you misunderstood. I was saying that
“you’re not a REAL judo guy until you have that! you’re not a REAL bjj guy until you get cauliflower ear.”
was a joke…
I still think it’s more happenstance than anything though. we’ve got guys that compete nationally and internationally - some of them have it, some of them don’t.
oh, I see…I wasn’t referring to that post. I was referring to a conversation I had with someone last fall. He may have been joking as well but I didn’t take it to be so. Since then, I’ve come to feel it’s true. What cauliflower ear may be a sign of, mostly, is the amount of time you’ve spent having better guys abusing you.