Non-title five round fights coming to UFC soon
Five-round non-title fights are in the UFC’s immediate future, UFC president Dana White said on Friday afternoon. Until now, only…
Five-round non-title fights are in the UFC’s immediate future, UFC president Dana White said on Friday afternoon.
Until now, only championship fights have been five rounds, while all other fights have been three. The different structure would likely only be utilized for non-title main events, or other important bouts, like No. 1 contender fights.
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“I hate draws worse than anything,” White said, then explaining that the possibility of a tie was one of his problems with soccer.
“You sit there and watch a game for hours and nobody wins?” he said. “I don’t get it. That’s one thing I hate about fights, too. Draws suck.”
