Following risky move, Chicago MMA fighter paralyzed in amateur bout
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Following risky move, Chicago MMA fighter paralyzed in amateur bout
FastKnockout
12/23/11 5:57:34PM
This past Saturday at an MMA event in Joliet, Ill., 20-year-old amateur fighter Jeff Dunbar was stuck in a bad way.
In the ninth of 11 scheduled fights at a Dec. 17 Fight Card Entertainment event, fellow fighter Rudy Bahena clung to Dunbar's back, torqued a standing rear-naked choke, and had his opponent desperate enough to try the unthinkable.
Believing to be out of better options, Dunbar dove forward, hoping he could spike Bahena into the canvas. It was an ill-fated decision – one that's now cost Dunbar the use of his limbs and forever changed his life.
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In the ninth of 11 scheduled fights at a Dec. 17 Fight Card Entertainment event, fellow fighter Rudy Bahena clung to Dunbar's back, torqued a standing rear-naked choke, and had his opponent desperate enough to try the unthinkable.
Believing to be out of better options, Dunbar dove forward, hoping he could spike Bahena into the canvas. It was an ill-fated decision – one that's now cost Dunbar the use of his limbs and forever changed his life.
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Aether
12/23/11 6:51:11PM
Wow that's horrifying. It had to happen at some point, it's an inevitability in any contact sport that people will suffer serious injuries, still it's sad to hear, I feel bad for the guy, can't imagine having something like that happen. This is why there is a rule against spiking people on their heads.
JoeWarren33
12/23/11 7:43:15PM
yeah i gotta admit, when reading the spike part, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
Poor guy, im sure he will be regretting that decision for the rest of his life.
Poor guy, im sure he will be regretting that decision for the rest of his life.
MaxOne
12/23/11 7:50:49PM
That is terrible. I couldn't help but see this
in the article and wonder if that was intentional
The trainer, who's operated Chicago's No Comment Martial Arts gym for the past half decade, still struggles to find the words.
grappler0000
12/23/11 8:56:11PM
Posted by Aether
...This is why there is a rule against spiking people on their heads.
Ironically, the rule doesn't cover what he did though.
kingsmasher
12/23/11 10:36:23PM
Terrible that this happens...also wnat to say thats why I respect a fighter who lets up on his own when he sees a guy KOed...It would be terrible if the other guy then let go of neck and jumped over and hit him in the face a couple times...
So sad and right at christmas
So sad and right at christmas
Sir_Karl
12/23/11 10:57:48PM
No spiking!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a terrible accident. Sad. I hope he can do the miraculous!
tallica62
12/24/11 1:30:01PM
Unfortunate..I guess it was only a matter of time, but sucks none the less
prozacnation1978
12/25/11 3:28:31AM
I read this story yesterday morning
Very sad.
Very sad.
papercut
12/25/11 5:15:00PM
what makes this story worse is that it was an amateur bout. no need for such a risky move.
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