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krazyhopz
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07.02.2011 | 12:17 AM ET

according to Ariel Helwani's twitter Ellenberger/Shields will not be 5rds, apparently it has to do with time...he says its a case by case situation. but if that fights not 5rds, i don't see why they would have another one on tv for 5rds. its not like there going have a title fight for free on tv

* Edited at 07.02.2011, 12:19 AM ET *

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07.02.2011 | 12:29 AM ET

Because of time constraints I makes sense not to make Fight night and VS fights 5 rounds. I'm not a huge fan of 5 round non-title fights really. I just think they should do their best to make sure there is a title fight on every card. With 7 champions that shouldn't be that hard. 

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07.02.2011 | 12:42 AM ET


its hard to say, theres a lot of complications trying to make a title fight every card. but i do agree i'm not a big fan of 5rds for every main event...sometimes i wish there was 2 more rounds, but theres a lot times i'm glad its only 3

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07.02.2011 | 1:14 AM ET

Makes sense. I didn't want televised main events to have 5rnds anyways. Although there would be some that would have deserved 5rnds, a good majority of them wouldn't have. PPV main events being 5rnds is good though. I would have enjoyed 5rnds of Machida/Rampage.
ghostphantom563
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07.02.2011 | 1:28 AM ET

This is why the 5 round superfights are stupid.
GSfknP
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07.02.2011 | 1:36 AM ET

You lost me.

Superfights are going to be on televised cards?
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07.02.2011 | 10:36 AM ET

This is why it would be huge for the UFC to purchase their own channel.

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07.02.2011 | 2:02 PM ET

I dont like the 5 round non title fight idea either. Leave it how it is with title fights being 5 and everything else as 3. There are more important things in mma that need to be looked at and changed or tweaked a little. Stop worrying about how many rounds main events should be and fix the **** that really matters; like the scoring, kicks to the head of a grounded opponent that so many fans and fighters seem to want. Thats what I care about not getting 2 more rounds of a non title fight.
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07.02.2011 | 2:21 PM ET

i'd rather see 4 fights on tv cards than 3 with a 5 round main event

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