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Brian · 08-27-2002, 12:54 AM

Bryan,

The first time was a classic case of not heeding the age old words... "Keep Your Hands Up". I was training for a fight in 2001 and was one week out from the fight.

I was working out at Pedro Sauer's BJJ with Khuen Khru Will Bernales and there was a BJJ seminar going on and a lot of guys from out of town had flown in for the event. I was working out with a guy named Jeff from Virginia. I usually don't like mentioning names but I hear this guy has a bad rep anyway and he kind of lived up to it in my case so I figure I'd rather spread the word than let someone else face the same fate I did.

Anyway, Jeff claimed to be a professional fighter and wanted to jump into the Thai Boxing workout. Khru thought that it would be good experience for me but it seemed liked he (Jeff) wanted to show me how far ahead of me he was rather than trying to help me get ready for my fight.

Late in the sparring rounds, I was tired (we'd worked the pads and prumbed and all that jazz for about an hour already) we were in the prumb and I went to push him off of me. As I did, my left hand drifted down just enough for his right foot to come over the top and land square in my face (his big toe going straight into my eye). The fact that his toe went right into my eye in addition to the fact that he put some decent mustard on that kick were all the ingredients needed for a crushed eye socket. It felt like I had lost two teeth but the doc said that that was because I had suffered some pretty harsh damage to a nerve running under the orbital (eye socket).

In the second case (the one that happend just two days ago) a fellow fighter and I were just prumbing nice and light. I had his head down (I had captured his head all the way) and he reached up between my arms (but he couldn't see what he was doing because he was looking at the floor) and his finger just went straight into my other eye. I felt a pop like a grape getting crushed, and I saw double (just like when I got kicked). Then I looked in the mirror and noticed that my right eye lid had one or two more folds in it than my left eye (this is because my eye is now sitting farther back inside my skull than before... another symptom that I suffered the last time). He wasn't moving very fast or hard. but he had just enough force to fracture my other orbital... at least I think he did. I go into the doctor on Wednesday. I pray I have mis diagnosed my affliction but I'm almost 99% sure that I'm doomed for more reconstructive surgery.

Anyway, I go into such detail so that you guys can hopefully avoid such injuries. Oh, another detail... If you ever get hit in the eye and then can blow bubbles out of your eye when you blow your nose... fisrt of all stop doing it and second you can be pretty sure you orbital is busted.

Take Care,

wish me luck with the doc please.

08-27-2002, 12:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
Brian Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Utah Posts: 88 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bryan, The first time was a classic case of not heeding the age old words... "Keep Your Hands Up". I was training for a fight in 2001 and was one week out from the fight. I was working out at Pedro Sauer's BJJ with Khuen Khru Will Bernales and there was a BJJ seminar going on and a lot of guys from out of town had flown in for the event. I was working out with a guy named Jeff from Virginia. I usually don't like mentioning names but I hear this guy has a bad rep anyway and he kind of lived up to it in my case so I figure I'd rather spread the word than let someone else face the same fate I did. Anyway, Jeff claimed to be a professional fighter and wanted to jump into the Thai Boxing workout. Khru thought that it would be good experience for me but it seemed liked he (Jeff) wanted to show me how far ahead of me he was rather than trying to help me get ready for my fight. Late in the sparring rounds, I was tired (we'd worked the pads and prumbed and all that jazz for about an hour already) we were in the prumb and I went to push him off of me. As I did, my left hand drifted down just enough for his right foot to come over the top and land square in my face (his big toe going straight into my eye). The fact that his toe went right into my eye in addition to the fact that he put some decent mustard on that kick were all the ingredients needed for a crushed eye socket. It felt like I had lost two teeth but the doc said that that was because I had suffered some pretty harsh damage to a nerve running under the orbital (eye socket). In the second case (the one that happend just two days ago) a fellow fighter and I were just prumbing nice and light. I had his head down (I had captured his head all the way) and he reached up between my arms (but he couldn't see what he was doing because he was looking at the floor) and his finger just went straight into my other eye. I felt a pop like a grape getting crushed, and I saw double (just like when I got kicked). Then I looked in the mirror and noticed that my right eye lid had one or two more folds in it than my left eye (this is because my eye is now sitting farther back inside my skull than before... another symptom that I suffered the last time). He wasn't moving very fast or hard. but he had just enough force to fracture my other orbital... at least I think he did. I go into the doctor on Wednesday. I pray I have mis diagnosed my affliction but I'm almost 99% sure that I'm doomed for more reconstructive surgery. Anyway, I go into such detail so that you guys can hopefully avoid such injuries. Oh, another detail... If you ever get hit in the eye and then can blow bubbles out of your eye when you blow your nose... fisrt of all stop doing it and second you can be pretty sure you orbital is busted. Take Care, wish me luck with the doc please. __________________ Sincerely, Brian Last edited by Brian; 08-27-2002 at 12:59 AM.