MMA fans....help me out....

[pugilistfan]

There's mmore force behind a punch with gloves on, Because of the extra weight, but it is more spread out and cushioned by the padding, so the ko power is reduced.
It's like hitting someone in the jaw with a 5lb metal bar and a 6lb metal bar with a 1lb cushion of some kind covering it... The lighter bar with nothing on it would still cause more damage because of the harder surface material, agreed? Well, it's the same thing as a bone punch and a gloved punch

it's much easier to knock someone out with no gloves, and even easier to create cuts with no gloves

not to mention it takes much less effort to throw a punch without the added weight of gloves

In the bareknuckle days, fighters would fight just as long if not longer than they do now. The problem? They broke their hands.

Why were gloves implemented? To protect the hands.

If there is more impact on 4oz gloves compared to that of 8oz gloves than its literally minimal at best. All the studies ive read indicate the impact is just about the same.

And their is a huge difference between the fighters delivering those punches in MMA and boxing. In boxing, the impact is going to be harder. Why? Boxers simply have a better understanding of weight distribution, weight transfer, technical aspects of punching which would allow them to punch about as hard as a human could possibly punch.

[Peterp]

Some people had Griffin favourite purely from the weight advantage. A 205er v a 185er

Skillwise it was no contest. Griffin is average talent at best but has heart