As MMAjunkie.com recently reported, UFC officials may soon implement five-round non-title fights. In fact, UFC president Dana White said UFC 131’s headliner between Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos nearly became the first one.
But there are drawbacks to such a plan, including threats to career longevity.
In our latest “Ask the Fight Doc” installment, MMAjunkie.com medical columnist Dr. Johnny Benjamin discusses some of those issues and explains why another contact sport is having a similar debate.