News UFC Mouthguards can now track heart rates

[GearSolidMetal]

This is ingenious.

As someone who regularly exercises and plays close attention to both my resting and active heart rates, I've always wondered "Exactly how high is their heartrate in the middle of a fight?"

The long-term usage of this will provide very interesting stats.

*Average heartrate when the fight begins. (How high does it get due to the hype of the moment?)

*Average heartrate at the end of a round, in comparison to the beginning of the next. (Heartrate recovery?)

*Average heartrate at the beginning of Round 2, 3, 4, & 5.

*Fighter with the lowest heartrate at the beginning of a fight.
*Fighter with the highest heartrate at the end of a 5 fight fight.

*What's the average heartrate of a fighter on top/bottom in the guard?

And it will be VERY interesting in seeing the heartrate of a fighter that finished a blitz, or of a fighter that got rocked.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Can their cups measure girth too?

 

[jk7707]

I noticed that stat at one point during that fight. A stat no one needs.

 

[Trabaho]

So what are the results ? It's interesting

 

[Xuh]

Soon they'll be able to deliver quick stunning shocks at key moments to the fighter the org wants to lose

 

[richardjohnson]

Yeah but can their gloves track strike speed like PFL?

 

[pamirec]

Fighters should be against it. It’s too personal.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Can their cups measure girth too?

Know how I know you're gay?

 

[Khaosan]

They would never do it, but it’d be cool if they could measure head strike impact.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Know how I know you're gay?

 

[AstralPanda]

Very cool for the fans

Although, I feel like a fighter shouldn't necessarily be comfortable giving that sort of information away so easily.

 

[Contempt]

I figured they were taking their vitals during the fights via official UFC, wireless butt plugs...

 

[Contempt]

Know how I know you're gay?

His entire post history thus far?

 

[The Legendary Scarface]

Yeah but can their gloves track strike speed like PFL?

That's pretty cool

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

what about how many picos are pulsing in Jon Jones bloodstream?

 

[Goutfather]

Fighters should be against it. It’s too personal.

yeah that is kinda creepy tbh

 

[gentel]

It's a cool metric but it needs to be a graph for the full fight, just putting up the stat at the start of a round is not too useful

 

[AmonTobin]

This is ingenious.

As someone who regularly exercises and plays close attention to both my resting and active heart rates, I've always wondered "Exactly how high is their heartrate in the middle of a fight?"

The long-term usage of this will provide very interesting stats.

*Average heartrate when the fight begins. (How high does it get due to the hype of the moment?)

*Average heartrate at the end of a round, in comparison to the beginning of the next. (Heartrate recovery?)

*Average heartrate at the beginning of Round 2, 3, 4, & 5.

*Fighter with the lowest heartrate at the beginning of a fight.
*Fighter with the highest heartrate at the end of a 5 fight fight.

*What's the average heartrate of a fighter on top/bottom in the guard?

And it will be VERY interesting in seeing the heartrate of a fighter that finished a blitz, or of a fighter that got rocked.

The live audience being able to see fighters’ heart rate monitoring in real time would be incredibly interesting but at the same time I could see why athletes might prefer to keep this data close to the chest (no pun intended). From a legal privacy stand point, it still constitutes personal health information.

As far as strategy goes, it also gives away part of a fighter’s game. “Poker face” is a critical part or the arsenal, Hiding or playing off how hurt, tired or scared you are. knowing before the first round, who is freaked out and who’s cool as a cumber. Having a little cardio counter beside each name on the screen would be very cool, but I don’t see this going further than a fighter’s medical file unless consent is given to share it.

 

[Trabaho]

what about how many picos are pulsing in Jon Jones bloodstream?

Many picos. And ocaina.

 

[pamirec]

As far as strategy goes, it gives away part of a fighter’s game.

Exactly. It’s like a fuel level sensor.