eli5: Why do combat sports rules disallow punches to the back of the head? Is it more sensitive as opposed to the forehead?
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It might be partly because vision is controlled by the occipital lobe of the brain, which is on the dorsal/posterior side of the head. If you hurt that part of the brain badly enough, you could severely damage the quality of your vision or could even go blind. Source: had concussion which caused significant lapse in vision following back-of-head injury.
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