I prefer fighting in a Cage but from a fans point of View, Especially live, the ring is so much better to see action and actually know what is going on.
My idea is to combine the two, and do an eight sided ring, much like the six sided ring used in some Pro wrestling events now, instead of having 3 ropes like in Wrestling you would have to add a couple ropes and go with at least 5 ropes for the safety of the fighters, added padding on the turnbuckles and other things that would add to the safety.
They only people that could get this done is the NSAC but i don't think they would mandate it, and the UFC will not do this willingly, but i think Pride might because it would make the ring bigger and i think it would attract more fans.
The ring would look much like this, but with eight sides, more ropes, and petter padding at the corners.
Thoughts?