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
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.
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.
mma tools losing
Losing is inevitable, make sure you have the tools in your toolbox to deal with it.
mma shows persons
When you're really tested, that's what shows you who you are as a person.
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.
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
fighting thinking six
For me honestly I think that fight was lost six weeks before the fight even began