Jon Jones is thrilled the UFC is switching back to its old gloves for UFC 309. The heavyweight champion, who defends his title Saturday against Stipe Miocic in New York, said Wednesday he ...
and the chance of a fighter putting their fingers into an opponent’s gloves during grappling exchanges. The new design has been used at every UFC event since UFC 302, which took place on June 1 ...
Fighters wore the gloves for the first time at UFC 302 in June, and have been using them since. It's unclear why the UFC decided to go back to the old design for UFC 309, according to Helwani.