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This means that three of the four main cast members in The Smashing Machine are real heavyweights with bulging cauliflower ears.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
However, the family disagreed, noting that Jenkins had a cauliflower ear while the other body didn’t.
—David Chiu, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Both of these certainly contribute to Bloom’s metamorphosis, as his cauliflower ear and the nicks in his buzz-cut hair and above his eyebrow tell their own story about the punishment he’s taken.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
Bloom is the center of the drama, his handsome leading man visage transformed by prosthetics that give him a broken nose, cauliflower ears, and a pugilist's demeanor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Laverne, the only female wrestler of her day with a cauliflower ear, threw her challenger out of the ring.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
Besides Stallone and Statham, the sole returning original cast members are Dolph Lundgren (rocking the kind of hairdo any self-respecting scarecrow would reject) and Randy Couture, the butt of far too many cauliflower ear jokes.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
At his door stood the man with the cauliflower ears and neck tattoo of a swastika.
—The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
However, the family disagreed, noting that Jenkins had a cauliflower ear while the other body didn’t.
—David Chiu, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Both of these certainly contribute to Bloom’s metamorphosis, as his cauliflower ear and the nicks in his buzz-cut hair and above his eyebrow tell their own story about the punishment he’s taken.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
Bloom is the center of the drama, his handsome leading man visage transformed by prosthetics that give him a broken nose, cauliflower ears, and a pugilist's demeanor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Laverne, the only female wrestler of her day with a cauliflower ear, threw her challenger out of the ring.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
Besides Stallone and Statham, the sole returning original cast members are Dolph Lundgren (rocking the kind of hairdo any self-respecting scarecrow would reject) and Randy Couture, the butt of far too many cauliflower ear jokes.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
At his door stood the man with the cauliflower ears and neck tattoo of a swastika.
—The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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“Cauliflower ear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cauliflower%20ear. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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cauliflower ear
noun
cau·li·flow·er ear
ˌkȯ-li-ˌflau̇(-ə)r-, ˌkäl-i- 
: an ear deformed from injury and excessive growth of reparative tissue
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