Gloves

Most MMA fighters, amateur and professional alike, would agree that having the right equipment is a big part of your ability to train and be viable in the sport. Imagine having great skills but constantly having to stop to replace the strap on your MMA gloves? This is why even small things like the quality of your hand gear can matter so much.

Since gear can be so important, it's good to have a reputable supplier that you can rely on to get you your gear on time and in the shape that you wanted it to be in. This is where sites like www.fightstoremma.com come in, giving you ordering options for the equipment you need to make it in MMA. Parts of your outfit such as the MMA gloves can be tough to choose if you haven't narrowed down the brands you want, but with options outlined by sites like the aforementioned, things become a lot easier.

The entire sport of MMA is extremely tough and grueling, and every last bit of equipment that you use in the gym or in fights will be put to the test. Quality and durability are key, in both your protective gear such as your cup and also offensive gear like the mma gloves. A lot of emphasis is put on the MMA gloves simply for the reason that they're involved with most of the action.

All these things come together giving you the best chance of success in an extremely demanding sport.

There are two distinct types of Thai Boxing gloves, competition and sparring.  Neither of these boxing glove types are really designed for use with heavy bags or hook and jab pads which the better option would be to use boxing bag gloves aka bag mitts for although you may get away with using boxing gloves with some boxing hand wraps if it is irregular usage or a small part of your session.  However using boxing gloves with bags and pads will reduce the lifetime of your boxing gloves and potentially damage your hands over time.  Of the two varieties Competition gloves are smaller usually weighing 8 or 10oz. Their purpose is to protect the users hands and wrists whilst fighting aswell as to afford some protection to the opponent from cuts and a proportion of the blow, it is a common misconception and even misuse to buy 10oz boxing gloves for use with focus mitts or punch bags and also sometime when the user has smaller hands, the weight is entirely to do with preotection level to the opponent not to the users hands. Competition gloves are often of the lace up variety and afford a tighter more comfortable fit for the fighter however in training this is less practical hence lace up gloves nowadays being mainly confined to actual competition. Most the better manufacturers such as Fairtex muay thai boxing and Twins Special make lace up competition boxing gloves.

Boxing Sparring gloves are usually between 12 and 16oz to allow more aggressive sparring even full contact often used in conjunction with boxing headgear. As the name suggests the gloves purpose is for boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai sparring and again they are not designed for use with pads and kick bagsMost sparring gloves now use velcro straps and quality boxing gloves will finish the velcro well and make sure the sharp edges are covered.  Gloves such as the Fairtex BGV1, Top King Empower and Twins Special boxing gloves all do this very well alongside western gloves such as Lonsdale super pro and Rival Rs2.