All UFC main events to be 5 rounders from now on

mixed feelings.

though i have stated numerous times that the 10 point must system and 3 round fights don't work....i think championship fights and "main event non-title" fights should be distinguished. This is pretty much a way the UFC can sell non-main events..like Rampage-Hamill for example..who wants to see that shit go 5 rounds?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

btw this is gay as a motherfucker

+1

So what happens if 1 week before the main event the fight gets cancelled because of injury? Does the fight that gets bumped up become a 5 rounder on only 1 week's notice?

freakzilla wrote:

So what happens if 1 week before the main event the fight gets cancelled because of injury? Does the fight that gets bumped up become a 5 rounder on only 1 week's notice?

+1

freakzilla wrote:

So what happens if 1 week before the main event the fight gets cancelled because of injury? Does the fight that gets bumped up become a 5 rounder on only 1 week's notice?

Very good point Freak.

Um, I think it would be pretty safe to say no on that. I don't see why that would be a big issue

They said it wouldn't be fair to make Rashad/Phil a 5 rounder and that's still 2+ months out, they ain't fucking making a co-main that gets bumped up a 5 rounder on no notice at all

KingsOwn19 wrote:

mixed feelings.

though i have stated numerous times that the 10 point must system and 3 round fights don't work....i think championship fights and "main event non-title" fights should be distinguished. This is pretty much a way the UFC can sell non-main events..like Rampage-Hamill for example..who wants to see that shit go 5 rounds?

Well that shit was never meant to be a main event to begin with. I think for every fight you can look at and say who would've wanted 2 more rounds of that dog shit ie Mir-CroCop there are fights that could've really used another 2 rounds to try and come out with a more decisive winner. This seems to be one of those issues where neither side can really convince the other though from what I'm seeing

this is such garbage

The one argument I still don't really understand is the "Now title fights lose their significance because there are other 5 round fights"

a) its still for the belt so its obviously more meaningful
b) back when I was actually a huge boxing fan, I never remember watching a 12 round fight on HBO and thinking to myself that the De la Hoya-Vargas fight the week after was losing something because it was also 12 rounds even though it was for the title

The best fights should be longer. Now that the undercards are all shown on Facebook/Youtube every fight on every card is available to be seen anyway, so even if some exciting shit doesn't make the main card it could've already been seen or watched online later. If casual fans never see it, fuck em

The difference is that Boxing belts are meaningless because there is about a 1000 for each division (slight exaggeration). In MMA everyone knows that if you are a UFC champion then you are the man in the that division.

bobbitt15 wrote:

KingsOwn19 wrote:

mixed feelings.

though i have stated numerous times that the 10 point must system and 3 round fights don't work....i think championship fights and "main event non-title" fights should be distinguished. This is pretty much a way the UFC can sell non-main events..like Rampage-Hamill for example..who wants to see that shit go 5 rounds?

Well that shit was never meant to be a main event to begin with. I think for every fight you can look at and say who would've wanted 2 more rounds of that dog shit ie Mir-CroCop there are fights that could've really used another 2 rounds to try and come out with a more decisive winner. This seems to be one of those issues where neither side can really convince the other though from what I'm seeing

Uhh that fight didn't goto a decision.

I guess not, but I was just speaking in general about awful main events

LOL I made that same mistake on BE also

Late, I'll just say I like it.

I am getting used to it already. Ultimately two more rounds of fighting per 50 of main event fighters trumps my big picture logic.

jewzilla wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Finally! Great move by the UFC & MMA.

It is a great move for any #1 contender fight, or the Diaz brothers vs. a wrestler.

Who wants to see Rashad vs. Davis for 25 minutes? Not me.

You won't have to.

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However, the adjustment will not apply to any currently scheduled bouts,
such as UFC 133's Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis tilt, or UFC on Versus
5's Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle contest.

Here is my formula.

All fights, not just main events, change, except for Championship fights, they remain the same.

All fights are 4 rounds, 4 minutes each. 16 minutes to a decision.

If a fight is scored a Draw or Split Decision, it goes to a 4 minute OT round where a winner must be declared, meaning even if there is a point deduction draw scenario, a winner must still be named. 20 total minutes in that scenario. Only a 3-1 or 4-0 unanimous decision would end a fight without an overtime round.

Mine would be similar but instead of 4*4min I'd have each regular fight be 5*3min rounds and title fights 7*3min rounds. If a draw then have a 3min bonus rd.

1 round 20 min.

No rounds, no time limit, no dec. Knockout, tapout or gas out.

OU wrote:

No rounds, no time limit, no dec. Knockout, tapout or gas out.

Have you seen Shamrock-Gracie 2. No thanks.

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

No rounds, no time limit, no dec. Knockout, tapout or gas out.

Have you seen Shamrock-Gracie 2. No thanks.

It would have been different. Shammy would have eventually won that fight.

After 3 days?