Following reports this week how fighters competing at UFC 309 will sport older edition Octagon gloves for this weekend’s card, promotional CEO, Dana White has confirmed following “complaints” about the new design, the promotion would revert to the older gloves from now on.
Earlier this week, reports emerged detailing how fighters competing on this weekend’s card at Madison Square Garden would be fighting utilizing the older-designed fight gloves for the UFC 309 card.
“UFC has informed the fighters competing on Saturday’s 309 card in NYC that they will be using the old gloves not the new ones introduced back in June, per multiple sources,” Ariel Helwani posted on X.