Looks like they don't sell them cheap anymore, I got them at Karate Joe's which is the same as MMA Joe's. Honestly though after using them for 8 months they're worth $70, they're holding up great and if I had to re-buy them I definitely would. The Fairtex just sit around for the most part, I should've just returned those but I give them to sparring partners when their gloves are crappy.

GhostMMA if you wouldn't mind me asking without getting offended cuz I don't mean this in and offencive way how did you get into martial arts what got you to start martial arts reason why I ask is because a lot of guys get into martial arts versus boxing due to the fact that they're a little nerdy or dorky for lack of better terms and they're usually guys that are sitting in front of a keyboard at work not on KZfaq and doing a lot of scientific stuff and they've gotten picked on throughout the years cuz of the way they sound or the way they talk and then they decided to just stand up for themselves and want to learn how to defend themselves so they get into martial arts instead of boxing because it usually encompasses all different types of physical training tools to defend yourself better no offense boxing fans but when I listen to you talk it reminds me of a lot of guys including myself who when someone hears as talk they think that were just dorky nerds who needed to learn to fight so if you can keep from getting offended which I please I beg you not to be offended by my question or my statement or what I'm picking up with my own intuition could you be willing to tell me how and why you got into martial arts

Haha not offended. I'm a dorky nerd who learned to fight. Some of the best jiu jitsu practitioners I've ever met are dorky nerds. I train at 10th Planet which is full of dorky nerds, if you have an academy near you it's worth checking out, you might feel right at home.

Robert Liberty h

23 bucks on amazon rn

EPSTomcat11 The CSI max strike MMA for sure, they've broken in well and my training partners love them. Also I vastly prefer sparring with friends who own them. The Fairtex have broken in more but at the end of the day there's just not as much cushion on them. I'd easily pay $60-80 for a new pair of CSI when these eventually crap out. So far no torn seams or anything either.

GhostMMA Awesome! good to know - thx for responding!

not sure if youre still looking for an answer, but here it is. Boxing gloves generally have the attached thumb to prevent boxers from jamming their thumb into each other's eyes. Yes you might cultivate a habit of a looser fist which is horrible barehanded. you can try to get a bag mitt which generally either have a hooded or exposed thumb, that lets you make a really nice proper fist. but i would stick to boxing gloves as i dont want to hurt myself in training lol. besides, depending on the glove model the thumb placement will differ.

Those are boxing type gloves, these are open hand MMA gloves.

There's an open hand one as well that's used for MMA grappling and striking applications. www.shopeverlast.com/prime-universal-training-gloves.html

metallicaspiker16 Unfortunately, those are crap. You can feel the synthetic material is very flimsy.

Anh Tran Damn, and I thought about getting those too. Any other recommendations besides Fairtex and the Combat Sports ones?

metallicaspiker16 There are some FAIRTEX clones out there. I believe TITLE BOXING has created a few.

I got them from Karate Joe's which is the same as MMA Joe's, but yeah only L and XL last I checked.

atran35 No issues at all, they've broken in really nicely and my sparring partners love them. I'm actually gonna get a second pair to loan out because I wanna love them just as much as they do since getting hit by most other gloves kind of sucks.

Hey man im mainly a jiu jitsu person and im smaller like 5’8 130 and there not to bulky at all

They run a bit small imo, these were a Large but I ended up exchanging them for an XL

+GhostMMA ok thanks a lot! Going to order them right now! Amazon only has 2 left in stock at Medium lol.

+Austin Liu sounds like a plan, if you get a chance please update how they fit since I get that question a lot, thanks!

+GhostMMA ok no prob I'll try to remember to do that!

I ordered the the medium too. form the pics the pinky hole looks to be in the correct spot. (unlike most other gloves where they are too high)

TristanPlaysGames the max are more so intended for bag work and light sparring for mma fighters

Sure

Those are more of a boxing type glove, these are more for striking but have open palms to still be able to go to the ground.

Matt Trepanier the quality sucks bro after two practice the letters are gone

I got them from Karate Joe's around 3 years ago, pretty sure that was some clearance price that's long gone... They're worth the higher prices imo, much happier sparring partners.

Hunter Buchanan my store is closing down and I got 2 pairs for 10$ a piece

GhostMMA local sears

Johnathan H. Watson I wear those wrap gloves to keep them clean, but I also went without anything for months and they were fine. They fit snug so they don't eat your hands like bigger boxing sparring gloves.

Alright. Thank you. I was wondering if I should get bigger size.

+GhostMMA Love that Gloves, Combat Sports Max Strike is the best Training MMA Gloves Ever

~4"

bag gloves

Wrap your hands and use old leather work gloves

Thanks! Happy to help, I figured a lot of people were asking themselves the same question