When Brock Lesnar first stepped foot in the UFC octagon in 2008, he became only the second man in Nevada combat sport history to wear 4XL gloves for a fight, after Choi-Hong Man. Eight years on and 'The Beast' seems to have grown even bigger.
The former UFC Heavyweight Champion arrived in Las Vegas ahead of his comeback bout against Mark Hunt, at UFC 200, this Saturday. The MMA promotion has produced a video on their Youtube channel, following several of the fighters involved at the event as they prepare for their respective fights.
As Lesnar is preparing to test the gloves he will wear against the 'Samoan Superman', he realises that the biggest gloves the UFC can offer are in fact, too small as he asks "When you tape my hands, I don't know if you'll get the glove on. I won't be able to close my hand. Do you have a 5X?"
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Unfortunately for the four time WWE champion, Reebok, the designer of the gloves, do not make them in a bigger size, which didn't seem to trouble Lesnar too much as he shrugs, "I'll make it work". Skip to around the six minute mark to catch Lesnar's glove based predicament:
Topics: UFC, MMA, Brock Lesnar