Among the rule changes for this Texas-sanctioned bout — which also includes shorter two-minute rounds and an eight-round total — the fighters both agreed to put on 14-ounce boxing gloves.

"This redesign will truly be a game changer for the entire sport of MMA," UFC CEO and president Dana White said in the April statement. "These gloves will feel lighter, fit fighters' hands better ...

The UFC decided ahead of Saturday's card at Madison Square Garden to ditch the ballyhooed new fight gloves unveiled in the spring that were designed in large part ... The global MMA leader is ...