Last year data was presented at the Association of Ringside Physicians Annual Conference giving the first glimpse of the safety track record of bare knuckle boxing compared to traditional boxing. The data revealed that bare knuckle boxers were suffeirng fewer concussions and fewer broken hands but also more cuts and abraasioins. Now, (and adding to … More Study – Updated Bare Knuckle Boxing Injury Data

Adding to this site’s database of combat sports safety studies, a recent study was published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports addressing whether BJJ athletes, who are subjected to repeated strangulation, sustain impaired cognitive function or reduced arterial blood flow from the practice. In the study, titled Elevated cerebral perfusion and preserved … More Study Suggests BJJ Chokes Do Not Impair Cognitive Function And May Improve Arterial Blood Flow

Adding to this site’s database of combat sports safety studies, a recent study was published in the European Journal of Sports Science reviewing past data on injury prevention effectiveness for headgear in boxing. In the study, titled Concussions, cuts and cracked bones: A systematic literature review on protective headgear and head injury prevention in Olympic boxing, the … More Study Calls for Need of More Boxing Headgear Concussion Data