CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPWINDOWS APPRSS
NEW FORUM

GOT THE MMATORCH APP YET?
iPhone & iPad
Android
Kindle Fire
Windows Phone
MMATORCH IPHONE APP

MMATORCH

All the MMA News • Plus Intelligent, Brilliant, Addictive Points of View!
Independently Covering MMA Since 1993 • No Big Corporate Bosses

UFC
UFC and Reebok unveil new fighter uniforms, unintentional hilarity ensues
Jun 30, 2015 - 11:55:49 AM
UFC and Reebok unveil new fighter uniforms, unintentional hilarity ensues
DISCUSS ALL THIS IN OUR NEW MMATORCH FORUM
...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!



UFC_Reebok_logo_8.jpg


By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The UFC/Reebok fighter uniforms were revealed on Tuesday morning, and though "customization" has been a theme thrown out by both entities since the partnership was announced, there was an awful lot of sameness to the look.

An awkward 30-minute presentation brought out fighters from several different countries to showcase the "country specific" nature of the color scheme, with all UFC Champions save Jose Aldo showcasing the black and gold scheme for their uniforms.




Where some customization comes into play will be with the specifics of the equipment, with different types of shorts really serving as the differences for the fighter. However, as far as the fight week shirts themselves, they're all a variation on the same theme.


































Fans can already purchase items in the new "Fight Shop" on Reebok's website, but unfortunately there's been some odd choices made, not to mention some unintentional hilarity in some of the typos presented.

Highlights include CM Punk listed simply as "Philip Brooks," "Giblert Melendez," "Demian Baptista" (instead of Maia), "Marcio 'Lyoto' Machida," and "Jacare 'Ronaldo' Souza," among others.


Penick's Analysis: The entire presentation was extremely awkward, and the end result is not all that encouraging. Given how one of the selling points is that the fighters will be getting a cut of the shirt revenue, the fact that these are running upwards of $95 per shirt without the names some of them are known by is ridiculous. On top of that, when there's not a ton of difference between the designs, I'm not sure how many UFC fans are actually going to be plopping down money for them in the first place for anyone outside of the most well known names. There are also fighters who are on the roster who haven't been included on the site yet already commenting on that (Jim Alers for one), and I don't think - given everything else we already know about the pay for these athletes - that it's going to be accepted as well as the UFC is hoping.


DON'T GO YET... WE SUGGEST THESE MMATORCH ARTICLES, TOO!
Michael Bisping takes another shot at Anderson Silva after passing random USADA drug test
B.J. Penn responds to sexual assault allegations, claims extortion from accusers
Kevin Lee vs. Efrain Escudero, Danny Roberts vs. Dominique Steele join UFC 197 card in Las Vegas

comments powered by Disqus
HERE ARE EVEN MORE ARTICLES THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU

SELECT ARTICLES BY CATEGORY
SEARCH MMATORCH BY KEYWORD


MMATORCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF UPCOMING MMA EVENTS
CLICK TO SEE A UFC VIDEO BELOW

ARTICLES OF INTEREST ELSEWHERE
MMATORCH POLL - VOTE NOW!

Will T.J. Dillashaw and Urijah Faber eventually fight?
 
pollcode.com free polls

Do you think Daniel Cormier will defeat returning Jon Jones to legitimize UFC Light Heavyweight Title reign?
 
pollcode.com free polls

VOTE IN OR SEE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS POLLS

MMATORCH WEEKLY LIVECAST
Listen to the weekly MMATORCH LIVECAST on Blog Talk Radio


MMATORCH STAFF

EDITORS:

Wade Keller, supervising editor
(mmatorch@gmail.com)

Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)

STAFF COLUMNISTS:

Shawn Ennis - Jason Amadi
Frank Hyden - Rich Hansen
Chris Park - Matt Pelkey


Interested in joining MMATorch's writing team? Send idea for a theme to your column (for Specialist section) or area of interest (i.e. TV Reporter) along with a sample of writing to mmatorch@gmail.com.

MORE MMA SITES
CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPWINDOWS APPRSS
THE TORCH: #1 IN COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE | © 1999-2013 TDH Communications Inc. • All rights reserved -- PRIVACY POLICY