Is 3 rounds enough?

For the main card of a ppv each fight should be 5 rounds and title matches should be 7 rounds. Your thoughts?

7 rounds? Jesus!

7 rounds you must be crazy I doubt even GSP has the stamina for 7.

An eight round boxing match is 24 minutes of fighting and most boxing matches are 5 rounds which is 15 minutes. I think it is set-up perfect now. The only thing that needs to change is the scoring system.

Fair points but I don't think 3 rounds really tests a fighters' stamina. If the Tiot-Forrest fight was 5 rounds there 'd be no doubt Forrest wins the fight.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

An eight round boxing match is 24 minutes of fighting and most boxing matches are 5 rounds which is 15 minutes. I think it is set-up perfect now. The only thing that needs to change is the scoring system.

Bingo. Nothing wrong with how long the fights are now, and the scoring of fights are horribly inconsistant. I hate to sound like a PRIDE homer, but I like the system they used. They fucked up decisions too, but the system is still better. Machida stuffs a couple takedowns and wins. Vera stuffs takedowns all night and loses.

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

For the main card of a ppv each fight should be 5 rounds and title matches should be 7 rounds. Your thoughts?

That would suck. Fights would get boring and the guys would gas.

Yea agreed 7 rounds would be to much, not to many would have the stamina for that. But the scoring def needs an update, first thing that needs to change is the scoring.

7 rounds is way too much. I still am in favor of 5 rounders of non-title main events. I don't understand the argument that then lessens the impact of a title fight. Fights for the belt in boxing are 12 rounds, same as nearly every other nontitle fight

Maybe in the days of Royce and Saku going about 80 minutes...not in these days where you see guys gas after 3 minutes on TuF.

15 minutes definently not enough for main event

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

For the main card of a ppv each fight should be 5 rounds and title matches should be 7 rounds. Your thoughts?

Easy fix is what I've been preaching for years... The UFC needs to quit throwing out weak ass PPV's with no title defenses on a card (But as long as the faithful sheep keep buying, things won't change). No reason with 5 weight classes that there can't be a title fight on every month's PPV event. And IF a fighter has to withdraw due to injury, put the damn card on Spike...

Also, what Andrew said is dead on...

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

An eight round boxing match is 24 minutes of fighting and most boxing matches are 5 rounds which is 15 minutes. I think it is set-up perfect now. The only thing that needs to change is the scoring system.

Maybe most boxing matches are 5 rds, but no one cares about those fights. The only boxing matches people care about are 10 or 12 rounders, and that would equate to 6 or 7 rounds if fought using 5 minute rounds.

And no I am not advocating 7 round fights.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

An eight round boxing match is 24 minutes of fighting and most boxing matches are 5 rounds which is 15 minutes. I think it is set-up perfect now. The only thing that needs to change is the scoring system.

No a fight like Tito vs Griffin would have been 10 rounder
30 minutes not 15

In NJ the rules state no MMA fighter can fight more then 25 minutes in a night. For that to change they had to rewrite the regulations for it and it's not going to happen anytime soon if ever.