Does learning mma really give you brain damage?
I want to get into it and maybe try to do some small competitions but I'm planning on trying to get a PhD in chemistry and don't want that to be put at risk
>>1494410
Shake your head real fast for about 10 seconds. Grats, you just killed tens of thousands of brain cells.
Now ask yourself what getting choked out or punched in the head would do.
I have been doing Muay Thai for 5 years and I'm now pursuing my masters in mathematics. For me, leaving the house and meeting people outside of academia probably did more good than the harm done by taking a >>>>few punches.
>>1494410
Repeated blows to the head, alongside asphyxiation, cause brain damage.
However:
>Maintaining the high level of physical fitness required for the sport significantly aids your body's ability to repair itself.
>You can probably get a PhD from a shit college even with brain damage if you're on the right meds
>Aaron Diaz wasn't surprised motherfuckers, and this lack of surprise, this permanents state of expectation, can be an advantage within the fields of science. Think about it, your thesis will be easy to prove because you already know it's true.
>>1494410
Ya a nerd so ya prob wont be good in MMA anyway
>>1495352
>t. an overweight mexican
>>1496612
Im not mexican and im not overweight. Keep projecting ya lil dwarf
>>1496616
Sure you're not, dean
>>1496635
Shut it /raw/ dwarf
>>1496650
>t. Fat mexican manlet