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Summary
- Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced the redesign of their official MMA fighting gloves that will debut in competition this June
- Among protection & fit upgrades, NFC announced that all gloves will be embedded with NFC chips that will be linked to the VeChainThor blockchain
- NFC chips & blockchain tokenization will prove the authenticity of the gloves & provide details of their history including which athlete wore them & fights they were worn in
- UFC has already established itself in the web3 space, rolling out their NFT marketplace NFC Strike with Dapper Labs in January of 2022