Opinion: Unify the Rules

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UFC Seattle was about as close to perfect as it gets heading into the main event. Eight of the first 11 bouts resulted in finishes, and the three fights that went the distance were all competitive enough to satiate viewers’ appetites. All we needed was for the Henry Cejudo-Yadong Song headliner to be a passable experience, and we would have been talking about a potential “Event of the Year” contender. Instead, we were treated to an utterly disastrous outcome.

The actual fighting between Song…