JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman

“Yeah. Golf, weed. Trevor, let's talk about those gloves. What the fuck do we have to do to get your gloves into the UFC? It doesn't make any sense that we're using inferior gloves. Obviously, I want to talk about this, but the gloves I fought in this week were different.”

“It's stupid. And this is the difference between your gloves and the current UFC gloves. My gloves curl your hand. My gloves are one of those things that it's. Promotes a natural hand position. A natural position. A better grip. Yes. Better fist position where I'm not, when I squeeze my fist and I have the wrap on, it doesn't pull my hand up like this.”

“Of course you do. Of course you did. They're my favorite. By far. And ladies and gentlemen at home, if you're just listening, the difference between Trevor's gloves and everybody else's gloves, one of the big differences is that you can see, if you're looking at it on the, let's see how they're curved folks.”

“These are not as good. Right away, I was like- Still uncomfortable. Still hurt my hands. I said to them right away, why don't you just get Trevor's gloves? What the fuck are we doing here? No, these are good. These are good. Get the fuck- The best gloves exist. They're already made. There's only a few people out there that are willing to really get creative and redesign and engineer gloves.”

“Like, that's... For a typical person, these gloves are going to last well over... Corey had his shin guards for four years. I had my shin guards for, like, three years. Yeah. And when you think about the amount of damage that that three years entails, that's pretty fucking incredible for pieces of leather and foam.”

“It's drying out again. Crap. Hey, that's our bags that were up there. Dude, we got connectors for the shin guards and the knee pads on the outside, so all your equipment's on the outside of the bag to dry. Oh. Oh, yeah. So that's really cool, too. So just trying to rethink how things work, so...”

“It's stupid. And this is the difference between your gloves and the current UFC gloves. My gloves curl your hand. My gloves are one of those things that it's. Promotes a natural hand position. A natural position. A better grip.”

“You guys don't. And it gets to the point if we have the right protection. It's awesome. This is so superior to the UFC gloves. I mean, the fact that this isn't being used by the UFC right now is fucking crazy. We're going to get it done. I hope you've got it. You've been trying so hard.”

“Oh my God. You don't even need hand wraps. Well, you had told me before that when you hit the bag with his gloves, his bag gloves. I haven't used, I haven't wrapped my hands since 2015. Pfeiffer doesn't fight with hand wraps on, which is crazy. Some guys don't. And it can get to the point if we have the right protection. This is it. It's awesome. This is so superior to the UFC gloves.”

“Wow. And that helped a lot. Well, not training is really what it needs, right? And have you been doing any hyperbaric chamber stuff? No. That's huge for recovery. You have no idea how against my process you guys would be.”

“And then training again at nighttime. And, you know, that's got to be so hard. But going through hard training sessions and no water. So you're doing. But so there's two things going on. One, I would think maybe you could do more work and get more reps and more of this if you're rehydrating.”

“You got to go palm to palm, right? Yeah, yeah. But still, it's just. Those are yours, Joe. Fantastic. Oh, thank you. Yeah, and then I got you another pair of X-Factors, too. Fuck, yeah. Beautiful. You got big hands. And so I remember I gave you the 60s. You're like, bro, these are going to work for me. Yeah, I got big hands for a little dude. Unusual.”