MMA Gear Review: Contract Killer MMA shorts
Written by Mike on September 3, 2008 – 1:37 am -Contract Killer attracts many eyes and ears to its products; products meant to be worn as state athletic commissioned-sanctioned gear for mixed martial arts competition. As one can see from the photo below, it does draw one’s interest easily:
mma gear: Contract Killer fight shorts
Now that definitely draws interest. Which this review will get to later on. This pair of mma shorts is one of those that have stretch material on the lower side of the thighs and the crotch. Such a feature is supposed to add some flexibility to one’s mma gear. The Contract Killer mma shorts sure do that. Nothing bad I can say when it comes to comfort during actual mma or submission wrestling sparring. However, upon wearing or removing the shorts there is a little bit of a flaw with this mma gear. The Contract Killer logo is sewn on both sides of the shorts on the front. This means that upon opening the fly, the shorts do not loosen up as much for wearing because the logo still completes a circle high up the waist area that the wearer’s hips have to go through.
Now let us proceed to the image conveyed by Contract Killer mma gear. The brand itself rubs some people off the wrong way. Practitioners of mixed martial arts, submission wrestling, jiu-jitsu, muay thai and other styles would probably prefer to show that their respective arts are sporting. Although the arts can be deadly, there is no killing in them for sport competition. Competitors, unless sponsored, are unlikely to wear mma gear that shows them as contract killers or hitmen rather than sportsmen.
The design of the shorts in the photo also comes in black. Either a white or black background will accentuate the bloody design on this mma gear. Open, bloody wounds are of course, a possibility in the octagon or the ring. But these shorts seem to encourage the bloodier side of the sport rather than the technical aspects of mma. It seems this type of mma gear would be a better fit for the earlier UFC events when only a handful showed technique and most fights turned into bloody messes from headbutts, a move now illegal in most mma competitions.
“What does Contract Killer encourage?” is a question one should contemplate.At least Tap Out encourages submission and Sprawl a technical move.
Contract Killer fight gear just seems to move away from the current direction of the sport. Instead this mma gear appears to want Senator John McCain to have something to complain about once again: bloody spectacles instead of a display of martial arts. If you want something loud, eyecatching and sends an “I am violent! You will bleed on my shorts if you fight me.” message to your partner, opponent or stranger on the street, then Contract Killer is the kind of mma gear that will suit you. The shorts themselves though are comfortable with a slight flaw.
Oh and Contract Killer mma gear is not without controversy.
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