Bas Rutten Breaks a Spleen on Sports Science

This is exactly what happens in this 3:37 clip which is part of a longer TV show: Bas Rutten punches an anatomical dummy loaded with a pig spleen. His strike breaks the spleen and is clocked at 1,300 lbs of force. The show then (not shown here) then goes on to explain that a real human uses flexed abs to protect themselves from this kind of strike.

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[Birdman283]

Sorry to be picky, but you don't break your spleen, you rupture it.

[markgeeseblanco]

@Birdman283 - People rupture their own spleens...but Bas breaks them. ;)

[DanEraser]

There's a reason you pronounce his name "Boss"

[ImAKwlDudeLloolL]

@markgeeseblanco Chuck Norris eats them , from inside out.

[reisset182]

Would be the same against someone contracting their abs...nobody receives blows without having the reflex to contract that region of the body. It is not very representative of reality.

[bigwalk1211]

i wouldnt fight bas rutten fuck naw

[rezwanborja]

That thing doesn't have hard 8 pack abs it's just soft layers of silicone

[mattplasse88]

@Birdman283 I know this was a year ago and you must have received atleast 178 comment replys but technically he said, "I broke somebodies liver... Lets bust a spleen."

[isk8erboi]

after he says its a realistic model the doctor pulls back the rib to put the spleen in

[quietthomas]

Isn't this a bit invalid considering the ribs are soft, and the dummy is so sturdy in place?

[KINGSEAN6669]

Train by day Joe Rogan podcast by night.... all day!

[mv996]

I'd hate to be in the receiving end of that punch