The new UFC gloves first unveiled in April 2024 have already been abandoned by the promotion with a full-time return to the older gloves starting at UFC Vegas 102 on Saturday.

At UFC 302 on Saturday, the new gloves finally made their fighting debut. Any hope that they would lower the frequency of eye pokes seemed to get dashed during the very first fight of the night.

UFC is set to unveil a new glove designed in large part to stunt eye pokes that often render fighters unable to continue.

The UFC will introduce a new glove for fighters in June that offers more mobility and flexibility while reducing the number of eye pokes and hand injuries.

The new gloves that the UFC introduced back in June won't be used at UFC 309, which is headlined by Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic.

UFC 309 news: Change in gloves for Jones vs. Miocic. Learn why the promotion reverted back to the old gloves just before the big fight.

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