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By rss@youtube.com (AmericanFighterUS) Rich Franklin vs Wanderlei Silve at the 2008 National Rock Paper Scissors (RPS) Championships. This is part 2. Author: AmericanFighterUS Keywords: Rich Franklin Wanderlei Vanderlei Silva Rock Paper Scissors UFC MMA Added: February 18, 2009

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I would liken this fight to the Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin catch-weight bout that took place at 195lbs. The fact of the matter is, ... and more »

Questions surrounding Wanderlei Silva's fighting future and whether he should continue fighting have swirled in recent months, escalating following the Unanimous Decision loss to Rich Franklin in Cologne, Germany, at UFC 99, but the former Pride champion made it clear at the post-f...

Rich Franklin's superior fitness and higher work rate earned him a unanimous decision win over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 on Saturday.

Both Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva are on the downside of their exceptional mixed-martial-arts careers. But on Saturday at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany, the two Ultimate Fighting Championship superstars turned the clock back and put on a battle worthy of the main event slot.

With no title on the line in the UFC 99 main event in Cologne, Germany, Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva needed to put on a great show to make it worth our time.

The catchweight main event pitting Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva alone is like something out of my own personal fistic wish list while the remaining main card bouts more than carry their weight when compared to such a money main event. ...

 DC The same problem has come again with a headliner fight between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. Both are good fighters, or at least were in the case of Silva, and both can be exciting, but as of right now neither is deserving or capable of carrying a ...

UFC : 99 "The Comeback" is just around the corner. Here's a chat transcript released by the UFC to the media from last week. I'm highlighting Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva who will be fighting in the main event in Cologne, Germany. ... Breaking Down The UFC 99 Main Event: Wanderlei Silva vs. Ric...

 CA by Andrew Nuschler (Senior Writer) On Saturday night, Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva will both try to re-establish a foothold in the tilting landscape of mixed martial arts. Hence, Dana White and the Ultimate Fighting Championship marketing ...

 UK “I've got to then look at picking up another bonus and I'm confident I can score a 'Knockout of the Night' in this one. It's going to be a KO!” UFC 99, headlined by Rich Franklin v Wanderlei Silva, is live on Setanta on Saturday. The Ultimate Fighter: ...

SPIKE 11PM ET - Countdown to UFC 99: The Comeback - "Countdown show to Saturday's pay-per-view event featuring a headlining bout between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva at a 195 lb. catchweight." - VERSUS 12AM ET - WEC 39: "Scheduled: Mike Brown vs. ...

Both bouts feature UFC 99 headliners: Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva, who meet in a catchweight bout of 195 pounds on June 13. The UFC Media Live section features a UFC 56 bout between then-UFC middleweight champ Franklin and challenger Nate Quarry. ...

Silver Star Casting Company and American Fighter thrown-down to make a premium walkout tee in support of Rich “Ace” Franklin's upcoming catchweight bout at UFC 99 against Wanderlei Silva on June 13th in Cologne, Germany. With silver foil accents, ...

Franklin -- who lost the UFC middleweight title to Anderson in 2006 and then lose a rematch in 2007 -- said he considers Anderson a friend and has trained with him in preparation for his June 13 fight with Wanderlei at UFC 99. Wanderlei, meanwhile ...

 OH James Walker/ESPN] Not exactly Cleveland, but I'm pretty pumped to see Cincinnati's Rich Franklin take on take on Wanderlei Silva in two weeks for UFC 99. “Ace” sits down with the FanHouse to discuss. [Mike Chiapetta/MMA FanHouse] Keeping our eye on ...

Al Turk (6-4-0) will be making his second UFC appearance when he meets Cro Cop. He was stopped Dec. 27, 2008, in the first round by Kongo. The main event at UFC 99 pits former middleweight champion Rich Franklin against ex-PRIDE star Wanderlei Silva. ...

 Canada I didn't sign anything, but my target is to fight at UFC 104 on Oct. 24. My doctor told me for sure, it's the best date I can fight." In the same division as popular fighters like Michael Bisping, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin, ...

 MN Dan Henderson's last fight was at 205, but his next will be at his natural home of 185 against Bisping. Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva recieve votes in both categories because...they're stuck in some weird 195lb. limbo. ...

It is the first UFC event ever to be staged in continental Europe. Silva A., the UFC middleweight champion, has been at loggerheads with W. Silva (at least in print and on MMA forums) and the American cleared up some rumours yesterday which had been ... UFC Hopes to Have Silva vs. Silva FanHouse

 CA Less than one week later the UFC returns with UFC 99: The Comeback. Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva meet in a catchweight fight that really is a risky fight for Franklin to take. If Franklin can get past Wanderlei, it doesn't necessarily advance him ...

The main event with Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva is a difficult fight for me to call. Given Franklin's defeat with Muay Thai expert Anderson Silva and now facing another muay "fat knee in your grill" thai expert like Wanda the odds are stacked ...

  Canada Up next for the company is UFC 99 on June 13 in Cologne, Germany. The pay-per-view is headlined by a Rich Franklin-Wanderlei Silva match being contested at a catchweight of 195 pounds . . . Following UFC 99 is the season finale of The Ultimate Fighter: ...

The rules ban a very wide variety of potentially dangerous moves from being used in an MMA bout. UFC 99 takes place on June 13 in Cologne, Germany. It will feature a main event between Wanderlei Silva and Rich Franklin, at a catch weight of 195 pounds. ...

 NY UFC 99 takes place June 13 at the Lanxess Arena in Colgone, Germany. The Herring vs. Velasquez bout had been slated as the night's co-headliner to a main event of Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva. According to MMA FanHouse, which first broke the news ...

 OH However, ticket sales are solid for the event, which features a main event between former UFC champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva (at a catch-weight of 195 pounds). (Touch of gloves: MMAjunkie.com reader "Roy M.") To ...

MMA Unlimited  OH UFC 99 takes place June 13 at the Lanxess Arena in Colgone, Germany. The Herring vs. Velasquez bout had been slated as the night's co-headliner to a main event of Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva. According to MMA FanHouse, which first broke the news ...

 IN Others I enjoy for their heart, tenacity and amazing skills are Chuck Liddell, Georges St-Pierre, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Anderson Silva, Forrest Griffin, BJ Penn, Rich Franklin, Wanderlei Silva and many more. They are all great guys along with ...

ESPN  MN UFC 99 airs live on pay-per-view the afternoon of June 13 from Cologne, Germany. The event re-airs in the normal pay-per-view slot that same night, headlined by the catchweight bout between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. Mirko Cro-Cop To Return at UFC 99 Bleacher Report

 NY Cro Cop was expected to take on Mostapha Al Turk, but a Cro Cop-Velasquez fight would be much bigger than Cro Cop-Al Turk or Herring-Velasquez. UFC 99 takes place June 13 in Germany, with a main event of Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva.

The UFC event, Germany's first, takes place at Lanxess Arena and airs on pay per view. Featured bouts for the show include Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva (at a catch-weight of 195 pounds) and heavyweights Heath Herring vs. Cain Velasquez. ...

 CA The UFC has not made any officialy announcement yet, and the UFC 99 card is already rumored to feature 12 fights including a main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. These days the boys from Cro Cop team are training in full force. ...

 NY Each time UFC goes into a market, they do their best to try and educate people, but it remains an ongoing battle. The UFC 99 card at Lanxess Arena has a main event of Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva.

Living and training in Las Vegas has apparently been a bad influence on Wanderlei Silva. The once-feared Brazilian bomber has reacted to former friend Anderson Silva training with June 13 opponent Rich Franklin by offering to wager $50000 that he'll ...

By Steve Ficca, FightTicker.com Blogger Ever since Wanderlei Silva announced that he would be dropping down to middleweight, there have been words between him and the UFC 185 pound champ Anderson Silva. The two SIlvas, former training partners, ...

Bleacher Report  DC Just look at Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva two popular fighters without a divisional home. This trend is in direct opposition to the greatest asset the UFC has; a league status where the divisional picture and the worth of the collective interest ...

 OH Countdown UFC 99" airs at 11 pm ET/PT, and a replay is slated for the day of the event, June 13, at 1:30 pm ET/PT. The Spike TV-televised show focuses on the night's headliners, Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva, who meet at a catch-weight of 195 ...

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However, the UFC will host a catch-weight fight as the main event of UFC 99 on June 13th in Cologne, Germany when Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva meet at a catch weight of 195 lbs. Many pundits have argued for the inclusion of more weight classes, ...

AP Photo/Eric Jamison Xtreme Couture marquee trainer Shawn Tompkins might not be in Wanderlei Silva's corner against Rich Franklin at UFC 99. Tompkins disclosed that Silva's erratic training schedule wasn't to his liking and that he instructed Silva to ...

Tompkins told RawVegas.tv that Wanderlei Silva's training schedule was too inconsistent. That doesn't sound very positive with Wandy's fight against Rich Franklin at UFC 99 just five weeks away: "I think we just have different ideas on what a training ...

Watch as THE TAG TEAM SUPREME tells you who is going to win UFC 99! Rich Franklin Vs. Wanderlei Silva Cain Velasquez Vs. Heath Herring Mike Swick ... it.truveo.com

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 CA Series 1 includes such MMA superstars as Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and Tito Ortiz and Series 2 is comprised of Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva. Round 5 has just recently announced the Series 3 ...

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by Tom Grant (Scribe) SI's Tom Hamlin has been reporting rumors that Rich Franklin, in preparation for his UFC 99 date with Wanderlei Silva, will attend Anderson Silva's Black House camp for a few weeks and then finish his preparation at Wanderlei's ...

Everybody who held this title is on the short list of the most-recognizable names in MMA. Even the guys who are merely competing for it rate very highly on the visibility scale: Wanderlei Silva, Keith Jardine, Matt Hamill, and Rich Franklin, ...

Since joining the UFC and enjoying a host of stateside press, Wanderlei Silva is no longer as scary as he used to be. He laughs, he tells jokes, he plays rock, paper, scissors with Rich Franklin. Not exactly the stuff of nightmares. We've ruined him. ...

 DC - Zak Woods UFC 99 is slated for June 13th and features a main event bout between former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former Pride light heavyweight champion Wanderlei Silva. Got to love the Germans being opposed to the 'lowest human instincts'. ...

 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 ...

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Wanderlei Silva doesn't care where Rich Franklin trains – when they meet at UFC 99 in June, he plans to win. A recent report indicated Franklin was bound for middleweight champ Anderson Silva's camp at the newly completed Black House gym in Los Angeles ...

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Wanderlei Silva doesn't care where Rich Franklin trains -- when they meet at UFC 99 in June, he plans to win.

MMAJunkie.com's Dann Stupp reports -- via a Dayton Daily News update -- that Rich Franklin will be spending some time with former rival Anderson Silva in preparation for his June 13 195-pound catchweight bout with Wanderlei Silva. Silva and Silva ...

I don't know what Wanderlei has in the tank, but this is the kind of war that excites me. It probably ends in Wand going down, but you can say that about most Anderson Silva fights, and if Wanderlei can get by Rich Franklin they should do this fight. ...

To date, two Series have been issued: Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Quinton ‘Rampage' Jackson and Tito Ortiz comprised Series 1 while Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva were released in Series 2. Series 3, featuring Andrei “The ...

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The UFC announced the full card for UFC 99 “The Comeback” on June 13 in Lanxess, Germany at the weekend. The main event sees former UFC middleweight champ Rich Franklin (26-4) face former PRIDE light-heavyweight champion Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1) at a ...

 OH Diaz discusses Saturday's Showtime-televised fight with Frank Shamrock, Franklin talks about a guest appearance at Saturday's ICF show in Cincinnati (and his UFC 99 fight with Wanderlei Silva), and Heun discusses his performance on the MTV reality ...

 CA Round 5 also released its Series 2 line in late 2008, which includes Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, and Wanderlei Silva figurines. The launch follows a successful first series, which included Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz and ...

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The heavyweight pair will square off at UFC 99 in Germany, a card headlined by Wanderlei Silva v Rich Franklin, a card featuring just about every Brit who isn’t called Michael Bisping. Herring is something of a door-keeper in the UFC heavyweight ...

 OH Todd Duffee (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) were officially announced on the UFC's UK website. UFC 99 is slated for June 13 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, and features a main event of Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva at 195 pounds. ...

by Gleidson Venga (gvenga@sherdog.com) Sherdog.com’s Gleidson Venga spoke with Wanderlei Silva last week about his UFC 99 matchup with Rich Franklin, but some material didn’t make the story. Here it is now: Silva discusses training with Antonio Rodrigo ...

Sobotta (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his Octagon debut on June 13 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany - the UFC’s first live event from the country. The PPV features a main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva, with an announced ...

by John Morgan on Mar 21, 2009 at 7:55 am ET When Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1 UFC, 2-4 UFC) and Rich Franklin (24-4 MMA, 11-3 MMA) meet in the main event of UFC 99 in June, the 195-pound catchweight bout will feature two of the UFC's most exciting fighters ...

Fisher heads to Germany after recording two straight wins - the last coming at UFC 90 last October when he submitted Shannon Gugerty. The UFC’s first live event in Germany will feature Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva in the main event. New UFC 99 clash signed The Sun

UFC 2009 Undisputed, the first title produced from a multi-year agreement with the UFC and THQ , features most of the organization’s top stars, including Brock Lesnar, Randy Couture, Quinton Jackson, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, Rich Franklin, Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping, G...

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 OH The UFC recently announced five officials bouts for UFC 99, including a main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva (at a catch-weight if 195 pounds), though the Kelly vs. Delgado fight wasn't one of them. Kelly will compete in his fourth ...

MMA Ring Report  IL The UFC has added four more bouts to UFC 99 "The Comeback" on June 13 in Lanxess, Germany. The only bout previously official was the main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva at a catchweight of 195 pounds. Mike Swick (13-2) and Ben Saunders ...

MMA Ring Report  OH Originally announced as "UFC 99: The Comeback," the UFC's official website is now referring to the event as "Franklin vs. Silva" in honor of the evening's main-event competitors Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. UFC 99 take place June 13 at the ...

The show in Germany has been confirmed as a pay-per-view by UFC president Dana White and will feature a catch weight main event between former middleweight champion, Rich Franklin, and longtime Pride champion, Wanderlei Silva. Ken Shamrock suspended one year for alleged anabolic-ste...

 OH For complete coverage of "UFC 99: The Comeback," which features a main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva (at a catch-weight of 195 pounds), stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com. Hartt-Siver Booked for UFC 99 Sherdog.com all 25 news articles

Rich Franklin is coming off of a close split decision loss to Dan Henderson, while Silva is coming off of a brutal left hook knockout from the fist of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin is the only fight confirmed at this time ...

Taylor will face UFC newcomer Peter Sobotta (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), while Struve will meet Denis Stojnic (5-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC). "UFC 99: The Comeback," featuring a main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva, takes place June 13 at Lanxess Arena in ...

 OH The report comes from the UK-based Fighter's Only. The event, officially announced today as "UFC 99: The Comeback," takes place June 13 at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, and features a main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. ...

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The UFC's debut in Germany will be titled "The Comeback" and will be headlined by Rich Franklin taking on Wanderlei Silva at a catchweight of 195 ... www.mmafighting.com

 IL When asked who he'd like to fight in the UFC, Akiyama answered Wanderlei Silva, who is expected to move down to middleweight after his 195-pound catchweight fight against Rich Franklin at UFC 99. Akiyama currently trains with fellow UFC fighters Yushin ...

A welterweight fight between Mike Swick and Ben Saunders has been added to the undercard of UFC 99, the June 13 show in Germany that will be headlined by Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva. FiveOuncesOfPain.com is reporting that Swick and Saunders, ...

The UFC will next return to Europe for UFC 99, which is slated for June 13th in Cologne, Germany and co-headlined by Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva. Though no locations or bouts have yet been rumored for the upcoming UK cards, middleweight champion ...

The Journal News / Lohud.com  OH To date Round 5 has released figurines of Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Tito Ortiz (Series 1), as well as Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva (Series 2). Series 3 is available this April and ...

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 OH In his first fight since a split-decision loss to Dan Henderson in January, former UFC middleweight champion and West Chester Twp. fighter Rich Franklin (24-4) will take on MMA legend Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1) at UFC 99. ...

 NV Quick hits: MMAjunkie.com is reporting that former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (24-4 MMA) and former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1 MMA) have agreed, but not signed a contract, to fight at UFC 99, which is set to take place June ...

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After the fight, Silva said he was planning to drop to the middleweight division, a weight class Franklin recently left. Franklin returns to competition for the first time since a UFC 93 main-event loss to Dan Henderson. Henderson won a split decision ...

By Chart Topper The current roster: Brock Lesnar Frank Mir Rashad Evans Anderson Silva B.J. Penn Forrest Griffin Rampage Jackson Chuck Liddell Wanderlei Silva Kenny Florian Roger Huerta Michael Bisping Matt Hughes Joe Stevenson Antonio Nogueira Rich Franklin Dan Henderson Georges St. Pierre IGN.com continues to slowly release the names of the fighters in the upcoming UFC: Undisputed game. Here’s the roster, and then the pic of Georges St. Pierre’s character: IGN.com has announced that GSP has been officially added to the UFC Undisputed 2009 roster. The current roster: Brock Lesnar Frank Mir Rashad Evans Anderson Silva B.J. Penn Forrest Griffin Rampage Jackson Chuck Liddell Wanderlei [...]   [read the full post]

By Steve Cofield The world of MMA has been turned on its head the last four years. Former pound-for-pound listers  Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, Wanderlei Silva and Matt Hughes are all on the verge of being non-factors. GETTING MORE LOVE FROM MMA FANS - Fighters who could advance in the mind of the avera...

By Brian Oswald Wanderlei Silva has PRIDE “It’s my normal weight,” he says of the light heavyweight class. “I never cut down too much weight for a fight. Maybe I go to fight one more time at light heavyweight, and after I go down.” Wanderlei wants one more fight at light heavyweight before making the cut though.

By Flyin' Hawaiian Matt Hamill vs. Reese Andy Hardonk via First-Round TKO. Yushin Okami vs. Dean Lister Okami by Either Unanimous or Split Decision. Mike Massenzio def. C.B. Dolloway via Second-Round Submission Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva Forrest Griffin def. Rashad Evans via Unanimous Decision

By Jesse Holland Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (28-7) vs. Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva (32-8-1) Dollaway: You beat him once, you can do it again. Don’t let the submission over Coco give you a big head. Try and keep it standing or rock him with some ground and pound. Prediction: Massenzio by submission

By Larry Vollmer Round 5 launched a series of figurines that included 4 of the world’s most popular mixed martial artists: Quinton Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and Randy “The Natural” Couture. Series 2 features Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, Sean Sherk, and Rich Franklin.

By J. Botter 3. Lyoto Machida 4. Rashad Evans 5. Anderson Silva 6. Wanderlei Silva 7. Chuck Liddell 8. Rich Franklin 9. Mauricio Shogun Rua 10. Thiago Silva 1. Anderson Silva (Champion) 2. Dan Henderson 3. Yushin Okami 5. Patrick Cote 6. Michael Bisping 7. Damien Maia 8. Jason MacDonald 9. Martin Kampmann

By someonespecial4 Welterweight: Middleweight: Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites Martin Kampmann vs. Nate Quarry Yushin Okami vs. Demian Maia Rich Franklin vs. Evan Tanner Nate Marquardt vs. Jason MacDonald Dan Henderson vs. Jorge Rivera Light Heavyweight: Wanderlei Silva vs. Sokoudjou

By someonespecial4 1. Light Heavyweights -  They are stacked in the UFC.  This is where the light heavyweight competition lies.  They have the top 11 (Jackson, Henderson, Griffin, Liddell, Jardine, Machida, Wanderlei, Evans, Thiago Silva, and Sokodjou) guys in the world and 20 of the top 25 guys.  This is a gre...

By Greg Clark It is going to be the greatest MMA bout in the young history of Mixed Martial Arts. UFC 82: Pride of a Champion is on tomorrow and for me, the 2008 MMA season starts. The headlining match is between current UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva and current Pride FC Middleweight Champion, Dan Henderson. This fight is everything that Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva was supposed to be before Wanderlei lost to Henderson at Pride 33 which crowned Dan Henderson the first in MMA to hold two belts in different weight classes from the same organization. UFC 64: Middleweight title fight - Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin Anderson Silva vs. Franklin II Dan Henderson Highlight Anderson Silva Highlight   [read the full post]

By Derek Bolender Silva has notable wins over former PRIDE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson, current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson twice, Kazushi Sakuraba, Hidehiko Yoshida, and Ricardo Arona.