They are always checking for something and then if they find it they wipe it off with a towel.
2007-01-01 13:11:18 · 6 answers · asked by bigsatdaddy 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Katelyn has a good answer, but not quite there on the answer.
Many of the fighters do use oils or gels that help them keep slippery during a fight to reduce the glove to skin contact or make it easier to slip out of a lock, but the refs just check to make sure they're not using it or trying to have a large amount packed behind their ears.
anything to help them get a win though, there's all kinds of ways to get around it, and that's why they check for it prior to the match
2007-01-01 16:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vaseline is correct, but they also do the checking not just for foreign objects, but also so ensure that the fighter is not 'greased' so as to be extra slippery. This is a way of cheating that makes submissions hard to apply.
2016-05-23 04:35:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The refs check for vaseline and oils. fighters us it to reduce the friction of glove contact. its not aloud. just stupid UFC rules I guess.
2007-01-01 13:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by Katelyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At a guess... in the old days, boxers put vaseline on their faces so it would make the other fighter's gloves slip off once they got greasy.
2007-01-01 13:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make sure there attached firmly just in case one of them was trained by mike tyson.
2007-01-01 13:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by BUSHIDO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess to see if they got somthing tapes back there
2007-01-01 13:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by Lil lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋