After A Series Of Brutal Fight-Altering Eye Pokes In Atlantic City, Is The UFC Finally Changing Its Gloves?

After another fight card with eye pokes aplenty, is the Final Combating Championship able to make a change?

As identified by John Morgan on X, the promotion is scheduled to ship a “New UFC Tools Announcement and Presentation” on Friday at midday PDT. Followers instantly flocked to the feedback, hoping that this meant the Las Vegas-based firm would unveil a brand new glove design to assist deal with the UFC’s eye-poke epidemic.

Amy Kaplan of FanSided MMA additionally revealed on X that the announcement shall be a “UFC Glove Launch” following the official weigh-ins for UFC 300, which matches down this Saturday evening, April 13.

“There shall be a “New UFC Glove Launch presentation” on Friday after the official weigh-ins,” Kaplan’s submit reads. “It’s unclear if this shall be particular branded gloved for the occasion or really a brand new design of the gloves.”

As Kaplan explains, this might be nothing greater than the presentation of a glove that includes a novel emblem to have a good time the promotion’s landmark occasion this weekend.

Two Fights finish as the results of eye pokes within the UFC’s return to Atlantic Metropolis

Returning to the Octagon at UFC Atlantic Metropolis on March 30, former middleweight champion Chris Weidman climbed again into the win column for the primary time since 2020. Sadly, the victory was mired in controversy after a slow-motion replay revealed that the ‘All American’ had poked his opponent, Bruno Silva, within the eye not as soon as, however twice in the course of the fight-ending sequence. Nonetheless, Weidman walked away with the win, first by TKO earlier than being switched to a unanimous determination.

Moments earlier than, Nursulton Ruziboev claimed his Tenth-straight win with a TKO over Sedriques Dumas. Nevertheless, Dumas appeared to get poked in the eye at one level and instantly protested. The referee allowed the combat to proceed as he didn’t see the attention poke happen in actual time. Moments later, Riziboev pummeled Dumas towards the fence, forcing the stoppage and claiming what could be one in every of two extremely controversial wins on the evening.