Finally! The UFC advances it's gloves!

[Lamont Cranston]

Oh wow!

I'm actually super excited about this.

I've been waiting for the UFC to update it's gloves!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhhcAfeLhdk

 

[Lamont Cranston]

I've always liked Trevor Whitman's glove but the UFC wanted to buy the patent or they wouldn't do the deal.

 

[Lamont Cranston]

Watching that video it's impressive on the things they did to improve the glove. Lots of things people have been saying for years.

 

[Wild]

Will these supposedly reduce eye pokes?

 

[Lamont Cranston]

Will these supposedly reduce eye pokes?

Yes.

Apparently the glove is designed now so the hands are not pulled open by the padding and the design of the glove.

Also, the way the cut around the fingers is makes it sloped and not level so that as well encourages the hands to sit in a closed position.

I'm glad they went to a pro designer for other leagues to get this done and they spent years on it.

Whitman has some decent gloves but now there really isn't a reason for the UFC to buy them.

This also means a huge revenue stream because smaller promotions will now buy these as well.

 

[jason73]

gathje still got poked in both eyes last night

 

[Lamont Cranston]

gathje still got poked in both eyes last night

The new gloves don't start to get used until 302.

Fighters will get gloves to start working with before then.

 

[Robbie Hart]

Eye pokes will not go away

 

[MondoIDIOT]

Eye pokes are part of fighting. Why restrict them ?

Is ufc not suppose to answer the question who would win in a street fight ?

Weidman was right

 

[Lamont Cranston]

Eye pokes will not go away

No, but these new gloves create a better position for the hand to sit in a natural curl and hopefully this will result in having to be more specific to eye poke.

Jon Jones excluded.

 

[Lamont Cranston]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_NiGTXjQqM

 

[Lamont Cranston]

Interestingly enough there is a UFC equipment YouTube channel?

 

[Lamont Cranston]

I've really been following this and doing a lot of "research" (reading) and one thing I wish they would have looked at would be some concussive material for the padding in the knuckle.

Whitman's glove has some different shock absorbent material that reduces CTE and has been used in helmets. I'm still trying to find out exactly what the material used by the UFC glove is.