This week's "Cauliflower Ear of the Week" goes to MMA legend, and one of my favorite fighters of all time, Jeremy Horn. His ears have become banged up and war-torn as he became the most experienced MMA fighter in history. With well over 130 professional fights all over the world with the biggest organizations and fighting the biggest names in the sport he’s had only 19 losses!Jeremy is the only person in the world to have a submission victory over Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, when he choked him unconscious at UFC 19 with an arm triangle choke. He would fight Chuck again at UFC 54, which was the fight that made me fall in love with sport. Although he lost the rematch, Jeremy pressed the action the entire fight and almost broke the will of the greatest light heavyweight of all time.
Not only is he a legendary fighter, he is a legendary coach. He has been a teacher and mentor to some of the biggest names in MMA : Matt Hughes, Jens Pulver, Tim Sylvia, Spencer Fischer, Robbie Lawler, Joe Riggs, and Joe Dorksen, among others. His most recent protégé, DaMarques Johnson, is on the rise in the UFC as a top welterweight prospect.
I’m fortunate enough to live in the same area as Horn and once asked him about his gnarled ears. Never one to feed anyone a line of B.S. he told me that loved them but "they make me feel like I have rocks taped to my head when I sleep."
So for his legendary status as a fighter and coach, Jeremy Horn’s ears are this week’s "Cauliflower Ears of the Week."
Cauliflower ears being the sign of prestige of every MMA fighter, be it amateur or professional due to its origins. Fighting a lot of matches, my friend who is an ex-MMA fighter deals with blows to the head like a boss (though he evades some of it) also had one, but it all came to an end when he finally fought his retirement match which he won by submission but he was kicked on his mouth, which knocked off three of his teeth (and we went to the guys who deals with Ft. Lauderdale teeth whitening to fit him some dental implants). He thought about retiring on the amateur MMA circuit in the past due to his full-time responsibility as a family man, but as he got his implants installed by the dentists who provides Ft. Lauderdale tooth whitening, he discovered that his love for fighting is still there, so he'll just pass on his passion for MMA on his kids by training them.
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