Rich Franklin

The six fighters, including headliners Vitor Belfort and Rich Franklin, who underwent drug testing last month...

From Ireland to Germany, Canada to Northern Ireland, over the past two years Rich Franklin has been going wherever the action is — and wherever Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) needs him. The latest stop: UFC 103 on Saturday night, when the company lands in Dallas for the first time. Fr...

DALLAS - Vitor Belfort returned to the UFC in style Saturday night, knocking out former middleweight champion Rich Franklin three minutes two seconds into the main event of UFC 103.

Too bad they tore the top of Reunion Arena here in Big D. Dallas’ long home for sporting events and concerts would have been the perfect setting for the reunion storylines that are sprinkled across the UFC 103 card. Headliner Rich Franklin is making his first appearance on U.S. soil in more than...

After six years in the UFC, Rich Franklin embraces the chance to be one of mixed martial arts' cleaner-cut poster boys. He doesn't even mind when those posters are hanging in unfamiliar cities such as Dallas.

TNA Knockout Lisa Marie Varon (formerly Victoria in WWE) is heading to the world of mixed martial arts and plans to make her pro MMA debut in the next year. Her manager, J.T. Stewart, who also manages former UFC champion Rich Franklin, discussed her plans with the Dayton Daily News.

With the announcement of the signing of Vitor Belfort and with it being noted that he will face Rich Franklin at UFC 103 in September, people need not worry about what will happen with Franklin's first opponent for the card, Dan Henderson.

One of the most popular UFC fighters in recent history may well be beginning the final phase of his successful...

After a hotly-debated split decision in their first meeting at the beginning of 2009, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) stars Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson are going to hook up once more. UFC announced Monday that a rematch between the two will headline UFC 103 on Sept. 19 in Dallas.

It'sa blend of technique that's had answers for everyone from Rich Franklin (good striker with Western sensibilities) to Thiago Silva (jiu-jitsu, aggression) to Tito Ortiz (power, power, power). The only question left is the one Evans is more than ...

According to the Dayton Daily News, Rich Franklin stated that due to his new alliance with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, he would permanently stay at Light Heavyweight. Franklin had the following to say… "I'll say this much, with training ...

 OH - Dann Stupp Still, Franklin has bonded with Silva, the guy who took his middleweight title in 2007. In fact, Franklin said that bond with "The Spider" is now strong enough that it could cancel any plans he had to train with Wanderlei Silva after their UFC 99 main ...

In Anderson Silva's first seven fights in the UFC, he so thoroughly dominated his opponents -- including great fighters like former UFC champ Rich Franklin and former Pride champ Dan Henderson -- that no one even made it past the second round with him. ...

 LA He has an overall record of 24-4 and 12-3 in the UFC, his only losses coming to UFC superstar Anderson Silva (twice) and a recent split-decision loss to Dan Henderson on UFC 93. His only other loss came at the hands of another "name" in the UFC ranks, ...

By Kris Karkoski (admin) Anderson Silva Silva captured the title with a first-round knockout of Rich Franklin in late-2006 and has since defended the belt four times with victories over Nate Marquardt, Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, and Patrick Cote. “The Spider” also holds UFC wins over Chris Leben, Travis Lut...

The Sun  OH - Jan 20, 2009 Following his split-decision loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 93, Rich Franklin (24-4) finds his MMA career in flux. A competitor in two weight classes but now ... Ace suffers horror eye injury The Sun all 5 news articles

By Dave Sholler With the loss to Henderson, Franklin continues his “almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” campaign. Given the fact that he’s been beaten twice by middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Franklin is unlikely to return to the 185-pound division. Add his light heavyweight los...

It’s the fight that we’ve been wanting for ages, as former middleweight king Rich Franklin finally meets former Pride two weight king Dan Henderson. There’s also the return of a hall of famer as the Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its Irish debut with UFC 93: Franklin v Stephenson, s...

By Bryan Trafford Final Results Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin via split decision Mauricio "Shogun" Rua def. Mark Coleman via TKO (strikes) -- Round 3 Rousimar Palhares def. Jeremy Horn via unanimous decision Martin Kampmann def. Alexandre Barros via TKO (strikes) -- Round 2

By joshua khan Rich Franklin vs Dan Henderson This fight wasn't bad at all, except I was very disappointed to see Henderson, being an Olympic wrestler come in and do so poorly against Rich Franklin. EVERYONE KNOWS Franklin comes in with the absolute best cardio; how could someone be so stupid!!

By Kris Karkoski (admin) Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson, which takes place today at the O2 in Dublin, Ireland and features Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Mark Coleman, and eight additional bouts. DAN HENDERSON VS. RICH FRANKLIN

Dave, Thumbs up Best Match: Franklin v Hendo Worst Match: Belcher vs Kang It is quite astonishing to think that Rua has gone in a couple of years from a guy that had a reasonable case to be thought of as the best fighter in the world to someone who I would not currently rank as a top then LWH. Rua is s...

By Eric Shapiro Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson Prediction: Henderson via split decision Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Rua via TKO, round 2. Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle Prediction: Davis via unanimous decision Alexandre Barros vs. Martin Kampmann Prediction: Kampann via TKO, round 3.

By Steve Cofield Franklin was also a smartass when Henderson said his game had more dimensions: He's known for his striking, standup and decent on ground and pound but that's about it," said Henderson. "I have more dimensions as an MMA fighter."

By Steve Cofield Robb also mentions in her story that Liddell appears to be earmarked for a fight against either Shogun Rua (if he wins this month at UFC 93) or the Rich Franklin/Dan Henderson winner. Both seem like odd scenarios. Is Rua a lock to walkover Mark Coleman? He had his arm broken the first time they m...

Rich Franklin is officially staying at light heavyweight. B.J. Penn will not be allowed to move up to middleweight, even if he beats Georges St. Pierre. GSP will be fighting Thiago Alves (if GSP beats Penn) before getting a chance at a superfight with Anderson Silva.

By Mark Chalifoux Rich Franklin is officially staying at light heavyweight. B.J. Penn will not be allowed to move up to middleweight, even if he beats Georges St. Pierre. GSP will be fighting Thiago Alves (if GSP beats Penn) before getting a chance at a superfight with Anderson Silva.

By Brian Oswald Dana White recently confirmed the winner of Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson fight will be named a head coach for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter. It seems that Rich Franklin’s move to light heavyweight has always been a move in flux.

By The Lights Out Show TUF 8 Finale preview A Meeting of MMA Minds: M-1’s Vadim Finkelchtein, Fedor Emelianenko and Dana White  Silva turns his back on America!  Rich Franklin may not be through with middleweight after all  Dan Henderson feels Brock Lesnar “Demeans” the UFC belt

By Racan Alhoch Dan Henderson is a very skilled, world-class wrestler. He began his mixed martial arts career in 1997 (three full years before Rich Franklin) and went on to win many tournaments including UFC 17. Much like Franklin, he started his career with a nine-fight win streak before falling to Wande...

By david ritchie Rich Franklin is the former UFC Middleweight Champion who holds a record of 24 wins and three losses. He has victories over Ken Shamrock, Evan Tanner (twice), David Loiseau, Yushin Okami, Travis Lutter, and Matt Hamill—quite a star studded list of victims.

By Sean Schimling Lyoto Machida: Lyoto "Who?" Machida Rich Franklin: Rich "Mr. Ireland" Franklin He's gonna fight in Ireland again at UFC 93. The only UFC fighter to fight in Ireland twice! Chris Leben: Chris "Cut" Leben Matt Hughes: Matt "Toupée Chest" Hughes

By Zack Gobie On one hand, you have Rich "Ace" Franklin.  Elite, well rounded fighter, Jim Carrey lookalike, and all around good guy.  He broke onto the MMA scene at the 205 division where he got wins over guys including Evan Tanner, Edwin Dewees and UFC HOF'er Ken Shamrock.  After a KO loss to still undefea...

By The Lights Out Show  Dan Henderson or Rich Franklin as the USA coach in the next TUF has already been settled  Rumor Mill: Chuck Liddell’s next opponent not Anderson Silva, and not even at light heavyweight!  Rumor Mill 2: Anderson Silva’s next opponent will be a loser. Seriously!

By Chart Topper Here’s Rich “Ace” Franklin talking about MMA fighters, and how to become a good one. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BeCdGXYZs Here’s Rich “Ace” Franklin talking about MMA fighters, and how to become a good one. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BeCdGXYZs

By raymcilroy Let me just say, Vinny going for a flying armbar was fantastic. I’m not a Vinny fan (don’t say you are better than Nog) But you simply don’t see enough of the “flying” attacks, except maybe a handful of flying knees. Perhaps if Patrick Cote had practiced his flying heel hooks he would have fared...

Kelly: Yes, but not for another year or more. Switching weight classes is harder when you have to go up instead of down. Why? Cutting weight is cutting weight, whether it’s down to 185 or 170. But going up usually means the fighter sacrifices size and strength to the bigger guys in the class and R...

The Half-Guarded Truth By: Mike CoughlinMichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.com (mailto:MichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.com) For the week of 09/21/08 September Rankings Five Star Radio / The Half-Guarded Truth Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Another month, another round of fights, and another s...

UFC star Rich Franklin is back in action this Saturday at UFC 88 in Atlanta and will be moving up a weight class. Franklin will be facing a fellow Cincinnatian in light heavyweight Matt Hamill. I recently spoke with Franklin about the match and his career. What do you think about Matt Hamill?

By someonespecial4 Lyoto Machida is booked for a fight with Thiago SilvaRameau Theirry Sokoudjou is booked for a fight with Luis CaneBrandon Vera is booked for a fight with Keith JardineChuck Liddell is booked for a fight with Rashad EvansShogun should return in December, but Wanderlei won’t fight himDan...

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By Adam Morgan Adam Morgan: I like Dan Henderson in this fight and I’ll tell you why. Anderson Silva has fought opponents that have complimented his devastating style and he’s never fought a wrestler on Henderson’s level. Silva has a weakness and it’s his wrestling game. Travis Lutter took him down and mou...

By Adam Morgan Also,  Jorge Gurgel was on with Gregg Doyel and Mo Egger this morning on their show. You can listen to that interview here. Rich Franklin was a guest on yesterday’s Lance McAllister radio show on 1530 HOMER The Sports Animal here in Cincinnati. Click here if you want to listen to the entire inte...

By Sam Caplan Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin Yushin Okami vs. Jason MacDonald Gary Herman: Franklin vs Okami = Close Fight. Franklin vs MacDonald = One-sided Franklin victory. Okami vs MacDonald = Same. One-sided Okami win. Okami by third round stoppage. Alvin Robinson vs. Jorge Gurgel

By UFCmania Rich Franklin Fighting in Cincinnati will double the amount of pressure to win, plus Silva’s in his head. There’s also the PRIDE FC Welterweight Champion Dan Henderson, but he’s chosen, at least for now, to fight at light heavyweight.

46: B.J. Penn beats Matt Hughes for the welterweight title; Vitor Belfort beats Randy Couture for the light heavyweight title (on a fluke injury, but still a title change) 53: Rich Franklin beats Tanner for MW title; Arlovski retains against Justin Eilers.

Josh Gross are former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and UFC and PRIDE veteran "The Smashing Machine" Mark Kerr. Thanks to the knees of Anderson Silva, Franklin suffered his just second loss in 23 fights. In the three weeks since losing

By Rick Behnke At Saturday night's UFC 64: Unstoppable pay-per-view event, Anderson Silva expertly worked a Muay Thai clinch and let loose with lethal knees to register a first-round TKO win over Rich Franklin to become the new UFC middleweight champion. His win was decisive and destructive, and it re...

By Rick Behnke Veteran or no veteran; some fighters belong in the UFC, some don't. You either have the mind of a fighter or you do not. This week's middleweight elimination bout showed the difference. It all began with this image: middleweight Charles McCarthy slumped over an exercise bicycle because he w...