So until the manufacturing caught up, the UFC was using the old gloves on pay-per-view events and the newer glove design on Fight Night cards. Now that manufacturing has caught up, the new gloves ...

"The new gloves are now the old gloves," following UFC 309 in Nov. 2024. Jon Jones was one of the biggest proponents of complaining about the new gloves. The old gloves were introduced back for ...

Combat sports megastar Brock Lesnar notably landed an eye poke on Mark Hunt with the old UFC gloves at UFC 200 in July 2016 (left); the new UFC gloves (right) were officially introduced in June ...

"The new gloves are now the old gloves," UFC CEO Dana White said in a surprise announcement ahead of UFC 309 last weekend. "You know what, there were good intentions with the new gloves.

In addition to being slightly lighter than the old ones, the new gloves were ... drop in both knockdowns and knockouts at UFC events since the new gloves were first introduced in June.

Meet the new Ultimate Fighting Championship gloves, same as the old gloves. UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic. Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! Advertisement During the UFC 309 press conference ...