In 2026, the UFC will continue to expand its horizons with how fighters look inside the cage.
While not officially announced, the UFC is planning to launch a “Gloves for Good” program, which will serve to allow fighters to continue expressing themselves with custom gloves in the cage and contribute to charity. A UFC official described the program in a video posted by BMF champion Max Holloway, who will be the first fighter to wear custom gloves dawning is signature Hawaiian flower design when he meets Charles Oliveira on March 7 at UFC 326.
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“This campaign is gonna be called ‘Gloves for Good.’ You’ll be the first one that we roll out next year,” a UFC official told Holloway while he viewed designs. “What we want to do is, we want you to do (one) for the auction – the one of one – and then this is the one that you’ll get the limited edition 10 of 10 that they’ll sell, and then they would ask you to sign (the others).”
The UFC wasn’t very open to custom fight gear during the Reebok era, only sparingly working with a few fighters on custom shorts. In 2021, Venum took over as the official apparel partner of the UFC, and things began to change.
2024 was the year custom fight kits ramped up in a big way, with the UFC and Venum creating personalized shorts for select marquee fighters, including Jon Jones, Alex Pereira, Dustin Poirier, Sean O’Malley, Brandon Moreno, and a host of others. That continued in 2025 and will expand to gloves in 2026.
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This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC custom fighter gloves coming in 2026
