- The new UFC gloves will make their debut at UFC 302 this Saturday
- The new design is supposed to counteract problems such as eye poking.
- Sean Strickland faces Paulo Costa in co-main event in New Jersey
Former middleweight champion Sean Strickland had a lot to get off his chest at UFC 302 media day on Wednesday.
Strickland faces Paulo Costa in New Jersey on Saturday night in what will be his first fight since losing the title to Dricus du Plessis.
And the American was asked about a variety of topics and journalists knew very well that he never hesitates to give his opinion.
The new UFC gloves will be worn for the first time this weekend and Strickland is not a fan.
“They stink,” he said. ‘Can we talk to the person who designed these gloves?
Sean Strickland says new UFC gloves “absolutely suck” and criticized their designers
‘Have you ever been in a fight in your damn life?’ It’s like you have these fucking idiots who have no idea.
‘This sounds like a good idea and they do it. The same with motorcycles. I bought motorcycles and they put a lot of stupid things on them. How did you morons think this was a good idea?
—So no, they absolutely stink. You dropped the ball on that one.
The new design is supposed to counteract problems like eye pokes, but Strickland believes this was never a problem with the gloves.
‘What was the reasoning? Did they want to get people to stop poking people in the eyes? Well, they’re a little more stitched together,” Strickland said.
And, man, at the end of the day, people get poked in the eyes because they open their damn hands. Unless you put on a boxing glove, that shit ain’t gonna stop.
New UFC gloves will make their debut at UFC 302 in New Jersey this Saturday
‘It’s just people creating a problem that we didn’t have. If they cut you because they hit you in the damn head, don’t hit you in the damn head, they don’t cut you.
“Your eyes sting because you open your hands. Don’t open your hands, they won’t poke your eyes. “They are simply people who create problems that do not exist.”
And Strickland maintained the same energy when the topic of Conor McGregor’s return was raised.
When Strickland was told about a recent online study that placed him behind ‘The Notorious’ on a list of the most attractive men in MMA, Strickland deferred to McGregor.
-Conor? Strickland said. ‘No, that damn little elf? That son of a bitch looks like he’s sticking his head under some damn urinals, man, no way.
