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Kevin Randleman has a SERIOUS staph infection (Pic)

Kevin Randleman Staph infection
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Quoteworthy:

"I was in critical condition for almost three weeks and I am two weeks out of the hospital now ... pain is just part of the healing, and it hurts a lot.... I had two organs shut down again. I think what I need to do is stop enduring the pain and go see the doctors earlier."

Gee ... you think so, huh, Kevin? Egad.

The former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman talks about a "painful" staph infection the bored two holes in the side of his body and almost killed him.

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OMG that pic is GROSSS!!!! poor guy!

by Sanjaya on Oct 30, 2007 10:25 AM EDT reply actions  

Sucks that Randleman ended up getting in so much trouble, cause he was always fun to watch. Just never evolved with the game

by Yohnstoppable on Oct 30, 2007 10:27 AM EDT reply actions  

Holy f’ing shit!!!!!!!

That is some serious holes in ones body. Shouldn’t they sew that up or something? Jeez!!!

by Aaron_W on Oct 30, 2007 10:29 AM EDT reply actions  

thats messy ! is Randleman out of the game now – or will we see him compete more in the future ??

by Insain on Oct 30, 2007 10:30 AM EDT reply actions  

gross, just gross.

by ragnarr on Oct 30, 2007 10:30 AM EDT reply actions  

The earlier you go to the doctor the better

by Cliff Huckstable on Oct 30, 2007 10:31 AM EDT reply actions  

DAMN! poor guy. is this due to steroids?

by TITOORTIZFAN on Oct 30, 2007 10:35 AM EDT reply actions  

thats so nasty, looks like you can fit a fist in there!

by ragnarr on Oct 30, 2007 10:36 AM EDT reply actions  

So what this is before he went in or after he went in to see a doctor?

Then again Haloween is tomorrow.

Gross

by Jo on Oct 30, 2007 10:36 AM EDT reply actions  

HOLY mother of god!!! that looks like a carcass or something, sh*t how does someone get to that point? that is just too gross! those staph infections are no joke man!

by Lycan on Oct 30, 2007 10:36 AM EDT reply actions  

was he attacked by a hippo?? how do you allow urself to get like that??? you can see inside of his body..if i just get a weird rash or a funny itch..I’m like what the f%%&($ is this..he needs a doctor to check his head..there might be some holes in there too.

by PhilQNY on Oct 30, 2007 10:38 AM EDT reply actions  

Folks, remember that picture next time someone complains about having to clean mats and gear or about wearing the right clothes. He’s lucky it wasn’t MRSA (antibiotic resistant staph), or he’d be on a slab.

by BobC on Oct 30, 2007 10:38 AM EDT reply actions  

DAMN!!
It looks like he got one of those Bruce Lee puches to the side..

by Stagger-Lee on Oct 30, 2007 10:41 AM EDT reply actions  

DAMN! poor guy. is this due to steroids?

No, staph infections are bacterial. The size of Tito’s head and jaw, however, and the heads and jaws of several other Team Punishment members (Kendall Grove, Matt Hamill) are likely attributable to excessive use of human growth hormone (HGH) though.

by pw on Oct 30, 2007 10:51 AM EDT reply actions  

DAMN! poor guy. is this due to steroids?

Interesting comment. Roids do lower the immune system and we have seen Randleman batteling staph and lung infections for awhile here.

by Roadwar on Oct 30, 2007 10:54 AM EDT reply actions  

That is foul. I don’t know much about staph infections… does it take a lot of time for holes to get that big? If i had even a nail sized hole on my body where I could see my insides, I would be running to the doctors office and kicking the door in!

by Fidel Cashflow on Oct 30, 2007 10:56 AM EDT reply actions  

What are we even looking at here???

by Roadwar on Oct 30, 2007 10:57 AM EDT reply actions  

How do you get staph infection?… how does a hole show up like that without any idiot knowing it!!… is it from improper training? guy i wanna make sur this dont happen to me

by kickinthehead on Oct 30, 2007 11:00 AM EDT reply actions  

Interesting comment. Roids do lower the immune system and we have seen Randleman batteling staph and lung infections for awhile here.

I found this comment interesting regarding “Who is at risk for Staph infections?”

Injecting drug users, those with skin injuries or disorders, intravenous catheters, surgical incisions, and those with a weakened immune system all have an increased risk of developing Staph infections.

As per http://www.medicinenet.com/staph_infection/article.htm

by Deyo on Oct 30, 2007 11:09 AM EDT reply actions  

I am very uncertain as to how a person can actually have open wounds that large and live. I mean sure they can hook him up to an I.V. while the air infects the wound but still, it is hideous. Glad it isn’t me is all I have to say.

by Kevin Kelly on Oct 30, 2007 11:15 AM EDT reply actions  

That is friggen disgusting. Damn. I am sure that is going to be a nasty scar.

I wonder if that is what Noguera’s scar on his back is from. I looks like it could be a knife wound or something though.

by grembone on Oct 30, 2007 11:31 AM EDT reply actions  

That is friggen disgusting. Damn. I am sure that is going to be a nasty scar.

I wonder if that is what Noguera’s scar on his back is from. I looks like it could be a knife wound or something though.

Bog Nog’s scar is from a car accident when he was younger, he was run over by a truck.

by BustYoFace on Oct 30, 2007 11:40 AM EDT reply actions  

He should become a drug smuggler. Someone could shove a lot of crack/cocaine in there and cross the border.
It would beat shoving it up your ass.

by Andrew on Oct 30, 2007 11:41 AM EDT reply actions  

Bog Nog’s scar is from a car accident when he was younger, he was run over by a truck.

..he was like 12 yrs old and was runned over by a van when him as his bro were playing by a sidewalk..this put him the hospital..in a coma..doctors didn’t know even if he would walk or live normal life again..he had one of his lungs removed..that’s the scar on his back..and to believe that same kid would grow up and by a pride heavyweight champion..and be one of the best heavyweight fighters of our time.

by PhilQNY on Oct 30, 2007 11:51 AM EDT reply actions  

Is that the “actual” picture of Kevin Randleman’s staph infection? Because the last time I checked, Randleman was an African American. The picture above looks to be of a white person, or an Asian. I would never guess it was of a black person.

With a gaping whole in your body, perhaps the skin changing color is to be expected? I dind’t go to med school….

by ViolentMike on Oct 30, 2007 11:53 AM EDT reply actions  

that’s bound to leave a mark

by burundanga on Oct 30, 2007 11:54 AM EDT reply actions  

God damn!!! that is sick he looks like swiss cheese
My eyes are burning.
My god! stitch that bad boy up or something

by Biggy J on Oct 30, 2007 11:55 AM EDT reply actions  

Is that the side of his leg, or the side of his torso? Either way, that’s the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen.

by Noel on Oct 30, 2007 12:04 PM EDT reply actions  

The last line said that they were in the side of his body, which I take to mean his torso. Freakin’ A, I don’t think I’d have to see a big hole in the side of my body before I went to see the doc. My best to him and hope for a full recovery.

by GangOfOne on Oct 30, 2007 12:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I’m getting over a VERY MINOR staph infection right now. What really sucks is when you go to the doctor, and go to a specialist and they both say, lets wait and see what happens. It either clears right up (my case) or you have to put up with that shit.

Moral of the story, CLEAN YOUR GI WITH ANTIBACTERIAL DETERGENT and find a bjj school that cleans their f’ing mats daily.

by Hoodlum on Oct 30, 2007 12:22 PM EDT reply actions  

I think that’s his armpit.

And I also think that when you have bad staph, they cut away the infected tissue, and treat it with the wound open (covered up of course I would assume.)

My sister got MRSA in her leg, almost died. And they had to cut a huge chunk out of her leg and leave it open like that, kinda like how they treat wounds in the military on the battlefield.

So, that would APPEAR to be Randleman’s armpit, and the cut away part of his tissue, he likely didn’t let it get that bad and go , oh shit my deoderant stick fell through my side, WTF? OMG!

Randleman should just coast the rest of his life out. He had what, kidney failures last year, almost died if I remember correctly, pneumonia, and a host of other illnesses in the last few years… (not to mention the zombie piss test.) Hope he gets better, and gets smarter and retires.

by BTay on Oct 30, 2007 12:38 PM EDT reply actions  

..he was like 12 yrs old and was runned over by a van when him as his bro were playing by a sidewalk..this put him the hospital..in a coma..doctors didn’t know even if he would walk or live normal life again..he had one of his lungs removed..that’s the scar on his back..and to believe that same kid would grow up and by a pride heavyweight champion..and be one of the best heavyweight fighters of our time.

Wow, I had no idea. That is pretty amazing.

by grembone on Oct 30, 2007 12:41 PM EDT reply actions  

I’ve had a few staph infections before but nothing of this manner. It usally takes a few day for it to really get going. It starts out looking like a small pimple or heat bump. You aaaaa no biggy and pop it well then thats when the trouble starts, it starts to get very red and irritated looking. Also it gets extremley hot around the infection. i never let mine get that big, however i did have to have minor surgery to remove all of the staph under my skin. Mine was big enough i could prolly put two pencils in my side. SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! So If Kevin has a hole this Large then he Has been putting of going to the doctor for quite some time. He prolly kept draining it himself.

by DXB0305 on Oct 30, 2007 12:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Staph infection…they need to rename it to MMA disease. It seems to have become quite common with fighters now. Im not even surprised anymore.

by c-war on Oct 30, 2007 12:54 PM EDT reply actions  

DAMN! poor guy. is this due to steroids?

No, its been all over the news lately. When you have a cut and it rubs against anything that has staph bacteria all over it, you get infected. Its some nasty shit and the sad part is that it is preventable, but people arent taking the necessary precautions.

by Mahde on Oct 30, 2007 12:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow that’s pretty gross.

by jimmy_dean on Oct 30, 2007 1:10 PM EDT reply actions  

This site needs to seriously chill with those pictures. at least just post a link to them, and give us a warning first!

by Ken on Oct 30, 2007 1:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Big news. Dan Henderson announced possibly fighting on the UFC 79 card @ 185. I tried to post the link and source but keep getting blocked

by FFL on Oct 30, 2007 2:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Is that the “actual” picture of Kevin Randleman’s staph infection? Because the last time I checked, Randleman was an African American. The picture above looks to be of a white person, or an Asian. I would never guess it was of a black person.

With a gaping whole in your body, perhaps the skin changing color is to be expected? I dind’t go to med school….

It could be the lighting..i don’t know if it’s the picture or there is a bright light on top of the holes.

by PhilQNY on Oct 30, 2007 2:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Teach him for taking roids.

by Yoububg on Oct 30, 2007 2:38 PM EDT reply actions  

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by ajadoniz on Oct 30, 2007 3:21 PM EDT reply actions  

He should become a drug smuggler. Someone could shove a lot of crack/cocaine in there and cross the border.
It would beat shoving it up your ass.

They swallow condoms full of dope and then sh!t it out once they get here.

Women also shove it up their vagina, called an “egg” that can weigh up to 2 1/2 lbs.

Anyways, back to the subject.

by muto on Oct 30, 2007 3:22 PM EDT reply actions  

This site needs to seriously chill with those pictures. at least just post a link to them, and give us a warning first!

LOL

by ToeLock on Oct 30, 2007 3:33 PM EDT reply actions  

What part of his body is that? I know he wants to act tough but how stupid do you have to be to not go to the doctor soon after you even think you might have a staph infection? Maybe he had to wait for drugs or steroids to pass outta his system before he could go to the doctor.

by mattchupichu on Oct 30, 2007 3:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Good lord!

by Flaadog on Oct 30, 2007 3:45 PM EDT reply actions  

That photo kind of reminded me of this hooker I met in Thailand.

by pw on Oct 30, 2007 3:51 PM EDT reply actions  

That is very discusting, i play football in TN and we have had about four people get staph infection and its never looked like that… It always looks green, we actually had a kid die on my team because he had staph on his whole left arm

by Blair Sellers on Oct 30, 2007 4:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Is that the “actual” picture of Kevin Randleman’s staph infection? Because the last time I checked, Randleman was an African American. The picture above looks to be of a white person, or an Asian. I would never guess it was of a black person.

With a gaping whole in your body, perhaps the skin changing color is to be expected? I dind’t go to med school….

Just about to write that… Randleman is dark black, I don’t think bright lights could make his skin look that white.

Staff is nasty, have to get it treated right away. Randleman could have a poor immune system or contracted a difficult to treat bacteria.

by Thorazine on Oct 30, 2007 4:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Damn! That looks awful! two holes in his body! I hope Kevin gets better!

by MMA PUNK on Oct 30, 2007 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

I can’t undestand why so many fighters are getting this. CLEAN THE MATS!!!! This is a serious infection and you would think that with how many of them were catching lately that more precautions would be taken.

Clean up you act guys.

by getrawbc on Oct 30, 2007 5:51 PM EDT reply actions  

That photo kind of reminded me of this hooker I met in Thailand.

LMAO

by TitoG on Oct 30, 2007 6:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Steak anyone? I like mine raw and meaty, ummmmmmm.

by Nine Duce on Oct 30, 2007 6:56 PM EDT reply actions  

well the staph infection is probably bad but all the steroids he pumps into his system couldnt have help his organs any either.

by jjdnb on Oct 30, 2007 8:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah thats pretty sick, makes ya want to go take about 10 showers in rubbing alcohol just to be safe.

by Thor1982 on Oct 30, 2007 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

With all the Fedor hype around here i’m suprised nobody said “See what happens when Fedor hits you with a body blow?FEDORNO111” I wish my lady had this many holes open.

by MyQuit on Oct 30, 2007 9:29 PM EDT reply actions  

It seems like Staph infections are pretty common nowadays in team sports/sports with close contact. Plus they are now getting to be much more resistant to drugs so can spread quickly and do lots of damage. I still wish my lady had this many holes open though.

by MyQuit on Oct 30, 2007 9:35 PM EDT reply actions  

YIKES!!!! the last time I seen a hole that big, I had to pay $50.00!!!

by WOODIE on Oct 30, 2007 11:24 PM EDT reply actions  

This pic must be post-surgery. Surgical wounds like that have to heal from the inside with no stitches. It will take a year for that to close.

by SaVaGe on Oct 30, 2007 11:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Staph infection…they need to rename it to MMA disease. It seems to have become quite common with fighters now. Im not even surprised anymore.

wand silva was suffering from same infection when he lost to san henderson..

by fern on Oct 30, 2007 11:45 PM EDT reply actions  

what a retard! go see a doc b4 it gets to this point!

by j on Oct 31, 2007 4:09 AM EDT reply actions  

dude, that’s fuggin’ nasty! If you go on mmanews.com you can read the interview, where he talks about getting the infection and how it has affected him…… it sounds like he wants to get back in the Octagon when he heals up.

by J-Dub on Oct 31, 2007 5:49 AM EDT reply actions  

Shit, I thought the pic was Kevin’s vagina.

by JonnyBoy on Oct 31, 2007 6:12 AM EDT reply actions  

the main cause of staph infection comes from the needle;and the place where they shoot(wc,locker room etc…).In fact it s very common because those “athletes” make all the same mistake :they use one needle instead of two and they don t take time to disinfect before and after the shoot.Little causes,big consequences.

by yaz on Oct 31, 2007 10:36 AM EDT reply actions  

It seems like Staph infections are pretty common nowadays in team sports/sports with close contact. Plus they are now getting to be much more resistant to drugs so can spread quickly and do lots of damage. I still wish my lady had this many holes open though.

You need to use the donkey punch on her.

by pw on Oct 31, 2007 12:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Everytime i look at that…nasty.

by PhilQNY on Oct 31, 2007 2:04 PM EDT reply actions  

I can’t wait until new MMA news is on here, so I can stop accidently averting the scroll to that NASTY HOLE!!!!! UGH, RRRRRALPH!!!!

by Thorazine on Oct 31, 2007 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Shouldn’t that picture be on fangoria.com? Come on I almost blew chunks on my keyboard here!

by Mamas Boy on Nov 1, 2007 6:07 AM EDT reply actions  

LOL

HA!! HOLY CRAP! I agree! Those pics are just downright scary. I feel ill!!

by justagirl on Nov 1, 2007 8:21 AM EDT reply actions  

Must be nice to be able to “go to the doctor” for those privileged few who have health insurance. For those of us working poor, we just have to suffer and die. Thanks, Obama.

by Poorman on Mar 16, 2009 1:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow you guys are so ignorant thats computer edited thats not real LOL just like the rihanna pics I am a medical technican he would have already been in the hospital this isnt a third world country before it even got to that point. You can tell its computer edited it looks digital where the holes are. Staph infections are no just big empty holes that are clean cut there dirty and usally bruised and bubbled its not a huge hole

by Your mom on May 13, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions  

You’re a medical tech – what does that mean you have a mail order diploma from a correspondence school? Do some research on how serious cases of staph are healed following surgery before calling anyone ignorant…

by Jesse Holland on May 13, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

god bless you… this is lookin very scary…

if i had a open wound like this where i can see my inner organs (lungs etc) i would freak out…

just think how many bacteria can get in this big open wound…

this is scary

by SiouxWarrior on Sep 7, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

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