UFC? Pride? Shoes? .?

Question

i haven't seen any fighters in the UFC wearing shoes?

but i did download some older fights and i see alot of them with shoes? is that in pride?

what are the rules on shoes? allowed/ not allowed? type of shoe restriction? .. for both pride and ufc please.

Answer 1

y use shoes? i my feet are harder than any shoes u can use. ufc says no shoes. so does pride that i knw of. plus theres no point when u can make ur feet harder that any shoe u want to use???

Answer 2

Shoes have been outlawed in North America since the adoption of the unified rules.

There exists no unified rule set in Japan so some promotions do and some don't allow footwear. In the Pride days, you could kick to the head whilst wearing shoes (see Cro-Cop vs Mark Hunt)

Most fighters though don't need them anyway as effective kicks use the shin not the foot to strike with. Also wearing shoes makes you much more susceptible to heel hooks/toe holds as your foot is much easier to grip.

Answer 3

They allowed them in Pride, and on the early UFC (if you wore them you weren't allowed to kick).

Now shoes are not permitted in the UFC.