From the beginning, what was wrong with James Thompson's ear?

Question

From his ring entrance you could see that his left ear looked like it had just been burnt? Was it an injury from one of his previous fights? Kimbo definitely took advantage of his ear similar to the way Muhammad Ali took advantage of Henry Cooper's eye brow area. Kimbo and Muhammad are Americans too against the British Thompson and Cooper (just thought I would point that out).

Answer 1

It was a hematoma in his ear. He probably got it from a training or from a previous fight.

That Kimbo Slice sucked big time tonight. I've expected more out of his fight. The refferee stopped the fight and saved Kimbo out of shame. Any strong fighter out of UFC or Pride would submit  Kimbo.

That was the most terrible fight I've recently seen. These fighters should stay out of professional sport. They both suck.

I am very sorry for people who paid to watch this circus.

  KIMBO SUCKS.

Answer 2

the cauliflower ear must be very recent.  his fight w/ butterbean in '07 he had normal ears.

Answer 3

I think that they should of canceled that fight from the time they saw James Thompson's ear. Thompson was not fit to fight and Kimbo did real good for his first heavy weight fight . No man is prefect so the lion knows now what he has to go back and work on.  And everyone start off an amateur so stop hating. UUUU!

Answer 4

i dont know but i think he was born with it or something.

good fight

Answer 5

sometimes if people have been talking about you,, your ear will blow up like that,,,

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauliflower...

Answer 7

I believe it is called cauliflower ear, I heard alot of people who fight get it

Answer 8

colliflower ear from years of damage from wrestling

Answer 9

If you look at a lot of MMA fighters who have been in thegame for awhile, they all have that. Like Matt Hughes, Randy Coture, anybody who uses wrestling. A lot of these guys used to be great wrestlers before they were MMA fighters and from all the friction and pulling you develop cauliflower ear. My cousin has it, it's gross!! I'll call him the gremlin!! lol

Answer 10

Yea i saw that too, even before he got in the cage that **** was swelled up... looks like he got stung by thousands of bees or something

Answer 11

It is called 'cauliflower ear'.  You get it from Wrestling without headgear.  It happens when your ear gets pinned on the mat, then gets grinded on it.  A tear forms that fills up with fluid.  It can be prevented by wearing the wrestling head gear when training, or even going to the doctor right after it happens.

Answer 12

cauliflower ear from too much damage from MMA. He could have protected it from headgear, but all it means that it was swollen and therefore looked deformed.

Answer 13

cauliflower ear probably from wrestling without headgear during training. His trainer should have been able to do a lot better with it. It looked pretty fresh.