UFC News: Dana White Says Non-Title 5-Round Fights Are on the Horizion

UFC fans have not been pleased from past non-title fights that have concluded to three rounds rather than five rounds, especially once controversy revolves heavily on the final decision. And according to UFC president Dana White, fans might just get what's coming to them. 

MMAWeekly reports that White was asked about the topic at a UFC Q&A session at the UFC Fan Expo in Toronto, and he said the UFC is nearing closer to the idea. 

"We were actually going to start it Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos, but we had already made the fight,” White said.

“We had already made the fight so it’s kind of hard to go back to those guys after you already make the fight and say you know what this is going to be five (rounds) instead of three (rounds).”

While the deal has been finalized between both Lesnar and Dos Santos to meet later this summer, White said fans can expect five round non- title bouts to appear in the near future. 

"We’re very close to doing it,” White revealed to the audience.

One the bouts that has drawn controversy was between welterweights BJ Penn and Jon Fitch at UFC 127 this past February.

Penn and Fitch fought to a draw. White said he is not pleased with draws, specifically the bout involving Penn and Fitch, but he did not reveal whether a rematch between the two competitors is planned for a future event. 

This bout is just one of the many problems the UFC has had to endure over the past year, but with White insisting that five round non-title bouts are possibility, implementing it as soon as possible would benefit the company and eliminate the controversial decisions.