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 It always makes me nervous when commissions fuck with the rules of MMA. In this case I suppose they're mostly messing with the rules behind the rules ... the guidelines they use to regulate things. Still, you can fuck a lot of shit up on that end. I think the latest round of changes from the Nevada State Athletic Commission are generally good, except for one horrible thing. See if you can guess what:In addition to the implementation of instant replay, the NSAC will also be seeking closure in the complaints that were brought up regarding the alleged excessive greasing of Georges St. Pierre in his January contest with B.J. Penn. Five round non title fights? Say it ain't so, Keith! While I'm sure many people are high fiving over the possibility of fights like Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin or Randy Couture vs Big Nog going 25 minutes instead of 15 (and I say 'like' because these aren't in Nevada), just wait till the five round fight becomes the new three round fight. Anything that pushes MMA closer towards boxing's never-ending bout syndrome is bad fucking news. How about we add the option to stick another period onto hockey games while we're at it? Funny enough, I don't really give a shit about the whole instant replay stuff because we've had instant replay in New Jersey for a year and a half and the world hasn't stopped turning yet. I'm sure I'll change my mind the first time it's horribly misused, and I fully recognize the contradiction of assuming the worst for extra rounds while crossing my fingers that commissions aren't gonna kill the pace of fights while fiddling with replay footage. But what can I say, I hate what I hate. The greasing change is the main one I think we can all agree is okay. They got rid of all the vague wiggle room and basically replaced it with the vague threat of punishment. Again, it will be interesting to see how this is applied, but at least we've taken some baby steps towards fixing that particular hole in MMA rules.  For every fight that I wished was five rounds instead of three, I've seen ten that should have ended as soon as possible.  I couldn't disagree more, additional five rounders in MMA is an awesome thing. You better not run into Jordan Breen any time soon if he hears you talking bad about them he'll want to through hands with you. Okay well when we see Sean Sherk vs Gray Maynard for 7 rounds in 2012, you'll look back and say "FIGHTLINKER WAS RIGHT!" And then make sure to pour some 50 on the ground in my memory, as I plan on killing myself from long ass mma fight boredom long before then ;-)  Are you fucking with me, are you not sick & tired of 3-round main events? Only the main event should be 5 rds, no matter what. The rest of the card is 3. Whats wrong with that model?This is just coming from a guy who wanted to see a clear cut winner in the Ace/Hendo, Ace/Wanderlei fights. I wasn't satisfied with the judges letting us know who won. 5rd main events give me no more excuses to bitch.  Couture vs Nog should be 5Diaz vs Guillard should be 5 Henderson vs Franklin/Tito should be 5 Most main events are 5 rounds already and the cards without championships are usually headlined by interesting fighters/fights. But please no 5 round TUF finales. they're painful enough already.  100% Agree with Denton. I see nothin wrong with main event fights always being 5 rounds its a 40 not 5o ryan lol & with 5 round main events they will just have to choose very carefully who is the main event, if two guys have a history of not finishing then just have them on the main card but not the main eventsimple as that, imagine if ace vs hendo and condit vs kampman were 5 rounders, i also see this benefiting the WEC more since the lighter weight classes can go the extra rounds with the same intensity  What's the percentage of fights that finished via something other than decision in the 4th or 5th round? Isn't there a website out there that keeps track of that stuff?Personally, I like being able to see 5 or more fights during a PPV. 5 rounders would reduce that to 3 or 5 fights, potentially boring ones at that. They're called "Championship Rounds" for a reason.  I have no problem with Main Event being 5 rounds since it doesn't mean it always going to a 5 rounder.  Thats all great I just wish I saw the rule change of Knees to the head of a grouded opponent added on thats the one rule I want added BAD ! As for 5 round fights that really is a double headed monster that Bling Crosby aboce is spot on about.Shit 3 round boring fights seem way to long I can't even imagine 5 rounders. Yes I can actually Arlovski Vs Sylvia 3. i always feel cheated by a three round main event.  Catfish:"Diaz vs Guillard should be 5" No way, I think only main event of PPV's or No 1 contender bouts should be 5. ^Agreed.  I hope in the future they extend title fights to 7 rounds. That would be 35 minutes compared with 36 mins for a Boxing title fight. Elite fighters need as much time as possible to fight. Also the UFC better adopt it DannyP72 with 7 round title fights you would see about 2 less fights per PPV that had a title fight on it and I am all about seeing more fights not less. I agree with the above statment just championship fights and No 1 contender fights and main event fights should be 5 rounds. None should be 7 at all. Can you imagine Decision Dan fighting 7 rounds? Can you imagine Anderson Silva giving a performance like his last 2 fights or somene like Matt Hughes or a fight like Arlovski vs Sylvia 3 going 7 ? I know can imagine it and it would just suck .I would pull my fucking hair out having to watch boring fighters and fights like that go 7. NO WAY !  This would be bullshit. It would only be allowed in Vegas for non-title fights. Guys would get hurt more. They're called championship rounds for a reason. No. No. No.  Yeah, I want more five-round fights. I watch fights to find out who's the better fighter, and there's a lot of three-rounders that end before that becomes clear. Also, I like the idea of a judge botching a round being less catastrophic. I know most MMA fans shit on boxing, but more rounds means that an iffy score for a round is a drop in the bucket, as opposed to being this massive portion of the pie that it currently is.Personally, I'd like to see damn near every lightweight and below match go 5 rounds, in particular.
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