Originally Posted by dig420

There are other factors that play into this besides just fighting style. MMA is set up to help strikers in several ways. Number one, time limits. A groundfighter has to shoot early and often instead of waiting for it to come naturally, and that is EXHAUSTING. Number two, getting stood up. A grappler, ideally, wants to stay on the ground, he doesn't WANT the fight to be exciting. He wants to keep you down, wear you out, and submit you when you're ready to go. The way the fights are set up now, you have to be in the process of landing a submission from the second you hit the mat until the end of the round or you get stood up. Again, that's exhausting. Grappling is a merciless, grinding, bit by bit type of fighting and understandably MMA organizations want excitement and flash.