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Dana White was in Toronto yesterday with a handful of the fighters from the UFC 129 card and although he didn’t drop any remarkable news during the press conference, a few interesting tidbits came out during the fan Q&A session they did at Rogers Centre.
First off, the Baldfather said that the UFC is working towards making all main event non-title bouts five rounds. I’m not sure the commissions will go for the idea considering the Unified Rules clearly state that only championship bouts can be five rounds. It would be awesome if they could get it done — unless of course it’s a Fight Night card main event, then it might be painful.
Strikeforce tried and failed to make all of the heavyweight tournament bouts five rounds, but I’m guessing the conversation went something like this:
"Hey guys, it’s Scott Coker. Do you think we could make the tournament bouts five rounds? I have to put the request in writing? Forget it. We’ll just do three rounds."