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Re:Four Months After a Concussion, Your Brain Still Looks Di... by antihero on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:55PM (#6798017)
Being hit by a glove with fists wrapped like rocks, and simply bare fists, is a very different experience. Fists hurt and can break your skin, but with gloves it's like your whole head is being rocked and is very disorientating.
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Re:Four Months After a Concussion, Your Brain Still Looks Di... by tdfx on Monday November 25, 2013 @09:41PM (#6798753)
This is my experience, also. If you don't block and someone hits you with MMA gloves, you're probably going to have a cut or superficial damage on your face. With boxing gloves, especially the 16oz ones that most people spar with, you can take many, many hits to the head with no visible damage. The extra padding isn't protecting your head, it's protecting the puncher's fists.
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