UFC Seattle was somewhat spoiled by a fight-ending eye POR in the main event.
Henry Cejudo could not continue after taking two fingers in the eyes of Song Yadong on Saturday night.
Caring images shows the former Bantam weight champion who told his corner that he could not see before the fight was thrown away after three rounds to give Yadong the biggest victory of his career through a technical decision.
Cejudo has called for a change of rule and a rematch after an unpacked error has led to his third straight loss.
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Joe Rogan's simple solution for eye pokes
The UFC brought new gloves in last year, but Oogpokes went on and fighters complained about it.
They were officially deleted for good for UFC Vegas 102, which took place on 15 February.
Joe Rogan was never convinced that they were the answer to the eye problem that Elite MMA teased.
The legendary UFC commentator believes that there is a simple solution that would drastically reduce the number of combat-impacting eye products.
“I keep saying, but I think they should cover that handy hand,” Rogan said on his podcast in September.
“You have to cover the fingers. There is no reason not to cover the fingers as a bad glove.
“Just have a piece of leather that goes over the fingertips, so you have one thing. It will not penetrate your struggle and it will not change you striking. It's not going to change anything.
“In this way, at least when you are punctured in the eyes, you get a bone thing, you don't get something that goes into your eyeball.
“Let them all cover and have a soft edge. So even if you are punctured in the eyes, you don't get an individual thing deep in your eyeball with an eyeball, that's what you get now. You get f— – fingernails! “
Aljamain Sterling Trash UFC gloves
Cejudo was supported by Michael Bisping, Jim Miller, and a bunch of fans in the aftermath of UFC Seattle.
Aljamain Sterling is an old rival of Cejudos, but even he chose the side of 'Triple C' after his last loss.
The ex-Bantam weight champion begged the forces at BE to come up with a safer glove design.
“Those stupid plain gloves do not curve,” tweeted Sterling. Idk why it takes so long to turn it into something better. “
He added: “They change everything else except the F— – Gloves !!! Make it logical! “
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