How about two/three 10 minute rounds ?

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Two 10 minute rounds non-title fight
Three 10 minute rounds title fight.

Not much to explain here title says it all. I think it would be more interesting because fighters would have more time to work and look for finishes. 10 minute rounds are hell, very hard on the conditioning so fighters will be forced to be in top top shape to not gas in the middle of the round.

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I would support that but seeing as UFC is going mainstream I say no chance it ever gets implemented. FOX needs those commercial breaks'n' stuff. Plus I get the feeling most judges can't concentrate for 10 minutes, they already judge like they spend half the round on instagram.
 
would cause more stalling and point fighting
 
the number has to be odd, or lots of rounds like boxing.

Explanation:
If there are only 2 rounds then we will have an arse load of draws as fighters go 1-1 in rounds.
Way to counter this would be lots of rounds like boxing (12) where the increased rounds, but then 12 10 min round or even 5 min rounds would be too much.
 
How about no rounds or no round limits so that guys give up on point fighting and playing cute with takedowns and leg jabs?
 
I do love that 1st pride round, that and yellow cards promoted finishes.

But I've always thought they should shorten rounds so that they have more total. For example have 5 3min rounds, and 9 3 min rounds for titles.

The reason the 10-9 scoring system works in boxing is because there's more rounds. A close round means a lot less in the final score if it's just 1 of 10 instead of being 1 of three.
 
2x10 with a sudden death 5 minute round?
 
stav said:
the number has to be odd, or lots of rounds like boxing.

Explanation:
If there are only 2 rounds then we will have an arse load of draws as fighters go 1-1 in rounds.
Way to counter this would be lots of rounds like boxing (12) where the increased rounds, but then 12 10 min round or even 5 min rounds would be too much.
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I don't like this idea. Plenty of fights are boring enough. They don't need 10 minute rounds. Would lead to much longer even more boring fights.

However. Just cuz there are rounds does not mean you must use them to judge. There is such a thing as whole fight scoring. Where a judge watches the whole fight (rounds or no rounds) then decides a winner based on everything. There is no scoring just W/L/D. I think they should implement that method of deciding a winner and leave the rounds as they are.
 
I think it would make a few fight awesome and a a lot of fights awful.
 
I think all fights should be 5 rounds. Pretty dumb to have main events and title fights be 5 rounds but not everything else.
 
3 or 5, five-minute rounds is the best. The way it is is perfect imo.
 
DatSamboKid said:
Two 10 minute rounds non-title fight
Three 10 minute rounds title fight.

Not much to explain here title says it all. I think it would be more interesting because fighters would have more time to work and look for finishes. 10 minute rounds are hell, very hard on the conditioning so fighters will be forced to be in top top shape to not gas in the middle of the round.

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Humans aren't designed for that.

You'd get more point fighting and gassed fighters.

Not sure what made you think it would be a good idea.
 
The fights would be better at two 5 minute rounds with a sudden victory round. Far higher pace and fighters would be pushing hard in the second round for a variety of reasons
 
I think a better way to do it would be to make the third round have a variable finish time. If all three judges are unanimously struggling with a majority decision for the fight they can push a button that makes the final bell not sound meaning there is an extra couple minutes on the third round. This would have helped on Lawler-Hendricks and some other close decision fights.
 
It doesn't sound very compatible with a points system and a business model to me. Systems are made to be gamed by men looking to be paid; always going to be the nature of the beast.
I've seen a few "less regulated" events with no rounds or time limits, won only by KO or submission. Start and go until somebody finishes. If - and that's a big "if" - somebody somewhere could get a legitimate PPV setup like this and keep it going, there would be some big money to be made; as well as some serious proving grounds for weighing sand.
 
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