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The beautiful and grotesque honor of cauliflower ear

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WHEN HE WAS 8 years old, Bo Nickal went to his parents like so many little kids do. He figured out a major goal for himself. "I want cauliflower ear," he announced.

A second-grader dreaming of permanently damaged ears would generate panic for most parents, but Nickal's dad and mom, Jason and Sandy, are combat sports people. And for combat people cauliflower ear isn't a lifelong injury. It's a sign of a life well led.