UFC 302, headlined by Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier, airs live on Saturday, June 1, 2024 (6/1/24) at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Islam Makhachev of Russia celebrates after he beats Alex Volkanovski of Australia in the UFC lightweight championship fight during UFC 294, at the Ethihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023.UFC 302, headlined by Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier, airs live on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.Early prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+, prelims are at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN+ and the main card will be at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
“I think they’re more comfortable,” lightweight title challenger Dustin Poirier said. “It’s easier to make a fist. I do think there might be more cuts because the padding isn’t as dense. I feel like the knuckles are going to pierce through that padding that they have and cause more cuts. But I like them better. They’re more comfortable to make a fist. The other gloves are really stiff and straight. Whatever foam they’re using in these, it’s really easy to make a fist.
Duncan French, Senior Vice President, UFC Performance Institute, said the company’s research showed significant eye pokes happen once every 14 fights and delays last an average of about 50 seconds. The 35-year-old Poirier, who made his UFC debut in 2011, said he didn’t expect much of an adjustment with the gloves ahead of his title fight against Islam Makhachev.Makhachev, the Russian fighter riding a 13-fight win streak headed into the main event, isn’t a fan of the gloves.
Sports medicine physician John Neidecker, the president of the Association of Ringside Physicians, was part of a team that studied eye pokes in UFC, PFL and Bellator fights from Jan. 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. The study found 31 total fights with an eye poke and 36 total eye pokes. The average pause in action was 36 seconds among eye-poke delays in 256 UFC fights, 89 Bellator fights and 52 PFL fights.
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland, known as much for his controversial comments as he is for his championship fights, lambasted the makeover in a profanity-laced rant.
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