can we have closed-fingered gloves that allow for grappling?

[revoltub]

It is the ultimate question for mma gloves.

allow the fingers to be open, you allow the possibility for eye pokes.

close the fingers like a boxing glove, grappling is more difficult.

the only example is shootboxing, where they can do standing kimuras or headlocks with big gloves

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

That is a good question. Someone needs to come up with a special glove for effective striking and grappling.

 

[Sonny Qc]

They already exist

 

[campbecc]

Pride gloves are probably about as close as you can get.

 

[Voltron]

Bone jones would pissed if they get those gloves in the UFC.........wait nah he is gone for a few years so who cares

 

[Andy]

Warn them after the first eye poke.....DQ them after the second eye poke.

There's nothing wrong with the current gloves. The problem is the desperate eye poking bitches currently wearing them.

 

[ManjesterUnited]

why not eye glasses?

 

[Tze]

' PRIDE NEVER DIE! '
- Tze

 

[mmacasualviewer]

Why can't they just link the top 2 and bottom 2 fingers relatively tight.

 

[UhHuhSure]

PRIDE and Bellator use some well designed gloves and eye pokes are less an issue.

 

[ineverpost]

How you going to do small joint manipulation with those things

 

[Fahcough]

Whats wrong with closed gloves and no grappling. More KOs

 

[Toco]

just deduct a point after an eyepoke. it will stop instantly

 

[Toner]

Pride gloves are probably about as close as you can get.

Pride really was superior to UFC in every way.

Bellator gloves

 

[spooNN]

This referee bush system just needs to be fixed. These goofball referees just do what they want in the moment which might be different in each fight. They just need to keep it simple and officially standardize the rules. First eye poke, low blow, fence grab etc, you get a warning. Second time you get a point deduction and third time you get DQ'ed. None of this "It is just a warning but after another warning or three I might give you one more warning before I do something crap". Seems like an easy fix to keep fighters in check.

 

[UhHuhSure]

How you going to do small joint manipulation with those things

Small joint manipulation is considered a foul under unified rules.

 

[campbecc]

Bellator gloves

good point.

 

[Fluffernutter]

Like ski gloves?

 

[Dirge]

I admit I am still confused about the recovery time for eyepokes. In some fights the refs have stopped the fight, checked the fighter's eyes, given them time to recover and yet in other fights, they just tell them to keep fighting.

So which one is it? Very inconsistent.

 

[randomalias]

Why can't they just link the top 2 and bottom 2 fingers relatively tight.

That sounds too simple to work, but I can't think of a reason why not.