Rountree Jr discusses glove design
“The primary factor was that due to the leather-based, the logos weren’t sticking,” Rountree mentioned. “So the logos had been peeling off, peeling off, peeling off. I’m telling you, we tried a whole bunch of various methods to get the UFC emblem printed on the gloves in order that they won’t come off within the octagon. From me testing it on the canvas, doing stay conditions, sparring, rubbing it within the cage, blah blah, it simply wouldn’t [stay on].”
“As a result of with every little thing on the earth, however particularly within the business of leather-based and suede and all that stuff, if I had a pair of leather-based sneakers from 1970 it’s going to be completely different than the leather-based that’s made at present,” Rountree mentioned. “You get what I imply? It’s a unique sort of leather-based. It’s simply not the identical. It was somewhat softer, however it’s handled in a different way whereas it’s being processed or no matter that entire course of appears like, it’s simply there’s some sort of chemical or one thing that’s simply completely different.”
“It has nothing to do with the knockouts,” Rountree mentioned. “It’s that each time when the fighters come to return a pair of gloves or no matter and even within the combat, it’s peeling off or chipping off and that’s a hazard if it will get in your eye. It’s extra concerning the security of the fighters, not like, ‘We want extra knockouts, change the gloves.’
“It’s extra that the emblem wasn’t adhering and it doesn’t look skilled to have these guys combating a championship combat after which right here’s this man elevating his hand and there’s no UFC emblem on the glove. All of it will get worn off.”
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