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After a series of brutal Fight-Altering eye pokes in Atlantic City, is the UFC finally changing its gloves?

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After another fight card with eye pokes aplenty, is the Ultimate Fighting Championship ready to make a change?

As pointed out by John Morgan on X, the promotion is scheduled to deliver a “New UFC Equipment Announcement and Presentation” on Friday at noon PDT. Fans immediately flocked to the comments, hoping that this meant the Las Vegas-based company would unveil a new glove design to help address the UFC’s eye-poke epidemic.

UFC Equipment Announcement related to eye pokes
After a series of brutal Fight-Altering eye pokes in Atlantic City, is the UFC finally changing its gloves? 2

Amy Kaplan of FanSided MMA also revealed on X that the announcement will be a “UFC Glove Launch” following the official weigh-ins for UFC 300, which goes down this Saturday night, April 13.