“A brain bleed”- UFC ringside physician reacts to Simiso Buthelezi’s horrifying footage of punching invisible opponents
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David Abassi, The UFC's ringside physician commented on the injury suffered by Simiso Buthelezi
African Boxer Simiso Buthelezi made headlines for all the wrong reasons the day before as he lost his sense of reality during the penultimate round of his 10-round bout against for the WBF Africa Lightweight Title. The boxer was seen punching the air aiming for the corner when the bout was called off.
Repeated head strikes in boxing can leave a fighter concussed or worse brain dead. A famous example of this case is what happened to Prichard Colon during his bout against Terrel Williams. Colon was hit by Williams with an illegal shot to the back of his head that left him complaining of feeling dizzy. After the bout Colon started vomiting profusely leading him to be immediately rushed to a hospital where he was diagnosed with a brain bleed that left him in a coma for 221 days.
Even the biggest names in boxing like the legend Muhammad Ali couldn’t escape this fate as repeated blows he suffered to the head were a direct cause for his late-life battle with Parkinson’s. Hence the problem of fatal injuries are very real in boxing.
Fortunately, according to the UFC’s ringside physician, Simiso Buthelezi has nothing to worry about the incident causing any grave harm to him.
Simiso Buthelezi might have suffered a concussion according to Dr David Abbasi
According to sources, Simiso Buthelezi was winning the fight before the unfortunate end. The incident occured when Buthelezi was backing up his opponent into a corner, connecting with a right then putting him to the canvas however getting his own head into a clash with the ropes. After his opponent took the standing 10-Count Buthelezi was seen walking toward the ref after which he started aimlessly punching towards on of the corners, prompting the ref to wave off the fight.
According to Dr. Abbasi “What this fighter was exhibiting is signs of concussion. We see him acting disoriented, we see the delayed response and not really knowing where he is” although he wasn’t ready to rule out more serious injuries until a scan was done.
He then said that ideally what the ringside doctor and referee should’ve done is stop the fight and send the fighter to a hospital to get a CT scan, giving them props for doing exactly that.
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