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Originally Posted by silent_jay
3 round fights at 5:00 a round equals some good cardio on those guys, same as a boxer going 12 rounds.
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To be fair, it's simply different. In athletics you have sprinters, milers, 10 K runners, and marathoners - they are all in excellent shape, but all geared towards being successful in slightly different ways. It's silly to say that a boxer who goes 10 rounds at 3 minutes per round is in "better" shape than a UFC fighter going for 3 x 5 minutes. A lot more strength and power tends to be involved in UFC fighting, due to the wrestling components, than is required in boxing - if the fights were pushed to 6 x 5 minute rounds, things would get stupidly slow.