Dana White: "UFC is making new gloves to prevent eye pokes"

[The Great Cochrane]

UFC president Dana White appeared on ESPN 710-AM in Los Angeles Tuesday night and made it known that a new glove is being worked on that could eliminate the "accidental" eye poke.

Several fighters, including most recently Alan Belcher, have fallen victim to a poke to the eye during action. UFC commentator Joe Rogan has constantly criticized the current gloves being worn.

"We actually have started to work on a new glove that curves your hand," White said. "The glove is curved like a 'U' so you can still open your hand, but your fingers don't point straight out."

Most of the time, an eye poke only leads to a brief break in the action. However, it has become a seemingly constant thorn in the side of fighters and now White, so the UFC is taking steps to correct it.

Anthony Johnson was also victimized by several eye pokes, it's good that they finally got something like this sorted out. Eye pokes are the worst way to end fights.