UFC Fight Night 36 breaks record for longest UFC event

UFC Fight Night 36 was a decent event overall. Unfortunately for the UFC, their last two events have had 10 decisions out of 12 fights. More decisions usually equals a longer event, and at UFC Fight Night 36 that is exactly the case.

BloodyElbow first reported that UFC Fight Night 36 now holds the title for the longest UFC event in history. This includes events from the dark ages of MMA that had no time limits in certain fights. The 12 fight event lasted 173 minutes, 32 seconds. In other terms, the event lasted 2 hours, 53 minutes, and 32 seconds in total fight time.

These are the records that the UFC would like to avoid breaking, but it is bound to happen from time to time. Not every event can be a homerun, and some events will simply take a long time or have a lot of decisions. UFC 169 and UFC Fight Night 36 both fall in that category.

The UFC will look to buck the trend this coming Saturday at UFC 170.

SEE ALSO:

• UFC Fight Night 36 GIF’s, Highlights, and Results
• Should the UFC consider finish bonuses?
• UFC Fight Night 36 second event in a row with 10 decisions
• Will Lyoto Machida get the UFC title shot?
• UFC Fight Night 36 results: Lyoto Machida gets UD victory over Gegard Mousasi
• UFC Fight Night 36 results: Jacare Souza defeats Francis Carmont by UD
• UFC Fight Night 36 results: Erick Silva KO’s Takenori Sato in the first round
• UFC Fight Night 36 results: Nico Musoke defeats Viscardi Andrade by UD
• UFC Fight Night 36 results: Charles Oliveira submits Andy Ogle in the third