FILE - Thiago Alves, left, and Seth Baczynski fight in a mixed martial arts event on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at UFC Fight Night in Orlando Fla. UFC is set to unveil fighter gloves overhauled to minimize cuts and abrasions, but in large part designed to stunt eye pokes that often render fighters unable to continue, the first major change of the protective equipment in more than a decade.The global MMA leader made the impact-absorbing gloves mandatory, starting with Saturday’s, June 1, 2024, UFC 302 card in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)