Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
Richard Jay "Rich" Franklin II is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. As of June 2014, Franklin was announced as a Vice President of Asian Mixed Martial Arts company ONE Championship...
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth5 October 1974
CityCincinnati, OH
create dave hits
I wasn't hurt, I just wanted to create a little drama. No, that's just a joke. Dave clipped me and he hits hard.
fight
It's the first fight I've ever had where it had to go to a decision. So I'm very displeased with myself.
aware careful coming david kicks knees unorthodox
David is very explosive. He's unorthodox and you'll see knees and kicks coming from all angles. I have to be careful of that, and I have to be aware of his elbows, because they're razor sharp.
both dave exciting fight friends-or-friendship respect
Dave and I, we're friends and I have a lot of respect for him. It's going to be an exciting fight. We both always show up to fight and we're both well-rounded fighters.
dominant performance
It wasn't a dominant performance because it went to a decision. I'm very displeased with myself.
appeals girls men nine range recognized wide
I'm being recognized by men that are 60 years old and young girls that are nine years old - and everything in between. The sport appeals to a wide range of fans.
dangerous dave knew
I knew Dave was a very dangerous fighter.
fighting thinking six
For me honestly I think that fight was lost six weeks before the fight even began
mma shows persons
When you're really tested, that's what shows you who you are as a person.
two cages quitting
You're standing in the cage and you've got two options - you can quit or you can continue going, and I'm not a quitter.
fighting winning broken
I was just happy the fight was over, I knew my arm was broken in the fight. I definitely wasn't going to quit - I've broken bones before and continued fighting but there was a part of me wondering how I was going to.....what strategy I was going to use, to win this fight with a broken left arm in the second and third rounds
moving successful loss
You have to have like a bit of amnesia both on the winning side and the losing side of this thing... On the losing side you need to be able to forget a loss to be able to move on and to be successful in your next fight. But on the winning side you need to be able to forget a win so you don't get stuck in this pattern of like, "I'm unstoppable". So there has to be a level of amnesia for a fighter.
mma tools losing
Losing is inevitable, make sure you have the tools in your toolbox to deal with it.