Neil Magny remembers a time when head trauma was not even a consideration in an MMA gym. Truthfully, it wasn't even that long ago.
It's only natural for a fighter to try his or her best to ignore injuries, to push through. It was that way after blows to the head in training, too.
"They didn't really understand how severe a concussion could be and how devastating the long-lasting effects can be," Magny told MMA Fighting. "For them, it was just out of ignorance, like ‘Oh, you're fine, you'll be OK. Everyone gets rocked once in a while.