MMA Clothing these days reflects the freestyle image that Mixed Martial Arts has portrayed from day one of its conception as a recognized sport rather than a glorified street brawl. Unlike wrestling, that requires a discipline of its own, mixed martial arts takes fighting styles from various traditions across the globe, and has combined them to form the Ultimate Fighting Championship tournament in 1993.However, when one regards the sport as ‘freestyle’, there are rules in place to set limits on the extent of brutality that can be debilitating when in the ring. Significantly, MMA gloves(as opposed to bare-knuckled boxing) play a large part in preventing serious damage to fighters in the ring who get away with mere cuts, nicks and bruises that can be so much worse if gloves aren’t used.Since, the techniques used in MMA consists of both striking and grappling while standing or even on the ground, fight shorts are appropriate and permitted during a MMA fight and as for the hip upwards, fighters normally fight bare-chested.MMA Shirts are another important facet to the sport even though they aren’t used during a fight but are worn by fighters before a fight (along the same lines of marketing promo) while fans take great pride to don the tees of their favorite fighter as well.With the apparent flexibility in both the sport and its clothing, fighters from different styles across the globe are able to pit their wits and talent in the ring against opponents in a fair fight that is exciting to watch.
