One unfortunate thing that some mixed martial artists and rugby front-row players have in common is the unsightly issue of cauliflower ear. If you're not sure what cauliflower ear is, well let the medical journal known as wikipedia clear that up for you:
Cauliflower ear is a condition that occurs when the external portion of the ear suffers a blow, blood clot or other collection of fluid under the perichondrium.
Straight forward enough right? Well if not, it's basically those horrible puffy ears that the best props and college wrestlers in the World sport as a badge of honour.
MMA news site MMAJunkie.com decided to ask a collection of UFC fighters what they thought of cauliflower ear, and surprisingly not every reaction was negative.
So the positives are you look tough, and... Yeah that's it. I think we'll opt for the scrumcap then.
via r/mma
