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Out with the brand new, in with the previous.
Earlier this week, Final Combating Championship (UFC) athletes have been abruptly knowledgeable that they might compete within the previous UFC gloves at UFC 309 this weekend (Sat., Nov. 16, 2024), which is headlined by UFC Heavyweight champion Jon Jones vs. former two-time champion Stipe Miocic. Earlier on Thursday, throughout the UFC 309 press convention (watch right here), UFC CEO Dana White revealed that the corporate plans to return to the previous gloves completely.
“There have been numerous complaints,” White defined. “We initially created these gloves to cease eye pokes. We had good intentions with ‘em. They didn’t work out, individuals weren’t proud of ‘em, so I really made the choice. Known as our Chief Working Officer [Ike Lawrence Epstein] and mentioned I’m switching the gloves. I need the previous gloves again.”
Confirming that the change is everlasting, White mentioned, “Sure, the brand new gloves are actually the previous gloves.
There have positively been complaints in regards to the new UFC gloves from followers and fighters alike. The knockout price has dropped about 10% since their implementation, however there nonetheless appear to be loads of eye pokes. That mentioned, not each fighter is happy in regards to the swap again to the previous gloves. Flyweight contender Charles Johnson and newly ranked Bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi shared their issues on-line, and each mentioned the brand new gloves provide higher safety for his or her fists.
Properly I actually hope it doesn’t keep that manner. I actually imagine the brand new gloves have saved my fingers from blowing up. Each struggle within the previous gloves, I would go away with hand accidents. Hell I harm my hand 10 minutes earlier than flick in warmup
With new gloves I haven’t had that situation. https://t.co/iuCb8shJWE
— Charles “InnerG” Johnson (@innerGmma_ufc) November 14, 2024
What’s loopy is I liked the gloves. My fingers had no ache in them after the struggle.
— Aiemann Zahabi (@Aiemannzahabi) November 14, 2024
Hopefully, UFC can proceed to work on an answer that helps tackle the attention poke situation, produces knockouts, and protects the fingers of its athletes.
Insomnia
This clip is a little bit of a tease, but it surely’s positively noteworthy that Tom Aspinall is continuously sparring with the likes of Tyson Fury and Rico Verhoeven.
ESPN tried to embrace the meme, however the company entity was shortly outdone!
That is the primary time I’ve been in a position to perceive Stipe Miocic clearly.
Nothing annoys me greater than overly delicate prizefighters … of which there are numerous.
Given how the primary struggle ended, a Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira rematch in 2025 could be super.
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One wonders if Dana White and Donald Trump’s friendship may get Khamzat into the US of A …
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Jones clearly is aware of tips on how to keep unfastened and throw whip-like punches, which is a good asset.
Three knockdowns in a loopy spherical!
The place do they discover these Kung Fu masters? There’s no finish to this particular style of movies.
Random Land
Slack lining reaches new heights!
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Germans Friedi Kuehne and Lukas Irmler set a brand new world file after balancing on a slackline between two flying sizzling air balloons at a peak of two,500 meters (roughly 8,202 toes). #germany
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