Daniel Cormier believes that no engineering can remove a perfect design of gloves to completely eliminate eyeballs in MMA fights.
Cormier shared his views on the recent issue of the DC-Helwani show when co-host Ariel Helwani asked for his opinion on the issue. It comes after Leon Edwards’ inexplicable eye pocket of Belal Muhammad made the fight end in a tournament at UFC Vegas 21.
Daniel Cormier told Helwani that the nature of MMA sports is so great that you can never get rid of dirt like eyeballs. However, the former two-division champ believes that fighters can significantly reduce the conditions with proper solutions such as gloves.
“The fact is that even though there are folded gloves. You will never find something that works perfectly. Folding gloves will help because it will allow you to lock your hands and wrist. .I’m all in for a different design of the gloves, but I think the different designs, you don’t know what they will be but there will always be something because, in a fist, there are no it ‘s always perfect. But we should limit what is necessary to try to get those things done, “said Daniel Cormier.
Daniel Cormier and Belal Muhammad are the latest to suffer from eyeballs in the UFC
The conversation between Daniel Cormier and Ariel Helwani is about the issue that has raised the sport of MMA since its inception.
MMA involves a combination of trapping and hitting techniques. As a result, the design of the glove needs to have open fingers so that the cheaters can catch their opponents in order to engage in capture exchanges.
Eyeballs are another result of this need as most situations are the result of fighters ’efforts to keep their opponents at a distance with their palms and fingers open.
Many UFC fighters have changed their course because of eyeballs, and Belal Muhammad vs. Leon Edwards and Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 3 are the latest addition to the already long list.
The UFC gloves have been criticized for a long time because they require fighters to wear handguns indoors. The combination of gloves and hand cover material between the fingers presses on a closed fist to let it open. This has been cited as one of the main reasons behind frequent eye candy in the UFC compared to Bellator and more recently Pride FC.
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<p>Many designers, including renowned MMA coach Trevor Wittman, have suggested the design of gloves that could significantly reduce the tendency of fighters to stretch their fingers out. However, the UFC has not yet approved the design.</p>
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Published March 16, 2021, 06:39 IST