One of the main reasons why i think these events are poor is that there is an inherent conflict in the equipment used versus the style of fight. MMA fighters very quickly worked out that it is extremely difficult to grapple, stand up or on the floor, whilst wearing 10oz or 12oz gloves.

Try this for yourself and see if i am right - In the standup position once someone gets the hooks around the waist in preparation to throw the sheer dimensions of the gloves make it very difficult to prise the hooks apart. Couple this with sweat, linament, etc from the fighters and it becomes even more difficult. See how long it takes to pry the arms apart and how many failed attempts (with the glove slipping past and down your opponents arm) it takes - then see how long it took! Because of these gloves the thrower is allowed plenty of time to arch their back, set themselves

This is noticeable in the first round or two of almost every fight where the Chinese fighter is fresh and therefore has an extremely solid grip on the fighter - as the fights progress you see more and more that the grip is loose (coupled with poor shoots) and therefore the Thais are able to wriggle out of these throw attempts and regain there fight.

What i would like to see is a'la the Thai - Burma series where they fight in wraps (or stremlined MMA gloves)- bet you would see a completely different kind of fight where the poor time lag in shooting and throwing would be able to be punished more.