November 15, 2024 2:45 pm ET
NEW YORK – Forward of UFC 309, fighters have been notified of a significant change.
For Saturday’s occasion, which takes place at Madison Sq. Backyard, fighters have been notified that the old-style gloves will likely be used slightly than the new-style ones that have been carried out June 1.
The new glove design was launched to aim stopping eye pokes and damaged arms. Nonetheless, because the implementation of the brand new gloves, the knockout charge has dropped to 22.9 p.c, and the choice charge has elevated 11.5 p.c.
UFC CEO Dana White defined why the promotion determined to carry the outdated gloves again. “There have been plenty of complaints,” White stated throughout Thursday’s UFC 309 press convention. “We initially created these gloves to cease eye pokes and we had good intentions with them. They didn’t work out. Folks weren’t pleased with them.
“So I really made the choice. I referred to as our chief working officer, Lawrence (Epstein), and stated, ‘I’m switching the gloves. I need the outdated gloves again.’ …Sure, the brand new gloves at the moment are the outdated gloves.”
UFC 309 headliner, heavyweight champion Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC), expressed his frustration with the new gloves forward of his first title protection towards Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC). Nonetheless, Jones insists that the change in gloves was not one thing he requested for.
“This was not my request,” Jones stated throughout a UFC 309 media scrum (h/t Carlos Contreras Legaspi). “This was model new information to me only a few days in the past. I’m glad that he hit me with it as a result of it was relieving.”
UFC 309 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
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Dana White explains determination to carry again outdated gloves earlier than UFC 309
November 15, 2024 2:45 pm ET NEW YORK – Ahead of UFC 309, fighters have been notified of a major change. For Saturday’s event, which takes place at Madison Square Garden, fighters were notified that the old-style gloves will be used rather than the new-style ones that were implemented June 1. The new glove design
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