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Is There Any Will in MMA to Address Eye Pokes?

After UFC Seattle and a full return to the old UFC gloves, there's an open question if there is any party in mixed martial arts (MMA) willing to do anything about it's constant eye poke problem.

Henry Cejudo lost to Song Yadong in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Seattle, but he shouldn’t have. Or, at least, he shouldn’t have lost the way he did. The result is a function of his own team not knowing the rules, but also referee inaction and outdated glove technology which does nothing to meaningfully address eye pokes. Given this is the UFC’s ope…

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