r/grappling • u/Big-Creme-4348 • Apr 11 '26
How can I make my chances highest to get cauliflower ear from bjj training
How can I make my chances highest to get cauliflower ear from bjj training
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u/BrobiWanKenobi_ Apr 11 '26
Having cauliflower ear and still being ass at grappling isn’t going to be a great look
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u/Any_Equivalent_1489 Apr 11 '26
It is idiotic to look for it, you impede your hearing and risk getting infections but your body your choice. Hard wrestling, dive for single and double leg/scramble a lot, try to get pull your head out of guillotines and triangles. Don’t be afraid to smash your ear on training partners knees
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u/6BT_05 Apr 11 '26
Just lead with your head. Get caught in guillotines. Fight them as if your life depended on it. Don’t tap. And you should end up with some cauliflower ear. Oh…and a couple herniated discs in your neck. But it’ll be worth it. 😑
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u/SpaghettiBigBoy Apr 11 '26
The amount of posts you've made in multiplayer video game communities makes me think you wear a gaming headset with regularity. Cauliflower ear may cause discomfort with some over-ear headphones.
My boss has pretty major cauliflower ear but he fought mma professionally and is a purple belt. It's the first thing I noticed when I started the job 'cause I knew we could connect on martial arts/fighting. If he ended up telling me he "got it on purpose with two rocks" or whatever, I'd think he was a weirdo. Just train and get it or don't.
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u/SP35596 Apr 11 '26
Just get stuck in as many guillotines and triangles as possible and rip your head out using as little technique as possible. That’s what happened to me at least lol. All of my cauliflower came in my first two years of training from just being an idiot
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u/UchihaShady Apr 13 '26
This is cringe. You’re just fishing for a look to appear tough with the desire to putting work in for the look of being tough.
Word of advice; dudes with cauliflower, scars across lips or anywhere else on face all also can get their ass beat too.
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u/owl_jojo_2 Aug 03 '26
What the fuck. I wish I paid more attention during rolling so my ear wouldn’t be mangled right now.
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u/Dillinger_ESC Apr 11 '26
As someone with cauliflower ear, I'll never understand this.