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Everlast Mixed Martial Arts Grappling Gloves |
  Just got my gloves and I can say that for the price they are worth it. I will get all the use out of these as I can and need. I see no problem using them for just about everything when it comes to training, I would even use these in a cage or ring. There easy to put on, stay in place and very versital. Good for someone who needs a multi task glove and doesn’t have a lot to spend or just needs an extra pair. I would recommend them to someone that is wondering about buying some. Also I have heard a few complaints about these gloves so let me give you a few tips. The main thing you have to remember about any glove is it takes a little time to get use to them, heres how most problems are easy to deal with. Inbetween your fingers I can see how they can be harsh, just a little athletic tape and maybe gauze till you break them in.Also the lack of wrist padding and support, just get a set of hand wraps. Novice ones can support the palm and wrist if wrapped good. Pro ones can cover most of the hand and take care of the fingerwebbing and help with support. Just use both or too pairs of one kind. More wraps means you can also cover more of the knuckles as well so if you are a beginner try for some heavy padded and extra protective gloves, then try these out. If you know what your doing then you don’t have to read this. |
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Everlast Train Advanced MMA 7-Ounce Closed-Thumb Grappling / Training Gloves |
 I couldn’t find these locally, but I did try on a different pair of Everlasts. I would say my hands are average size for an adult male. The S/M work great for me. I try not to leave this in my bag, otherwise the sweaty leather smell can get quite strong. Beyond that, these gloves are great, and I would buy them again. I’ve been using them pretty regularly for a little more than a month, and they still look to be in great shape. |
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Everlast Train Advanced MMA 4-Ounce Competition Style Grappling Gloves |
 Excellent gloves for a discount price. Provide a fair amount of wrist support but are best used with hand wraps. |
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TITLE Classic MMA NHB Open Palm Gloves |
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Everlast EverGel Hand Wraps |
 I use these for my kickboxing class, and as an alternative to bare hands for martial arts training. My first pair was destroyed in less than a week. My sister doesn’t hit quite as intensely as I do, and after a month, hers are still in great shape – no tears or wear showing at the seams. These are designed for women, but if you don’t “hit like a girl”, they’re not for you. |
Sep 02 2010
Top 5 MMA Gloves
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Aug 25 2009
All About MMA Gloves For Mixed Martial Arts
New to mixed martial arts, or just want to learn more about the use of MMA gloves in this exciting sport? Mixed martial arts has been hugely popular for more than a decade now. As a highly competitive and highly physical form of full body combat, MMA draws from a variety of martial arts and competitive sports to create a unique competition popular in countries all over the world.
Gloves have not always been a part of the sport. They started being worn as a way for fighters to protect their hands from injury when delivering a strong blow. And they’ve become standard requirements in part because of safety, and in part because they make fights more entertaining for the audience. How is that? When a fighter has more hand protection, he or she is more likely to use more techniques that use the fists. This adds variety and excitement to a fight. MMA gloves are now required in most major competitive fights, including Shooto (Japan) and UFC (United States).
Gloves for MMA come in a variety of styles. There are strict guidelines as to the style, coverage, padding thickness, and weight of gloves required for regulated matches. For the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), the general weight limit is 4 ounces. These provide just enough padding to protect the hand of the fighter wearing them, but not so much padding that they downplay the power of a strike.
Practice gloves, on the other hand, have more padding, because they are designed to help fighters practice without injuring themselves or others. Practice MMA gloves may be designed specifically for sparring practice, punching bag practice, grappling practice, or a combination of all three (called hybrid gloves).
MMA gloves can cost anywhere between $15 and $80, depending on what type of glove you are looking for (competition or practice, and then what type of practice). Other pricing factors include material quality, construction/assembly quality, design, appearance/style, and brand name. Major brands include UFC, Everlast, Century, and ProForce, with dozens of other companies producing reputable gloves for purchase online or in sporting goods stores.
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Jul 12 2009
Choosing The MMA Gloves That Are Right For You
Whether you are new to mixed martial arts, or a seasoned combat fighter, when it comes time to buy a pair of MMA gloves, it really pays to do your homework. Gloves have been pretty standard for a few years now, being required first in Japan’s Shooto Competition, and shortly thereafter adopted by the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship, the predominant MMA group in the United States), and now a requirement for competition virtually worldwide.
The first thing you need to decide, when looking for a good pair of MMA gloves, is what type of glove you are in the market for:
- Fight/competition gloves meet the requirements for competitive combat, are generally lightweight, and feature little padding
- Striking gloves are used for practice and have more padding, to protect the fist of the fighter wearing them and the face of the person with whom they are practicing
- Practice grappling gloves also have more padding than competition gloves, to keep fighters safe
- Bag gloves have the most padding, plus wrist support, to protect the hands and wrists of fighters practicing by striking a heavy punching bag
You could choose to purchase a pair of hybrid gloves, which share some features of all three types above, but these are generally never as good for a purpose as a pair designed specifically for that activity; plus, they are usually not up to competition requirements. If you’re serious about MMA, you’ll buy specific gloves for specific purposes.
In terms of which gloves you buy for a specific purpose, it’s always a good idea to stick with the most trusted brands. Competitive fighting gloves are the ones that you need to worry about meeting competition requirements. The UFC organization actually produces and sells MMA gloves, which is especially useful for fight gloves, but they also sell other styles as well.
Everlast is the other top brand for MMA gloves, followed closely by UFC, ProForce, and Century. Still not sure what sort of gloves are right for you? Ask some of the people you practice with for some recommendations. They’ll be glad to help you out and point you in the right direction. After that, just go with what feels good to you and fits your budget.
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Jun 14 2009
MMA Gloves For Training vs. Competition
If you’re serious about becoming a true, dedicated mixed martial arts competitor, you’re going to need some great MMA gloves to help you train for battle, and then to compete. There are several types of gloves available, and slight differences in the design, weight, and padding make different gloves more appropriate for different activities.
The biggest difference you’ll need to learn is the difference between MMA gloves used for actual battles in regulated competition, versus gloves used for practice and training. There are various types of gloves for training, but when it comes time to enter the ring for a real fight, there are very slim rules about what you can and cannot wear.
Generally, regulation grade gloves for MMA competition weigh no more than 4 ounces, but rules may differ depending on what organization or club is officiating the match, so check to be sure. The padding is slight: just enough to protect the hand by providing more of a barrier and more support than if you were fighting bare handed. The increased protection encourages fighters to try different approaches, with more sparring, with less risk of injury than without gloves.
But those regulation, competition MMA gloves have much less padding than the gloves you wear for training. In a fight, you want your hits to have more impact, but in practice, you don’t want yourself or your opponent to get hurt; after all, the goal is to practice a lot and if you’re injured, you can’t do that.
Practice gloves generally have more padding and often extra support in the wrist. Practice grappling gloves aren’t that much thicker than standard competition gloves. But practice sparring gloves have noticeably more cushion in them, to protect your hands and your practice mate’s face from injury.
A step up in padding takes you to ‘bag gloves,’ which are used when you train with a heavy punching bag. Punching bags are much heavier and denser, and more resistant, than one might think. Hitting the bag without proper support and reinforcement can cause serious damage to your hand.
Because each activity—competition, practicing sparring, and practicing with a bag—is quite different, they all require different MMA gloves. With the right gloves, you’ll be in optimum shape to get the most out of your practice, and perform your best in the ring.
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May 21 2009
Why Use MMA Gloves?
Mixed martial arts is a sport requiring intense strength and power, agility and quick reflexes, and raw bravery and fierceness. Drawing from a huge range of fighting techniques, this full contact sport is one of the most challenging and exciting, and is one of the most up and coming athletic activities of our time.
Using MMA gloves is not something that was always a part of mixed martial arts competition. As the sport has evolved since its general debut to popularity in 1993, all sorts of regulations have changed. As combat guidelines have changed to reflect the rising skill level of competitors, a number of rules have changed and been added.
Wearing gloves is now a widely held standard in mixed martial arts battles, but it was not always this way. They were introduced as a way to protect fighters from injuring their fists when delivering blows. Due to the force behind these strikes, fighters were not using their fists as much as ground techniques. Adding gloves made striking safer, and therefore widened the number of fighting techniques that competitors could use.
The first organization to require the use of MMA gloves was Shooto, a major competition in Japan. The United States’ UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) competition soon followed suit, and the compulsory use of MMA gloves is now all but a global standard.
Not all gloves are the same; in fact, there are different types of gloves used for competition and practice, and within practice there are different gloves for different purposes. Wearing the right kind of glove for the type of activity at hand is an important part of keeping fighters safe and in good condition for competition and overall health.
In general, fighting gloves have the smallest amount of padding and cushion. Striking gloves, for practice, feature additional padding to protect both the person wearing them and his or her practice opponent. Bag gloves have more padding and extra wrist support due to the force delivered when practicing with a punching bag. All MMA gloves feature open fingers: they are essentially a glove that fits over the palm and wrist, and around the base of each finger but no further.
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Apr 15 2009
Types Of MMA Gloves: What’s The Difference?
Are you ready to get into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) but not sure what sort of equipment you need to do the sport right? One of the great things about MMA is that competition is all about the body. It’s about your muscle, your strength and flexibility, your reflexes and quick thinking, and your knowledge of the most effective moves.
Because of that, there’s not much equipment needed in the sport. The most important thing you’ll need is a good pair of MMA gloves. If you’re new to mixed martial arts, you might not have a good sense of what the purposes of different gloves are. Of course, you could always ask someone who competes or trains where you do. But it’s not a bad idea to get acquainted with the differences first, so you know what you’re talking about and can overcome the learning curve faster.
There are basically four types of MMA gloves:
- Fight/grappling gloves: Used, of course, for fights, these gloves must meet any regulations for weight and padding that govern your competition. Fighting gloves have a lower amount of padding than any of the practice gloves, allowing them to deliver more force to the opponent during combat.
- Sparring gloves are used to spar during practice. They have extra padding to protect your hands as well as the people you practice with. It’s important that everyone avoid injury during practice, so you should never use standard fight gloves for this purpose.
- Bag gloves: Also for practice and not competition, bag gloves have even more padding than sparring gloves, and of course more than regulation fight gloves. They are used for practicing with a heavy punching bag. This delivers not only more force to your fist (hence the padding), but also you wrist, so they include addition wrist support as well. Bag MMA gloves should be used ONLY for bag practice, never in competition or even practice sparring.
- Hybrid gloves: A fourth but less popular option, hybrid gloves share aspects of grappling, sparring, and bag gloves. If you’re only going to buy one pair, they will suffice (but are usually not eligible for competition), but for each activity, hybrid MMA gloves are never as good as gloves intended specifically for that purpose.
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