Originally Posted by Mike Brewer

That may well be. The difficulty arises when you're someone like Mark Coleman or Mark Kerr or a Kevin Randleman or a Tito Ortiz or somebody like that. They have a great pace and are buzz saws in the front end of the fight, but if somebody outlasts that initial burst, they get their teeth kicked out by somebody like Petey Williams.

Certainly not a universal trait, mind you, but something folks should take into account when preparing a conditioning routine for a 15 or 36 minute fight.