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Tito Ortiz offers to take on Rich Franklin next inside the octagon (video)

November 23, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Tito Ortiz offers to take on Rich Franklin next inside the octagon (video)

Check out this interview with former UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz who offers to take on fellow future “Hall of Famer” Rich Franklin in his next fight inside the octagon. Just do it, do it, do it… … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin reveals layoff from injury has reignited his passion for MMA

October 20, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin reveals layoff from injury has reignited his passion for MMA

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has revealed his lengthy layoff from action due to a shoulder injury has reignited his passion for the sport of mixed martial arts, explaining when you can’t do something for a long time it makes you hungrier for it. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin hits out at Dana White and the UFC, thinks the feeling of family has gone from the ranks

October 18, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin hits out at Dana White and the UFC, thinks the feeling of family has gone from the ranks

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has today accused Dana White and the UFC of not having his back anymore after comments made just a few months back concerning him and a choice of opponent, a situation the top brass puts down to the workload surrounding the recent deal with FOX. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin reveals rehab is his new job, not ruling out a return to the middleweight division

October 17, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin reveals rehab is his new job, not ruling out a return to the middleweight division

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has been giving his thoughts on his rehab from shoulder surgery carried out earlier this month, as well as explaining that if the Las Vegas based promotion wanted him to return to 185 pounds he’d be more than happy to do so. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin’s manager reveals shoulder surgery a success, expects late summer 2012 return

October 13, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin’s manager reveals shoulder surgery a success, expects late summer 2012 return

J.T. Stewart, the manager of former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin, has revealed the fighter’s recent shoulder surgery has been a complete success and that fans should expect him to return to the octagon around late summertime 2012. … Continue Reading

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Josh Koscheck reveals he asked to fight Wanderlei Silva, Chris Leben or Rich Franklin at UFC 139 in November

September 12, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Josh Koscheck reveals he asked to fight Wanderlei Silva, Chris Leben or Rich Franklin at UFC 139 in November

UFC welterweight, Josh Koscheck has revealed he wasn’t looking for an easy pay day if he was going to step up to middleweight at UFC 139 in November, explaining he asked the Las Vegas based promotion for a series of top names including an “Axe Murderer”, a “Crippler, and an “Ace”. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin goes under the knife twice in ten days to correct a problem with his shoulder, fight with Tito Ortiz now in doubt

September 9, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin goes under the knife twice in ten days to correct a problem with his shoulder, fight with Tito Ortiz now in doubt

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has revealed he will go under the knife for the second time in ten days this week as he looks to correct an ongoing problem with his shoulder, but promises fans he’s return to action as soon as possible and better than ever. … Continue Reading

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UFC on FOX – Tito Ortiz vs. Rich Franklin in the works for co-main event of the evening on November 12th in Anaheim, California

September 8, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
UFC on FOX – Tito Ortiz vs. Rich Franklin in the works for co-main event of the evening on November 12th in Anaheim, California

A light heavyweight bout between former 205 pound champion, Tito Ortiz and former 185 pound champion, Rich Franklin is reportedly in the works for the UFC on FOX card set for November 12th in Anaheim, California. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin believes the only man who can beat Jon Jones is himself (video)

August 31, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin believes the only man who can beat Jon Jones is himself (video)

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin gives his thoughts on the meteoric rise of current 205 pound king-pin, Jon Jones, explaining in his opinion the only man who can beat the man dubbed “Bones” is himself. … Continue Reading

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Dana White likes the idea of Rich Franklin vs. Tito Ortiz for down the road inside the octagon

August 26, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Dana White likes the idea of Rich Franklin vs. Tito Ortiz for down the road inside the octagon

UFC President, Dana White has revealed he likes the idea of seeing former middleweight champion, Rich Franklin take on former light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz in the 205 pound division as both fighters are seemingly in the twilight years of their career. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin targets December return to the octagon, says he’d return to middleweight if his bosses agreed

August 22, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin targets December return to the octagon, says he’d return to middleweight if his bosses agreed

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has revealed that he’s targeting a December return to the octagon following another lengthy layoff due to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira’s pull out of their UFC 133 clash, as well as admitting he’d prefer to return to the division which he used to rule with an iron fist. … Continue Reading

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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira asks Rich Franklin to wait until he recovers from injury

August 6, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira asks Rich Franklin to wait until he recovers from injury

Former PRIDE FC veteran, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has today pleaded with former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin to wait for him to recover from injury so the pair can have the fight that was so eagerly anticipated for this weekends UFC 133 event in Philadelphia. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin’s life and career set to be turned into a movie called “American Fighter”

July 28, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin’s life and career set to be turned into a movie called “American Fighter”

The spread of mixed martial arts is set to return back to the big screen after it was today revealed that the life and career of former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin will be turned into a movie entitled “American Fighter”. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin rejected a fight with Alexander Gustafsson which would have kept him on UFC 133 card

July 22, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin rejected a fight with Alexander Gustafsson which would have kept him on UFC 133 card

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin reportedly rejected a fight with top rated rising star, Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 133 early next month, explaining at the time he only wanted to fight the top names in the division and that he’d wait instead. … Continue Reading

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Rich Franklin reveals his middleweight days are over, talks about possible future fight with Tito Ortiz (video)

July 18, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
Rich Franklin reveals his middleweight days are over, talks about possible future fight with Tito Ortiz (video)

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin reveals the days of him competing at 185 pounds are behind him for good as he looks to forge ahead in the light heavyweight division, as well as indicating he’s interested in a future fight with Tito Ortiz. … Continue Reading

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UFC 133 – Rich Franklin also pulled from August 6th card in Philadelphia after Antonio Rogerio Nogueira withdraws

July 18, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
UFC 133 – Rich Franklin also pulled from August 6th card in Philadelphia after Antonio Rogerio Nogueira withdraws

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has been yanked from the UFC 133 card on August 6th in Philadelphia following the withdrawal due to injury by Brazilian light heavyweight, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. … Continue Reading

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UFC 133 – Antonio Rogerio Nogueira becomes the latest fighter to withdraw from August 6th event in Philadelphia

July 17, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
UFC 133 – Antonio Rogerio Nogueira becomes the latest fighter to withdraw from August 6th event in Philadelphia

It has today been revealed that UFC light heavyweight, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 133 bout with Rich Franklin on August 6th in Philadelphia after picking an injury up in training. … Continue Reading

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UFC 133 – Rich Franklin says retirement isn’t something he’s considering but don’t expect him to be fighting at 40

July 15, 2011 All MMA News, UFC  Comments 
UFC 133 – Rich Franklin says retirement isn’t something he’s considering but don’t expect him to be fighting at 40

Former UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin has been giving some insight into his long-term career goals now that he’s reached the age of 36, explaining he’s feeling pretty good and that retirement isn’t on his mind right now but you shouldn’t expect to see him still fighting in four years time. … Continue Reading

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