The OG UFC gloves are right here to remain.
Final yr, the promotion unveiled a brand-new glove design dubbed the 3Eight and the 5Eight. Coming in quite a lot of colours like gold, blue, and the normal black, the fightwear was designed to ship most consolation and a safe struggle whereas lowering the general weight.
The gloves had been additionally touted to cut back the variety of eye pokes contained in the Octagon, although precisely how that was going to be completed was by no means clearly defined.
The gloves made their official debut at UFC 302 on June 1 with Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier dawning the gold-colored mits for his or her light-weight championship showdown in New Jersey.
5 months later, the brand new gloves had been out and the outdated ones had been again in.
UFC exec says there ‘may very well be’ a brand new glove launched down the road
Jon Jones was one of many largest proponents of complaining in regards to the new gloves which prompted the promotion to return to the outdated design for his title protection in opposition to Stipe Miocic in November. Then in February, it was introduced at UFC Vegas 102 that every one fighters would return to utilizing the outdated gloves.
Talking with LowKick MMA and different reporters on the UFC London post-fight press convention, UFC exec David Shaw provided some perception into the everlasting change again to the brand new gloves, noting that there may very well be a brand new model of the UFC glove launched down the road.
However for now, what as soon as was outdated is new once more.
“I imply I believe Dana, Sean, Mick, Hunter, they spoke to a whole lot of totally different athletes and everybody appears to wish to return to the outdated gloves so for for now that’s the plan till it’s not and there’ll be different gloves however I believe for now we’re we’re going to proceed to roll with these,” Shaw stated.
