10 UFC Rules That Fighters And Fans Get Wrong All The Time

9. Length Of Matches

There are several fighters today who complain about the length of fights and how they should be unlimited until a fighter is finished. Former UFC Welterweight Champion is one of these outspoken critics who said if he could get rid of anything it would be the time limits. It's understandable why people would complain considering the way MMA judges will sometimes completely botch a match after it went the distance. It can also be frustrating when dealing with fighters who resort to "point fighting" who's strategy is to essentially show the judges they won a decision. The only problem with the elimination of time limits is that fights could go on for theoretically hours on end if neither fighter had a particular advantage. While dealing with judges can be frustrating (and will be addressed later on this list) time limits are one of those rules that are set in stone by the Unified Rules. In the Unified Rules, non-title fights are set at three rounds set at five minutes a piece, while championship rounds are set at five rounds of the same length. However, a local commission can make an exception to the non-title fight limits at the promotions request as has been done with the UFC at pretty much every non-title main event since UFC 138 with a few exceptions. This has also been taken advantage of by promotions who have held one night tournaments in recent years by either shortening the number of rounds in a bout or the length of the rounds themselves. Such exceptions are rare though as promotions generally don't try to push their luck.