Rumored Dustin Poirier doesn't wrap his knuckles when his hands get wrapped??!

[checktheknuckles]

I'm guessing Poirier doesn't cover the knuckles but his wrist and hand are probably decently secure. It's easy a hell to buckle and hurt your wrists if you don't wrap your hands properly

Its almost like humans weren't meant to fight with their hands. We need to give the fighters a weapon, to protect theirselves, like nature intended. Its all about fighter safety right? Can have the lower classes go out there with a burlap sack full of oranges. Supposedly they won't leave bruises on you. Higher classes can be a sack full of potatoes. You get a new sack in between rounds.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Rory MacDonald said on an MMA hour interview that some fights he doesn't wrap his hands at all, he just pops the gloves on and fights.

The tape is there to protect your hands, not the opponent's face.

You are correct in that you don’t need to wrap your hands, but you actually aren’t allowed to tape over the knuckles. You can have gauze there but the tape stops below the knuckles.

From my understanding you can't add too much wraps or tape but there's not really a minimum and there's somebody that's required from the fight commission to watch you get your hands wrapped to make sure you're not cheating by adding extra stuff or extra tape (everybody loves the extra tape) and to make sure you're using legal technique to wrap the fighters hand.

I'm guessing Poirier doesn't cover the knuckles but his wrist and hand are probably decently secure. It's easy a hell to buckle and hurt your wrists if you don't wrap your hands properly

Yupppp

 

[Frode Falch]

The more wrap, the harder you can hit.

Not sure how a experienced fighter like Chandler dont know this.

 

[Dorkman]

Not illegal at all. The only legality issue is if you use too much. Then you can have fighters whose fists are so tightly wrapped it’s like getting hit with a completely solid object.

 

[jenst]

Its almost like humans weren't meant to fight with their hands. We need to give the fighters a weapon, to protect theirselves, like nature intended. Its all about fighter safety right? Can have the lower classes go out there with a burlap sack full of oranges. Supposedly they won't leave bruises on you. Higher classes can be a sack full of potatoes. You get a new sack in between rounds.

Username checks out, knowledgeable poster confirmed.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Commissions ask for one finger-width behind the knuckles

Tape cannot be directly on the knuckles

Idk why Mikes complaining, Dustin kept the tape away maybe 2-3 finger-width away…? How fucking petty is Mike?

 

[StonedLemur]

Commissions ask for one finger-width behind the knuckles

Tape cannot be directly on the knuckles

Idk why Mikes complaining, Dustin kept the tape away maybe 2-3 finger-width away…? How fucking petty is Mike?

Gunnar Nelson never wrapped his hands at all sir.
He said it was better for subs.

 

[StonedLemur]

Commissions ask for one finger-width behind the knuckles

Tape cannot be directly on the knuckles

Idk why Mikes complaining, Dustin kept the tape away maybe 2-3 finger-width away…? How fucking petty is Mike?

Heres a video of him talking about it sir.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Gunnar Nelson never wrapped his hands at all sir.
He said it was better for subs.

Yep, allows you to wear a smaller size glove as well that can easier slip into holds


I use to skip the tape myself and when allowed to use my own gloves, I would wear Jr size and squeeze my hand into it

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Heres a video of him talking about it sir.

What I meant, is the commission does not want you to get closer than one finger-width from the knuckle. There is no minimum wrap requirement

 

[StonedLemur]

What I meant, is the commission does not want you to get closer than one finger-width from the knuckle. There is no minimum wrap requirement

Gotcha sir.
Well the info is here for those that don't know

 

[StonedLemur]

Yep, allows you to wear a smaller size glove as well that can easier slip into holds


I use to skip the tape myself and when allowed to use my own gloves, I would wear Jr size and squeeze my hand into it

My big ass hands would shred a jr glove like Hulk shredding his shirt lol.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

My big ass hands would shred a jr glove like Hulk shredding his shirt lol.

I can palm a basketball sir LoL

edit- wear 2xl work gloves at work LoL

 

[StonedLemur]

I can palm a basketball sir LoL

edit- wear 2xl work gloves at work LoL

My hands have a fat ass my wife says lol

 

[VinceArch]

Sounds like a pretty bad excuse from Chandler.

 

[Pierced7681]

It’s legal, when Royce fought Shammy in Bellator Royce chose to not have any wraps, just gloves.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Bayou Style
Just Bleed

 

[Buffmeister]

Frank Mir said he never wrapped and taped his hands until he focused more on boxing.

 

[HaulParris]

Chandler outright cheated in the Poirier fight. I don't take anything he says about Poirier at face value.

 

[MeatWagon06]

Yeah, he game-planned every cheating moment in that fight. But that fish hook was the most obvious.

I dunno about game planning, but him prying his mouth open with his hand is some of the worst I’ve ever seen. He definitely lost me as a fan. Hell I don’t even care if McRat takes him out in their fight. Fook ‘‘em both.