KarateKid 2 years, 8 months ago

Because fighting for 35 minutes is cruel and unusual punishment!

themiz2003k 2 years, 8 months ago

so why couldn't title fights be 7 rounds and regular fights be 5? I don't see a problem with it.

GSparky 2 years, 8 months ago

honestly I don't agree with non title fights being 5 round fights. This is a sport & you shouldn't be able to just make the up the rules as you please. You should earn the right to have championship rounds. Boxing used to fight 15 round meaning that 3 rounds were championship rounds. Like MMAInsight stated, it takes the prestige away from title fights. If anything, you can increase the time limit of the rounds but leave the # of rounds as it is.

MMAInsight 2 years, 8 months ago

your not the one who get's in the cage & fight's they do & many of them are against 5 rnd non title fights, it's up to them not you or me or whoever bottom line

themiz2003k 2 years, 8 months ago

if boxers could do it, so could mma fighters. Me never having been in a cage has nothing to do with it.

MMAInsight 2 years, 8 months ago

Why don't you go tell that to the guys who actualy get in the cage, they would have to train for a 10 rnd MMA fight it's not up to you or me it's up to the fighter's.

themiz2003k 2 years, 8 months ago

I dont care if it'll never happen. I don't see why it shouldn't, either. Boxing goes for 36 minutes, so I think they should go for at least 7 rounds.

deepsix 2 years, 8 months ago

I think that, maybe, there should be some so-called "superfights" with proven competitors that have a different rule set - e.g. the 5-round fights, but for the vast majority of them, 3 rounds is enough. Yes, there are 3 rounders that are snoozers, but my main concern is injuries. One of the reasons why there are so few in this sport is that the fights don't go on long enough for trauma to accumulate to the point that someone gets really wounded. Sure there are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part, the fights end before people *really* can't intelligently defend themselves. "For the fighter's safety", and all that...

Megatron 2 years, 8 months ago

alright, i have to go with Evan on this one. I think the shortness of rounds allow for fighters to make the fight interesting for the 3 or 5 rounds that they fight. And quite honestly, most fights (with some notable exceptions of course) are pretty boring. I don't want to sit through a 5 round snore fest let alone a 10 round snore fest. But that's just moi!

Megatron 2 years, 8 months ago

whooooo, what is up lads, so...this is really a great point. ha ha ha...EDubs, you're the best man! I was just talking about this the other day. The Couture and Nogueira fights should have gone another round. ha ha ha...Ev, did you ditch school! lol...