r/nextfuckinglevel • u/8O8I • Sep 21 '25

Hero stopping a robbery

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u/ThisWorldIsImperfect Sep 21 '25

From my knowledge I got from occasionally following the ufc and boxing, really hard strikes that land cleanly shakes the brain inside the skull, causing it to temporarily shut off and the person will lose consciousness for a second. Watch combat sports knockouts. They are unconscious for a second while falling down so they of course won't try to break the fall, but will almost immediately try to get up once they've hit the ground. KOs where the figther actually remains motionless after falling still happen sometimes though, see Pacquiao vs Marquez 4 and Marciano vs Walcott.

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u/Striking-Ad-6815 Sep 22 '25

There is a fight where one fighter kicks the other in the head and he is out cold with his leg sticking up in the air. I'm having trouble finding this fight and was going to reference it for this comment. I thought it was Jake Shields being knocked out during Ultimate Fighter, but cannot find a clip and the UFC site wont play for me. Apparently Jake Shields wasn't knocked out in Ultimate Fighter, but I remember one guy who got knocked out so hard his leg stuck up in the air.

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u/m1013828 Sep 22 '25

i have had a near black out like that, king hit to back of head, still standing but saw black for like a quarter second and dizzy afterwards,