[millasur]

Originally Posted by TheFoo

Lasik-lite from all I can tell. Just another option that appears to work better. Still too expensive to be available to most. ;)

Will be doing research on this as I'm hoping to eventually get this kinda thing done, but a big worry of mine was the effect on sparring and stuff etc... Any stories from people who have had it done? (LASIK or this PRK stuff).

[A-Lexasoarus]

any one else have any problems getting licensed to fight if they have bad vision?

[X The Dude X]

Didn't Karo have a contact problem in his fight with Diego? I think I remember him taking one out in round 2 or 3. And I know Anthony Johnson had a contact coming out problem at UFC76 in his fight with Clementi.

[Hotdog666]

Didnt Bas say he lost a contact while fighting Randleman?

[redemption777]

Originally Posted by whataboutyouphi

How about if you have dentures? Fight with them in or look like an old man?

LOL... its a shame you will probably get yourself in trouble and be banned within a week

[saiyanzzrage]

Originally Posted by Mongol

For me (I don't fight competitiively but in sparring and training) definitely 100% in but then again I am very close to the legal blind limit without them so if I dont wear them I have no shot in hell...

when i had contacts, every time i sparred in muay thai, whenever i took a shot to the head, or even moved my head quickly, one would shift and i would have to stop for a second...it sucked royally. After a while i just took them out (i can see basic shapes lol)

then i got lasik, and its amazing...had to take a few weeks off, but it was so worth it to not have to deal with contacts anymore

[saiyanzzrage]

Originally Posted by Metho

I used to spar with contacts in, until I went out and got Lasik eye surgury. Nice thing was that work payed for most of it. Best $1000 bucks I ever spent.

couldnt agree more, lasik is the way to go

[scarred4life]

one of the kids in my gym wears contacts and everytime he would get hit good it would knock them out so he doesn't wear them anymore

[Wanderlized]

Originally Posted by John Lambert

Just somethin' that I wondered about today. If you have crappy vision, do you fight with contacts in, or without them?

Interesting question, but as I have read it all depends on your ability to see your opponent, if not use them (or lasik surgery), if see them without good for you don't need them!

Loved your AV!

[Bogdan Bozhinov]

I had 5 amateur fights with no contacts, and 1 with. Not much difference, except I couldn't see across the ring before, but fighting distance was fine. Current contacts are -6.00 and -5.50. So far I haven't lost contact from hard punch, but I have been poked in the eye causing it to slide under the upper lid, which was hard to take out. I actually think contacts slowed my reflexes a bit, but I can see the beginning of the move, so it evens out.