White Gloves in the UFC

by WARistotle on Mar 18, 2011 3:33 AM EDT

Remember Fedor’s white gloves in his last fight? The ones he was using to cover his face with while he was getting pummeled by that big head with feet? Well, if there was anything positive we could take away from that fight, it was that the gloves were kickass. Seems that as Fedor ages, his MMA skills are failing but his fashion sense is still on a winning streak.

So anyway, I was thinking we could use something like that in the UFC. Wouldn’t it be cool if the champions used white gloves when they fight? Kinda like those yellow jerseys worn by the race leaders in the Tour de France. I see a couple of points why this would seem like a good idea:

1. It would distinguish the champions in title fights. Sure, it would be no problem for us long time MMA fans to recognize the guys who hold the belt, but what about newbies and common folk who accidentally tune in to a fight right smack in the middle of a Frankie Edgar or a Dominick Cruz title defense? Sometimes I hate it when that happens to me, when I watch a boxing match and the commentator tells me that the belt is on the line but I don’t know which of the fighters is which. Also, I’d like to think that that the likelihood that they stay tuned to the fight will increase when they become aware that what they’re watching is a title fight (because one of the guys is wearing white gloves.)

2. Added prestige to being a champion, the right to wear those tidy whities. Now fighters can go on interviews saying “I’m not going anywhere, I want to hold on to the belt and keep fighting in white gloves for a long time” (also known as the champions cliché) or “I feel like it’s already done, I’m talking those white gloves from him”.

3. I don’t know, just to add something new? Those belts are getting pretty old, we need to spice things up a bit if you ask me.

4. Just cause they look f*ckin’ cool, that’s why

So there you go. Champions should wear white gloves. This would usher in a brave new world where MMA and fashion go hand in hand (fighters will put some thought into what color board shorts would go well with white). I’m going to tweet Dana after this. Hope I did not waste too much of your time. Peace!

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I think this would be a good marketing idea.

They could make money and sell more gloves as well.

They have silver ones though:

not that casuals would know this, but they could just look at the red tape to see who’s the champion.

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by Anton Tabuena on Mar 18, 2011 3:52 AM EDT reply actions

And make the fighters wear speedo’s to attract a bigger cut of the womens- and gays-demographic!

by basvanderwolk on Mar 18, 2011 7:03 AM EDT reply actions

by The Evil Dr Pork Chop on Mar 18, 2011 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Anderson wore white gloves in Cage Rage

I always thought it looked badass.

by gzl5000 on Mar 18, 2011 9:09 AM EDT reply actions

I like it!

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by tito (eight and oh) on Mar 18, 2011 9:20 AM EDT reply actions

Agreed on all counts – the white gloves looked great on Fedor (man, I feel a little light saying that) and it’d be great cliché fodder for champs, commentators, and fans.

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by alicks on Mar 18, 2011 11:10 AM EDT reply actions

white gloves look sick

this is an excellent yet very very simple idea

why didnt anyone think of this before?

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by milk72 on Mar 18, 2011 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

Why did it take until the early 2000s

For Heinz to realize the cap should go on the bottom of the ketchup?

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by tito (eight and oh) on Mar 18, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions

That is a brilliant innovation.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 18, 2011 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

The UFC has many glove colors

already. I’ve often wondered why the black ones are the only ones allowed in the actual fights. I don’t care if only champions get to wear the white ones or whatever, it would be nice just to see any variety at all.

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by Chris Barton on Mar 18, 2011 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

I don't know if some colors would be easier to see....

and make it easier for an opponent to see that flash of fist coming at them, but I’d make sure to where the most innocuous color allowed to me.

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by SteveevaD on Mar 18, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions

That excuse was actually offered up (I think on Sherdog) as a reason for Fedor’s loss.

While I don’t think that’s entirely the cause, it could be that white gloves are easier to see than black gloves and give the white-gloved fighter a slight disadvantage.

It’s similar to the NHL, where the seat and ceiling color affect the goalie’s ability to see the puck.

Liut played home games in two buildings that had quirks. It was too light in St. Louis and in Landover, Md., pucks, which are black, would come at him through a background of blue seats and a black roof.

(source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=501626)

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by alicks on Mar 18, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Might be because black is the most common color for leather. Also those other gloves (red, silver, and green0 are training gloves and are thicker than the officasl ones. Not saying that it would be that hard to create a legal form of that color or anything.

by Riley_96 on Mar 18, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

BJ Penn

Licking bright red blood off of WHITE gloves. Nothing could be more epic!

by hardlyworking on Mar 18, 2011 12:08 PM EDT reply actions 16 recs

You sir,

Get a big fat REC.

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by esquilinho on Mar 18, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Rec’d because that’s the exact same place my brain went to as well.

by Confucius on Mar 18, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Loved and rec’d. Makes a signed pair a rarer commodity as well.

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by rdmcurator on Mar 18, 2011 12:22 PM EDT reply actions

I like it, White and black gloves, instead of using hte tape blue and you do it with the gloves, white gloves and black, champs will get white gloves, challengers black, in reg matches you just pick who gets them.

by Aldo27 on Mar 18, 2011 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

in reg matches you just pick who gets them.

That would kind of defeat the purpose, wouldn’t it?

by Storry on Mar 18, 2011 1:17 PM EDT reply actions

at my high school, if you were wrestling in the championship match, you got to wear these glowing powder blue singlets, instead of just the standard navy. I know that nobody probably cares at all, but this article just reminded me of them.

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by bcpjkell on Mar 18, 2011 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

Should have read the whole thread before I commented

The same for me.

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by Neil Manich on Mar 18, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

This post is pure win

WHite gloves for the champ is needed.

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by doonerthesooner on Mar 18, 2011 4:38 PM EDT reply actions

Fighters should be able to wear what ever color gloves co-ordinate well...

Zuffa should stop being cheap…Let Rich Franklin wear some pink gloves…

by Rrice on Mar 18, 2011 5:15 PM EDT reply actions

next up: ketchup popsicles

by woooburn on Mar 18, 2011 6:06 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

I'd love to see the white gloves

Fedor looked badass in them.

Also, I’ve always had a bit of a preference for StrikeForce’s way of doing gloves. Red gloves and Blue gloves for the red corner and blue corner. I really like that, it’s a cool visual

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by Chris Groves on Mar 18, 2011 7:20 PM EDT reply actions

To be fair

There is red and blue on the wrists of the gloves in the UFC.

by Confucius on Mar 18, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I know, and I like that

But I wish they would take it up a notch and go with the gloves.

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by Chris Groves on Mar 18, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Champions should wear white trunks as well

Just all white. In wrestling we used to have a separate championship singlet that was all black. We’d wear it championship matches and against our rivals. I also had a different pair of shoes. Needless to say, the singlets were badass. How sweet would it be if the champions just wore all white trunks or speedos with no sponsors on it. Obviously the UFC could cover the amount of money the fighter would lose by not wearing trunks.

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by Neil Manich on Mar 18, 2011 8:19 PM EDT reply actions

The UFC could cover the amount

the question is WOULD they? I don’t think so. Having said that, yeah, white trunks are cool.

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by Rod Mapada on Mar 18, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Nice read WARistotle!

and I thought I was the one who watches America’s Next Top Model. =)

by Rod Mapada on Mar 18, 2011 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

rec'd!

for no reason at all = )

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by WARistotle on Mar 19, 2011 5:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Btw-

This is a serious nerd reference here, but every time I see your user handle, instead of the obvious MMA/ philosophy pun, all I can think about is the Pokemon who’s name is almost identical to yours.

Observe:

- WARistotle
- WARtortle

So close… yet so far away.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 19, 2011 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Wow I honestly cannot believe I didn't notice that before

And not that it’s related, but my 1st user pic here on BE was, for lack of other pics on my laptop, one of charmander. So there you go = )

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by WARistotle on Mar 19, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Dude

switch it to wartortle to fuck with people. I guarantee you they will do quite a few double- takes on your name.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 19, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

how do you change your nickname?

I’ve had several failed attempts you know.

by Rod Mapada on Mar 20, 2011 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions

You would have to make a different account.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 20, 2011 4:12 AM EDT up reply actions

White Gloves for the champ huh?

That's racist...

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by RolloTomasi on Mar 18, 2011 8:29 PM EDT reply actions

Always trying to keep the black gloves down.

by Confucius on Mar 18, 2011 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

well, black gloves are naturally more 'explosive'.

by Goat choker 1 on Mar 19, 2011 5:04 AM EDT up reply actions

S.C.?

Is that you?

Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.

by Chris Hall on Mar 19, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

yes

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by RolloTomasi on Mar 19, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

YESSSSS.....

This is a GREAT IDEA!!! im gonna tweet him too….people should get behind this and help Dana make up his mind for him….a’ la the Brock/Mir coaching slots on TUF

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by Curtis Wooden on Mar 18, 2011 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

White Gloves = very easy to see. Black Gloves = not so easy to see. The man with the white gloves would have a huge advantage in the judges eyes. Bad Ass idea and I love it, but wouldn’t work out I’m afraid.

by SprucesWild on Mar 18, 2011 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

i vote for rope dipped in resin dipped in glass

everything dana white says is a complete lie

by slantedwindows on Mar 19, 2011 4:26 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

The Margarito special?

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 19, 2011 5:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Its from blood sport….

by mikeI981j on Mar 19, 2011 5:49 AM EDT up reply actions

wrong

it’s from kickboxer.

by macrazy on Mar 19, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Speaking of epic JCVD moments

I just saw Maximum Risk the other day, not a bad flick actually.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 19, 2011 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I liked Universal Soldier.

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by RolloTomasi on Mar 20, 2011 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Haven't seen them

Hear they’re good though.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 20, 2011 4:12 AM EDT up reply actions

First one was good

Then they go gradually down hill just like most sequels.

by Storry on Mar 20, 2011 7:30 AM EDT up reply actions

The first 4 Rocky movies were solid

and I thought the newer Star Wars movies actually improved as they went. Clerks 2 was also really good.

But I agree in general.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 21, 2011 3:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Star Wars 3 was great.

Star Wars 1……not so much.

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by RolloTomasi on Mar 22, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions

See the first one.

Skip the rest.
It’s not a great film, but it was cool when I was a young TKD student.
JCVD was my idol when I was 10.

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by RolloTomasi on Mar 20, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotcha man.

I don’t have Netflix or anything so i’ll keep an eye out, see if it’s on TV one of these days.

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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 21, 2011 3:36 AM EDT up reply actions

I vote for rope dipped in caramel then dipped in gummy bears

by IRodC on Mar 19, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Winning!

by darkotto23 on Mar 19, 2011 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I didnt like Fedor’s white gloves. They tripped me out at first. Then I saw they were M-1 Global gloves. I think thats the main factor that made me not like them. If i could choose a color for all fighters to wear it would be red. Id like to see if the theory of stronger competition while wearing red put in place. Personally I think it makes one more aggresive or play stronger based on my own experience. I always liked seeing Tyson knocking people out with red gloves. I pick red gloves in fight night even though the green ones give me more speed.

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by Aldo Raine on Mar 19, 2011 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

Well the truth is...

The white gloves may look better but the orange ones are more aerodynamic, the blue ones help you to put more power into your punch and the yellow gloves somehow help your kicks.

by newuploader1 on Mar 19, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions

Green gloves give you a better chin, red more punching power, blue more speed, and yellow let you shoot fireballs.

Black turn you into a rodent.

by Roa on Mar 20, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

White gloves are cool but having champs wear them seems a little gimicky to me.

by Roa on Mar 20, 2011 12:30 PM EDT reply actions

The reason why they have only black gloves

IMO is because the UFC wants to curb any form of individuality from any fighters. They do this so that fighters will never grow above the shadow of the UFC corporation. This makes fighters generic, expendable, and command less bargaining power. I mean, when a casual fan think of an average UFC fighter what is the image they will most likely think of? White, male, bald, fighter shorts, and BLACK GLOVES. I find that the popular fighters are usually ones that grow out of this generic mold. This is an idea i had when i was high.

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by North Korean Zombie on Mar 20, 2011 11:37 PM EDT reply actions