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RIP
Sherdog article: https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Former-Invicta-FC-Competitor-Sarah-Patterson-Dies-at-36-177642
Sad news. RIP.
Sherdog article: https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Former-Invicta-FC-Competitor-Sarah-Patterson-Dies-at-36-177642
Sad news. RIP.
we often dont understand what physical toll fights take on these fighters and how much thier lives get shortened due to fighting.Tragic. I was assuming it was a fight/gym related injury, but it doesn't say.
My mind jumped to that because when I was training about 11 years ago, a girl at my gym did a Muay Thai tournament and ate a headkick (the kind where your head bounces *hard* upon falling down). She was OK for a few hours, but went to the hospital because she wasn't getting better/"un-dizzy". Her brain swelled, she went into a coma, and died over the weekend. It was awful, and that always comes to mind whenever I hear about a young (ish) fighter dying.
Aye. There's wear-and-tear of course, which can get pretty bad (look at guys like Big Nog who have had a dozen major hip, knee, shoulder, etc., surgeries), but then there's the brain stuff, and that's the really scary part. Seeing Gary Goodridge these days is sobering. Some people get depressed, some suicidal, some vegetative, some just start losing their personality and go blank. It's all terrifying.we often dont understand what physical toll fights take on these fighters and how much thier lives get shortened due to fighting.