Should Silva vs. Fedor have continued?

Contrary to the beliefs of numerous “medical doctors” who are only licensed to practice on Internet discussion forums and in bars, diagnosing orbital fractures cageside without the assistance of any radiologic studies (X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, etc.) is extremely difficult.

What the doctor in attendance could ascertain under those circumstances is as follows:

• The soft tissue around the eye was seriously damaged
• The fighter could not adequately see out of the right eye
• There was a high index of suspicion for underlying bony damage
• The eyeball (globe) itself and its delicate internal structures could not be adequately examined cageside and may have sustained significant damage and/or was in danger of sustaining significant damage if the fight were allowed to continue

The attendant cageside physician quickly and definitively made the proper call in stopping the fight.

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