i believe that you do. but its not enough to make up for the item bonuses other fighting styles get. maybe if proc based effects like wound (?) stack it would be better. or if there were gauntlets or other fist weapons.

Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you. See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands... - Isaiah 49:15-16