Is it time to add some rounds to championship fights?

[Kaiserjuan]

I feel like we're getting too many close five rounders nowadays. That s ok when it's just a fight but it kinda takes something away when it's a fight for the title as in usman colby 2.
I mean you could clearly see that momentum was shifting towards colby and both fighters still had gas
in their tank.

 

[mjoln]

You failed with your gameplan if you have plenty of gas after 25 minutes.

If they got 7 rounds they would circle first two.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

i wouldn't mind seven rounds. nba, mlb, nhl all come down to a best of 7.

 

[Soggust]

No, this is a terrible idea.

 

[Adamant]

I would definitely be interested in seeing 6 or 7 rounds.

Maybe go to 4 minute rounds and add an extra round or two?

 

[Sickbro69420]

Yeah. Why not 15 just in case!?

 

[Oozing BDE]

More rounds actually increases the problem. The more rounds the more of a chance there will be close ones. Imagine a 12 round fight where five rounds could go either way. Splitting hairs will be so disorienting.

So and so won rounds 1, 3, 4, 6

The opponent won rounds 5, 7, 8

2, 9, 10, 11, 12 were too close to call

UGH!

 

[textwarrior]

I feel like we're getting too many close five rounders nowadays. That s ok when it's just a fight but it kinda takes something away when it's a fight for the title as in usman colby 2.
I mean you could clearly see that momentum was shifting towards colby and both fighters still had gas
in their tank.

Make it one round, just add glass to their gloves....

I would like a final winner or loser over a decision in a fight too but the fighters health life is more important and the rules protect the fighters.

 

[Oozing BDE]

Make all fights five rounds BUT

(1) Open scoring between rounds

(2) First to win three rounds wins the fight. This will encourage fighters to not take rounds off. Every round counts. You cant afford to give any round away. Like real sports where they have a best of five or best of seven series.

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

How bout a 25 minute single round?

 

[SuperNerd]

Nah.

Throw snakes in the cage tho

 

[HeDidn'tWantTheFight]

Problems with this.
-The longer the event goes, the more money it costs the UFC/ESPN.
-Events would go late af. Two five rounders caused last night's card to end close to 2 AM EST.
-Officials themselves would be prone to letting their guard down. 35 minutes of dashing around the octagon while remaining laser focused isn't easy. I can't imagine any athletic commissions loving the idea of that.
-I doubt any fighters want this.
-Casuals probably wouldn't want it either.

 

[Deathbycalfkick]

There would be a lot more cage hugging and lay and pray if that happens.

 

[Venom]

This is BS reasoning. 5 rounds of MMA is incredibly taxing on the body. In fact the opposite may be better. 3 or 4 rounds for the Champs. But the way MMA is scored may need to be amended.

 

[Shroud of turinabol]

To the death (Georges)

 

[felmmando]

(2) First to win three rounds wins the fight. This will encourage fighters to not take rounds off.

In many cases, it would also nullify the advantage a fighter may derive from superior endurance.

 

[Soggust]

Make all fights five rounds BUT

(1) Open scoring between rounds

(2) First to win three rounds wins the fight. This will encourage fighters to not take rounds off. Every round counts. You cant afford to give any round away. Like real sports where they have a best of five or best of seven series.

I really like this idea

 

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

So because Colby did not do enough to win in five rounds and could have potentially gone three more rounds TS believes we should extend championship fights?

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I am no Usman fan but this is some ridiculous logic/coping mechanism from Colby fans.

Your guy lost, he deserved to lose, you don't clown around the first two rounds and start taking a championship fight seriously only when you get dropped for the first time. He gave away the first two rounds to Kamaru on a silver platter.

Colby is never going to be WW champion, he doesn't fight like a champion nor does he have the skillset of a WW champion, and despite what the commentators say to make his fanboys (like you TS) feel better he is not the second best WW. Colbys skills have regressed due to his inactivity and lack of training.

I hope for Colbys sake he retires because the guy who fought last night was was not worthy of sharing the octagon with Usman who was very gracious after all the trash Colby talked for seemingly no reason since he had nothing to back it up.

Id rather see Covington go out with his head held high than go out on a stretcher when a very motivated Masvidal knocks him out because that is how a fight between him and Masvidal will end if the guy who showed up last night shows up to fight Jorge Masvidal.

 

[15089371]

Nahhh man. You gonna see some crazy conserving of energy, and if a fight is gonna be boring it's really gonna put people to sleep over 5 rounds. 25 minutes is a damn long time to be in there and to watch one fight, and there's plenty of time to win. Colby said he started out slow and wanted to see what Usman was gonna bring, so it's not like he couldn't have turned it up earlier, it was a choice.

 

[Slapchoppin]

oh no please god no