Teixeira: Brain injuries usually occur in the gym
Glover Teixeira: “The way people train is the most dangerous thing because we train, like, everyday. Some people spar five days a week.:
Recently the topic of brain injuries has been a hot button topic in professional sports and combat sports more in particular deserve a more in depth look in regards to these types of i injuries. Recently Glover Teixeira joined a delegation of figures in the combat sports in Washington DC for a press conference to announce a group effort to study brain brain injuries in professional athletes.
Teixiera spoke to Luke Thomas of MMAFighting and his concern for MMA athletes was that most injuries actually occur in the gym, not in the fights:
The way people train is the most dangerous thing because we train, like, everyday. Some people spar five days a week. And that’s where the injuries can cause…I mean you see fights, fights go so quick, especially in MMA there’s a lot of grappling and stuff. So, uh, I guess the only thing is more like, uh, it is easy to prevent. If you go hard everyday, like I see boxers at Brooklyn gym, I live right in Connecticut, I see some boxers in Brooklyn gym man. … They fight every day sparring. That’s a fight, they go at it, they throw everything.