guy, cause he looks like he doesn't know how to guard.
Facial deformations don't necessarily mean, that somebody's a good fighter. He could just be a loudmouth, who's got his ass handed to him one too many times.
I'd rather check the knuckles. They tell you a lot more.
The smaller guy.
Better Cauliflower ear than Broccoli ear!
for those who want cauliflower ear, don't. not that it's ugly, I don't mind the shape, but the shape of our ear is designed/optimized for hearing perception, it help us locate the source of the sound we hear, having cauliflower ear will probably reduce your ability to perceive sounds direction.
Actually i got Cauliflower Ear, not like a noticeable deformation, but i got it from wearing headphones, not from punches. It's just a genetics.
How u get cauliflower ear from wearing headphones what
Reactions after just having a surgery to fix your ear that almost got ripped off:
Normal people: ‘thank god that my ear is ok and I’m not half deaf’
Ramsey: ‘WHAT, STILL NO CAULIFLOWER EAR!?!?!?!?!’
This has been my biggest factor in refrain from Wrestling :D
My ears do get red over JiuJitsu, but as it's really nothing to fear,
I should try it lol Thanks again, Sen'Sei
Have you gotten cauliflower ears from BJJ yet?
I have a fair bit of abrasion around my ears,
but none anywhere as aggressive since before the American shutdown!
All of the gyms in my area closed, so it limits my sparring partners/sessions;
Gives the ears time to recover 🙂
Dj XLT how long that’s good, how long have you been doing BJJ for? Yeah I saw this dude last night that showed his ears were slowly turning into cauliflower, nothing crazy but they were slowly turning. Seems like overtime it can happen without swelling up a onetime
Oh, yes, that definitely happens for the "rollers", as we Thai Jiu Jitsu call them; Stocky guys like Matt Serra can train in grappling all day, but it does swell the ears; the clots that form cauliflower ear start when you train in intense grappling, for long periods of time, consistently; 5-6 days in the dojo for 6-8 hours, and you'll be icing your head! 😅
Ramsey, Are you familiar with Billy Matheny and his book the MMA art of war? Reason I ask. I have the chance to train with him four times a week. I don’t want to get in over my head. I’m not young any more
I am not familiar with him or his book, sorry.
Is there any chance that your ear is just conditioned? I don't know if that is a thing
Nope.
This is one hellova HANDSOME MAN. Nice. Thank you for standing so close and sounding so confident. Love it. 💖💞💓💗
Is it safe to spar without a mouthgard im always afraid of loosing teeth
No. A mouth guard is the single most important piece of protective equipment for sparring. Never forget it. It’s not just for your teeth- it’s also for your brain.
How have you paid for health insurance through all these injuries?
Health care is extremely affordable in China. I have insurance, but I don’t actually need it here.
I don’t know why anyone would ever want a cauliflower ear. They hurt so so much to get drained! 😖
what do you mean by them getting drained?