It sounds like nobody was a fan of the UFC’s new and “improved” gloves.
After being announced in April 2024, the promotion’s 3Eight and 5Eight gloves have been officially abandoned, as announced by play-by-play man John Gooden as Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas went live.
“One note starting tonight and moving forward, all fighters will return to using the old gloves, not the ones recently introduced,” Gooden confirmed.
The UFC revealed plans to go back to the old gloves in 2025, but that didn’t go into full effect until recently when manufacturing was able to produce enough of the old gloves to be used at all events.