What if MMA was just a single five minute round?

[xn7]

would just be like sex

 

[Killhippies]

One 10 minute round - 3 minute rest - One 5 minute round. Fight judged as a whole. This will give grapplers remove to breath and also give aggressive strikers incentive to go hard.

Only reward points for strikes and submission attempts and we will have exciting fights.

 

[Fight Professor]

I see a lot of questionable decisions. Many fighters need time to understand the opponent.

 

[KingBarbozaGOAT]

Conor would be GOAT then

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Shane Carwin would have been HW champ

 

[Xoleth]

You would see wrestlers shooting for the takedown and going for the fence and just keep their opponents there

 

[ThePatriot]

Why not just one 15 minute round.

I thought he did a good job of explaining why

Its just a thought experiment on what a short fight would look like

 

[613]

Keep in mind that real fights don't last fifteen minutes.

Keep in mind, MMA is a sport and not a real fight

 

[Kingdumb]

I think it would favour a very specific type of fighter and fans would be robbed of the most compelling fights. Momentum swings, heart, toughness, making adjustments etc would all become less important.
The only benefit would be fighters would come out to swang and bang I guess. You may see more knockouts, but I don't think that's the most interesting part of mma

 

[A.S. Deep]

I'd rather have one round with unlimited time until someone is finished.

No standups either. If a wrestler wants to lay on you for 10 hours until you're too gassed to fight back, then so be it.

Purely sport. Which is why is would be terrible for entertainment lol.