UnderGround Forum >> Mitten Type Gloves For Fighter Safety

There is a fight sport with fingerless, and thumbless, gloves. It is really cool, and called boxing.  Perhaps you would enjoy it.

something like this might be a step in the right direction:

Santino DeFranco - I always wonder why the UFC doesn't go to more of a Pride (FC) glove. If the gloves were just a little longer, covering more finger/knuckle, it would make it harder to open the hand all the way (keeping a bit of a curve to the hand/fingers. I think that might help a bit, but what do I know?

You know a lot bro. Always a quality poster, especially when that Sakara-Cote fiasco happened. You were't afraid to go against the grain to speak up for justice

Kirik -

There is a fight sport with fingerless, and thumbless, gloves. It is really cool, and called boxing.  Perhaps you would enjoy it.

Culinary Union Delegate -

Santino DeFranco - I always wonder why the UFC doesn't go to more of a Pride (FC) glove. If the gloves were just a little longer, covering more finger/knuckle, it would make it harder to open the hand all the way (keeping a bit of a curve to the hand/fingers. I think that might help a bit, but what do I know?

You know a lot bro. Always a quality poster, especially when that Sakara-Cote fiasco happened. You were't afraid to go against the grain to speak up for justice

Kirik - 

There is a fight sport with fingerless, and thumbless, gloves. It is really cool, and called boxing.  Perhaps you would enjoy it.

tell me about your latest name change, paesano

Real for a fact, something has to be done about the eye poke business. Something should have been done after Anthony Johnson got screwed when Burns poked his eye out. A title even changed hands (Randy-Vitor) over a flaw in the glove that sliced Randy's retina (or some shit in his eye)

A.W.Ashford -  PRIDE STYLE GLOVES PLEASE. MAKE THEM BLUE TOO.... AND BRING BACK SOCCER KICKS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT TOO.....

Nobody wants to see soccer kicks and knees to a downed opponent. Think of the children

Does somebody have to go blind before a change is made?

Culinary Union Delegate -

Does somebody have to go blind before a change is made?

AssassinsNATION - 

Culinary Union Delegate -

Does somebody have to go blind before a change is made?

It's a risk, if you want to do MMA and be a fighter there's apparent risks associated with it that you have to accept, if you can't accept them then maybe that sport isn't for you. Just like if someone wanted to be a race car driver there is a possibility you may wreck an die, if someone wanted to be a chef you may slice a finger or chop one off.

Don't I know it. My hands are scarred in ways that keyboard chefs will never understand. 

There is an inherent risk in MMA, sure, but this eye poke thing is getting out of control. Fighters have enouh to worry about, they shouldn't have to risk their eyesight. This must be addressed. Even JOE ROGAN said so

Willin - That Karate glove seems like a good solution since the fingers can still operate while protecting during striking but they'd get in the way when hunting for rear naked chokes, etc, since they are so bulbous.

I agree that something should be done though. I don't watch this sport to see people permanently debilitated. If Pride gloves are really that much of an improvement then they should be adopted.

Things happen. Eye pokes are not the biggest safety issue in MMA, that's silly. 

BigEyedFish - pride everything
bring it all back

They need to start warning and deducting points on guys that continually range distance with fingers extended. This is what causes most of the eye pokes.