8 Reasons the UFC Will Always Be Better Than Boxing | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Boxing has matches for 12, three-minute rounds. UFC has a maximum of five, five-minute rounds. However, despite the lesser amount of time, UFC combines wrestling, boxing, kickboxing and multiple other martial arts into one of the most heavily taxing sports out there. All the while, the likelihood of getting knocked out, having to submit and thinking about every single angle the opponent can come in and dominate the fight is taxing on the brain.

After one five-minute round, both fighters will be extremely physically and mentally drained and barring knockout or submission, will only have at least two more rounds to get through until they can say the fight is over.

The overall drain in MMA is much higher, but at the same time, the fans also don't get bored as quickly. Watching a 12-round fight is great, but it's much more entertaining to see two guys kill each other in five.