MMA is dead.
weak sauce
Rickson was right
WHAT THE FUCK
this kinda sucks
Herring In A Fur Coat - Good. There is no logical reason to have uneven rounds.
Except that it makes MMA better.
It really doesn't matter. Dream is pretty much dead. No matter what the time of the round is people are still gonna complain their style doesn't work.
What's next?! No knees to a downed opponent?! Elbows? The cage full time!??!
There's a reason why JMMA is superior to the US, but not much longer....
Herring In A Fur Coat - Better how?
If a 10-minute round is better than 5, why not have 2 x 10?
10-5-5 or 10-5 is just silly.
The 10 minute first round allows the action to get going better when fighters are fresh/cold and the shorter subsequent rounds accept the fact that fighters tire as the fight progresses.
It is based on creating a balance between more entertaining fights with more opportunity to display skills and/or finish a fight but without overly creating sloppiness through exhausting the fighters after the initial period.