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Re:Four Months After a Concussion, Your Brain Still Looks Di... by tomsthumb on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:30PM (#6797191)
According to the (nat geo?) video below mma and boxing hits should be about the same with all else being equal. Combing this with mma's grappling and one almost wonders if, despite the increased blood, it might be less concussion inducing.

No doubt their bodies are being hammered and worn down though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRmOOWPTRBs

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Re:Four Months After a Concussion, Your Brain Still Looks Di... by sanoli on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:11PM (#6797758)
Among the MMA community it used to be common knowledge that MMA was safer, concussion-wise. There were no good studies to back that up, however. Now they're starting to come by, and it seems they might be just about the same. Here's one: http://www.cagepotato.com/myth-busting-is-mma-really-safer-t...
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