Martial Art Gloves

Gloves for the Mixed Martial Arts competitions are small and lightweight. For professional fights they weigh only 4 ounces and for amateur fighters they weigh 6 ounces to give more protection. Gloves were not used for a very long time in professional martial arts, but then a decision was made to make the sport more appealing to the public and try and make fewer stoppages of fights because of cuts and other injuries. Therefore the gloves became mandatory.

The gloves also were meant to encourage the fighters to punch more and make the fight more dynamic and crowd pleasing instead of just quick submissions or fights stopped due to too much bleeding and submissions. The gloves are small and only cover the knuckle area and down three quarters of the way of the fingers and the backside of the hand. The gloves are made with the same material as boxing gloves with a smooth canvas covering that does not irritate the face or any other part of the skin when hitting another person.

They must be authorized by the United States Boxing Commission and the state athletic commission in the state the fight is being held. Gloves are also essential during the training period when students are made to strengthen their arms by practicing on boxing bags or Muay Thai pads, forearm shields, Incredi-Ball Punching Focus Mitts, and others. Earlier students were trained by using sand bags, which assured that fists became stronger.




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