califax wrote:Tiga Pukul wrote:Too bad the 'streetfighter' didn't get to fight with bare hands as well. That would make the ironpalm-guy probably also more cautious..
Nope. The gloves protect the hands, not the target. They actually allow for much harder and much more devastating strikes than bare knuckles do.
then why not go with mma gloves ?
Strikes with those, land that much harder than with all that padding - they were big gloves!
Comparing mma fights with boxing fights, shows the difference.
that would have been a lot fairer, and would also allow both to grab and tie up equally. Those gloves where very big, I can't help thinking there was an unfair advantage going on here both in offense and defense. saying that things could still end up the same as the guy with the gloves simply didn't look particularly up to it. But I think he made a mistake accepting those terms to fight.
the no gloves guy could defend much easier against big ass gloves than the other guy could against bare hand. the bare hand guy also had the advantage of landing much harder, stinging strikes than the guy with all that padding could. That's two clear cut advantages. And it really showed in the footage.
Coiled spring, if things have to be skewed like that for so called 'traditional styles' to look good.... then that in itself doesn't seems to me to be an adequate indictment of their effectiveness.. If that's what you need..
Having said that, I thought the barehand guy did well. Despite the terms, he did what he had to do, and did it well. That's all he can do.