Champions of yesterday, such as Royce Gracie or Mark Coleman, are remembered for their abilities to finish fights in an exciting and captivating fashion. Fans forget the 90-minute battle between Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba. Why? The lack of an exciting and memorable finish. In those days, fans wanted to see a decisive finish, not a white towel thrown to the mat. Today's fan is no different than yesterday's. Edgar has now fought 15 rounds in his past three fights without a finish or anything close. True MMA aficionados want to see, and will remember, a great finish over a decision any day. A fighter, more importantly a champion, must finish a fight and not leave it in the hands of the judges to decide the victor. A finish leaves no question in the fans mind that the fighter has undoubtedly won the fight and is the true "champion."
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