NEWARK, N.J. – Earlier than UFC 302, earlier than he’d even formally used them in an actual combat, former middleweight champion Sean Strickland was past essential of the brand new UFC gloves, lambasting the designers for making an attempt to unravel an issue when one didn’t exist.
“How did you a**holes suppose this was a good suggestion?” Strickland mentioned at UFC 302 media day. “[The gloves] completely suck. UFC dropped the ball on that one.”
Again in April, the UFC introduced the brand new gloves, touted by the promotion as with the ability to “considerably cut back” eye pokes and damaged arms, would make their debut at UFC 302. After outpointing Paulo Costa for a break up choice win this previous Saturday, Strickland’s tune modified.
“On the finish of the day, they’re f*cking gloves,” Strickland mentioned in the course of the UFC 302 post-event information convention. “I feel I’m simply an indignant f*ck, and I’ll discover any excuse to be mad. … However yeah, no, they’re effective. I don’t actually know the aim of them, however they’re effective.”
Strickland was amongst a number of UFC 302 winners to touch upon the gloves, with many fighters feeling a way of apathy concerning the change.
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