“Too bad UFC don’t want to change sh** gloves,” Justin Gaethje SLAMS promotion after Chris Weidman’s ‘eye-poke’ victory causes controversy

After four years and two consecutive losses, Chris Weidman finally got a UFC win. However, it was surrounded by controversy due to an eye poke that changed the course of the fight. This prompted Justin Gaethjhe who showed his frustration through a tweet.

In the main card of UFC on ESPN 54, Weidman faced Bruno Silva and won the fight via TKO. However, the defeated Brazilian immediately complained about getting poked in the eye by Chris Weidman. The incident was later confirmed upon video review and the result was then corrected to a unanimous decision victory. As expected the controversial situation inside the octagon gathered several reactions from fans as well as professional fighters.

Justin Gaethje didn’t hold back and went to his social media account to criticize the UFC for ignoring the frequent eye pokes in fights. The ‘BMF’ title holder blamed the promotion for not using new and better gloves which would have prevented these misfortunes. Here is what the fighter wrote:

Too bad UFC don’t want to change those sh*t gloves.

Justin Geathje via X

Eye pokes such as these are not rare in the UFC as they happen in almost every event. That includes important title fights which result in a temporary halt in the action or unfair results such as this. Many fans and fighters have claimed that because of the nature of the gloves, the fighters often accidentally poke each other’s eyes.

Justin Gaethje and his coach Trevor Wittman show Joe Rogan their fighting gloves

Justin Gaethje’s coach, Trevor Wittman is extremely popular in the MMA community. Other than Gaethje, Whitman has worked with various UFC champs such as Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas. Wittman has immense experience in MMA and developed a type of gloves that is allegedly better than the ones UFC is using. 

Wittman and Gaethje even showed these gloves to Joe Rogan on his podcast. Rogan was immediately impressed by them and during a conversation with Leon Edwards talked about the efficiency of the gloves.

Trevor Wittman’s company has the best glove. They are so superior to the gloves they (UFC) use now. The ONX gloves, that Trevor Wittman designed, your hand is always curved.

Joe Rogan via Youtube

Rogan went into detail about how the UFC gloves tend to make fighters’ fingers straight which results in eye pokes. On the other hand, the ONX gloves are naturally curved and also protect the hand from fractures. It’s been three years since Wittman has developed and shared the gloves with Rogan and the UFC. However, the promotion has never considered using them in fights or training.

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