What if MMA was just a single five minute round?

[Not A Real Fan]

Keep in mind that real fights don't last fifteen minutes. You would be hard pressed to find one that goes one full minute.

Knowing ahead of time you only have five minutes will change a lot. Strategies will be different. Many will assume a wrestler will take an opponent down and hump them for the win. Sure that may happen. But if you know going into a fight that you only have five minutes against a wrestler, TDD and Derrick Lewis "just get up" techniques will become high priorities in training.

Cardio won't be as big an issue.

Fighters will be going for the win immediately. The feeling out process may be thirty seconds max. You cant take a round off if you only have one round.

Fighters may compete 15 to 20 times a year if not more.

There are tons of first round finishes now thus one should not expect a decrease.





This should not be standardized across the sport but I would like to see an org that only has one round fights.

 

[kflo]

I’m in……

 

[Eiffel-sixtyFight]

Why not just one 15 minute round.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

It would be a race to see who takes who down first…

 

[Lastwords]

I say 1, 7:00 minute round. Aggressive officiating on lay and pray. Stand em up if they aren't offensive.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

I say 1, 7:00 minute round. Aggressive officiating on lay and pray. Stand em up if they aren't offensive.

we could give ref a whip

 

[D'z]

Ok, you "pro'd" it, now con it. Exercise in critical thinking, go!...

 

[Kb7]

Why not just one 15 minute round.

That's the way it should be.

 

[SakurabasEar]

I've seen a fight last a few minutes, but most people don't know what the hell they're doing. So your typical brawl wont last long when you have two guys that are essentially just throwing and exerting.

Rounds and time are important to get a somewhat accurate idea of who was actually better, who legitimately won

 

[Ares Black]

The attention span of some people is pretty sad.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Boring lay and prayers would dominate

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

I liked prides set up of one 10min first round with a 5min second and they judged the fight as a whole, not round by round. I'd settle for just the judging changes really

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Its hard to say. Strikers would have the advantage, but so would wresters if they shoot right off the bat and take the opponent down. It would be a shit show in my opinion.

 

[pick999]

Rumble would be goat

 

[AngryPorto]

How about no rounds, no refs, but you can bring a tag team partner?

 

[Paladin]

Keep in mind that real fights don't last fifteen minutes. You would be hard pressed to find one that goes one full minute.

Knowing ahead of time you only have five minutes will change a lot. Strategies will be different. Many will assume a wrestler will take an opponent down and hump them for the win. Sure that may happen. But if you know going into a fight that you only have five minutes against a wrestler, TDD and Derrick Lewis "just get up" techniques will become high priorities in training.

Cardio won't be as big an issue.

Fighters will be going for the win immediately. The feeling out process may be thirty seconds max. You cant take a round off if you only have one round.

Fighters may compete 15 to 20 times a year if not more.

There are tons of first round finishes now thus one should not expect a decrease.





This should not be the standardize across the sport but I would like to see an org that only has one round fights.

He would be unbeatable

 

[ryun253]

How about fight to the death

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

With just one round, Conor will be a 3 division champion

 

[Not A Real Fan]

Its hard to say. Strikers would have the advantage, but so would wresters if they shoot right off the bat and take the opponent down. It would be a shit show in my opinion.

Maybe change the scoring criteria. Effective striking is paramount hence a takedown and nothing more won't score unless the person they took down did absolutely nothing in the fight. The guy with the takedown has to land effective strikes or go for sub for their takedown to mean anything.

 

[Poser Caust]

it would be great for 1 night tournaments

you could have a 32 man tournament with each guy fighting a maximum of 25 minutes if each fight goes to a decision.