Why were Sage Northcutt's facial injuries against Cosmo so severe?

[Kingz]

Sage landed awkwardly face first as well. That might’ve contributed to it.

 

[sonofjay817]

Sage played point karate for the majority of his life, had all of his training strictly controlled by his old man, and fought tomato cans during his career up to this point so he's likely taken far less shots the face. Your body is going to increase bone density in certain areas that see more stress. He didn't have a fighters face, literally. I'm just speculating here, but when you combine those factors with a punch from an opponent that is much larger and has the experience that Cosmo has....it's just disaster waiting to happen.

Interesting concept that perhaps the facial bones become denser from being struck over and over through the years, starting as a child when the blows are less devastating. You may be on to something.
Edit: On second thought, though. If that were the case, it seems that wrestlers that later become MMA fighters would also be getting their faces deconstructed.

 

[wufabufa]

Interesting concept that perhaps the facial bones become denser from being struck over and over through the years, starting as a child when the blows are less devastating. You may be on to something.
Edit: On second thought, though. If that were the case, it seems that wrestlers that later become MMA fighters would also be getting their faces deconstructed.

If you've ever spent time on the mats you would know that wrestlers are constantly using their heads as a 5th appendage. Whether you're using it to control your opponent or using it to base/bridge on the mat to keep yourself from giving up position, you're constantly putting pressure on the bones of the skull in wrestling. Not much in the way of direct impacts, but through static and constant force being applied. That's going to build bone density too, probably more so than repeated/submaximal strikes over the years.

 

[CinemaKingdom]

Acai makes your bones weaker.

 

[Hotdog666]

Its because Sage was standing straight up and down like a rooster.

 

[Zanderlini]

These things happen in fights. Average dudes get seriously hurt by each other all the time in dumbass streetfights. It's not good to have momentum in the direction of the punch and then eat it flush. Mirko broke Bob Sapp's giant ass orbital bone because he walked right into it too. It was way too much too soon for a young kid like Sage to take on a fighter like Cosmo.

 

[Filibuster]

Sage should've stayed in the UFC and fought CM Punk.
A min-maxed Ned Flanderesque character like him is bound to have a fatal flaw. His was a soft spot in his face.

 

[funktastic]

i dont wanna say loaded glove. maybe the dude just hits hard

 

[BoTyson]

maybe daddys medication made it impact him way more than he was expecting?

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Just one punch can do a *lot* of damage under the right circumstances. Sage got off light compared to this guy.



From Wikipedia.

During a game on December 9, 1977, Tomjanovich was punched by Kermit Washington of the Los Angeles Lakers. The blow shattered Tomjanovich's face and inflicted life-threatening head and spinal injuries, leaving him sidelined for five months.