Are gloves in MMA an advantage?

They would make blocking a little bit easier. Not make it amazing. It will protect your hand from getting shattered upon a kick too.

Also, people don't take Taekwondo and karate seriously because the vast majority of their exposure is to a bunch of kids who go to class 45 minutes a day, two days a week inconsistently and cant fight their way out of a paper bag. They dont realize that Taekwondo encompasses more than just people trying to be elite fighters.

If you cant punch a solid object correctly and powerful, you are at a serious disadvantage when you start throwing careless punches as if your hands are protected. No, punching concrete is not the exact same as punching a person barefisted, it is actually more difficult. The proper alignment and fistic conditioning it requires are much higher.

 

it is difficult because you must hit them properly with a well conditioned fist. Just like punching people in the face for real.

 

na if anything rooney wouldnt have scored as many goals this season if he wore mma gloves:hey