Physiological Effects of the Liver Shot

http://fightland.vice.com/blog/fight-doctor---the-liver-kick

I'd always thought of body shot KO's as being pain related. I therefore kept body attacks pretty low on my preferred list of targets for self-defense, because I didn't want to emphasize anything that requires pain to work, when the guy might be in a condition where pain is dulled or non-existent. This article talks about how the liver shot (or that of any internal organ, though the liver is easier to get to) causes a drop in blood pressure, and might even cause unconsciousness. I thought that was cool, so I'm sharing.

 

i've actually taken a hard one in the liver. i would have rather the boxer in question broken my nose. i've torn my acl and dislocated a shoulder (a couple times); the liver shot was the worst experience of my life.

 

I've never been knocked down with a liver shot (yet....I'm sure its coming soon). However, one the guys I train with has been hit with it before and he says

"If I ever get KO'd again, I rather be it a headshot rather than the liver. You can't breath, your eyes well up, you go fetal and it feels like the World is collapsing around you"

I also haven't dropped anyone with it either. The closest was when I gave an uppercut to the solar plexus, he took a while to recover from that. (I think theres a video of me being folded in half with a round kick to the gut, will find and post when I can)
I'm assuming that being struck in the liver is a similar kind of feeling but more intense?

The sudden feeling of being sick as well as not being able to breath, forcing you to go on all fours trying to recover.

 

I've been dropped by a liver shot in Kyokushin sparring. I wasn't unconscious but my bodies response of just immediately dropping to my knees once I felt it was really quite scary, I wasn't expecting it to be that efficient in putting me down considering it was not a very hard blow.

Really nasty experience!

 

Guess I gotta wait and see when I get "livered" then
But looking at what happened here ...[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiY8SWX2YG4&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]Buakaw Banchamek vs David Calvo | K1 WORLD MAX 2013 FINAL 16 HD - YouTube[/ame]

Not looking forward to it.

 

there's a great scene in "the fighter" with the aforementioned liver shot.

 

Give us a shout when it happens. We'll throw you a party in chat to celebrate!

 

Good old Mum!!

 

I punched myself there once (no joke). I wanted to see how it felt... it hurt.

 

go to 11:38 one tough dude

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT0bVHONCdA"]Amir Khan vs Marcos Maidana Full Fight - YouTube[/ame]

 

What I hate is the delayed onset, the "oof, I'm fine, I'm fine".... and then your gut implodes and your legs collapse.

 

My boy Ricky doing what he does best...03:58 for the slo mo magic!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqxBGUdB_o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqxBGUdB_o[/ame]

 

More from "The Hitman"

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmdzcfwQApU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmdzcfwQApU[/ame]

 

Yep, was going to post this one too... broke 2 or 4 of his ribs in the process IIRC.

 

Another personal fave "Winky" Wright (simply one of the best and most underrated boxers ever to lace gloves) taking it to Steve Foster. To be fair Foster was a low to mid card fighter who got his moment of glory and was never in the fight but he was really durable and tough....but watch from 21:18 onwards and see how that bodyshot simply does not go away!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_TOlvsFl8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_TOlvsFl8[/ame]

 

I believe so...Ricky took bodypunching to a whole new level. I've seen him up close in training and he was so damn fast

 

I think next to a Floyd type defense ... Winky's would be my next choice of how to not get hit flush, uses the jab over and over like one should and just makes guys not want to punch. I was sad for him to retire.