i think gloves can benefit the wing chun fighter in a ground and pound situation, or sorry, wing chun can benefit the gloved fighter, as you use forearm contact and elbow position to control limbs rather than having to grip using your wrist...

also, yeah there are many similar actions in wing chun as in other martial arts, as in all martial arts... pak sao/biu sao as a thai clinch escape is one, pak-punch in boxing another, etc... how you train is more important than technique, or having a concept or whatever, its doing it...

ps ex-wing chunner (who still has a place for it in his heart) ****ing about on the forum, have competed in am muay thai and adcc rules grappling... props to everyone who steps up, its not the critic who counts...