UFC: All new future main events five rounds, new 125 lb div coming soon
UFC president Dana White said that the promotion has decided that all main-event non-title bouts – whether on pay-per-view, Spike…
UFC president Dana White said that the promotion has decided that all main-event non-title bouts – whether on pay-per-view, Spike TV or Versus – will now be scheduled as five-rounders.
However, the adjustment will not apply to any currently scheduled bouts, such as UFC 133’s Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis tilt, or UFC on Versus 5’s Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle contest.
“From this day forward, as we speak right here, right now today, every fight that is a main event that is not a title fight will be a five-round fight,” White said. “So all the fights that will be made from this day forward will be five rounds.”
UFC president Dana White today confirmed that the organization is moving forward on its plan to add a 125-pound flyweight division to its existing seven weight classes.
White said it could come “like, really soon,” possibly by year’s end.
While the organization already has been talking to flyweight fighters about contracts, White said it’ll take time to truly build the division and crown a champion.
“We have to get out there; we have to create the division,” White said. “We bring the guys in, sign them and start putting on fights. You figure out who the best is, and you have a title fight.”