Intentionally breaking your nose... why?

[Pharoahe]

I was wondering why it is that some trainers encourage their fighters to break their nose on purpose. What benefit/benefits does this give a person?

[heavy_right]

i have NEVER head that one lol, its pointless in my oppinion, one of my good friends has been fighting for 6 years, came 2nd in nationals this year, hes not a pushover, and in 6 years hes never broken his nose, if they are incouraging it there just forcing their fighters to take time off sparring.....

[daniels_co]

I think you are right


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[selk]

wow, thats hardcore.

[kryo]

Never heard of that; sounds ******ed.

Strongly misinformed.

[KostyaTszyu44]

i think ive heard that one before

its a very ******ed old school pro thing, i think once the nose has been broken, then healed it doesnt bleed as much or at all when hit

[BennyST]

Yes, supposedly when your nose gets broken the bones heal over stronger as they create a denser bone matrix which is then harder to break on the same spot. God knows why anyone would do it intentionally, that's just taking things a bit too far.

Though, funnily enough, after I had my nose broken and got hit right on the same spot it always felt like it crunched somewhat. I often thought it had been broken again because of the way it felt whenever a solid shot landed flush on it. Hated it. That's why I developed crazy head/upper body movement.

[LetsgetSAVAGE]

tbh that sounds completly ******ed

[peewee1460]

:54 allow mr. shilstone to explain

[cusd'amatokid]

i heard old school trainers did this so the bones in the nose cant be pushed into the brain. after they break it intentionally they supposedly do a surgury to remove the bone
not sure how credible that info is but thats what i heard
thats not common anymore though