» Fighter: Rich Franklin

As mixed martial arts become larger certain issues will arise and need to be examined. Fans booing fighters and fights seems to be the latest issue to over take the media. While I am fully against the booing of fighters and fights I see both sides of the equation and will examine them both here.

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Shortly after Fighters.com reported the reports of a verbally agreed to matchup between “Iceman” Chuck Liddell (21-7) and “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-5) at UFC 115 in Vancouver June 12, UFC President Dana White denied the reports.

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Former staple champions for the UFC, light heavyweight “Iceman” Chuck Liddell (21-7) and one-time middleweight “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-5), will matchup in the main event of UFC 115 in Vancouver June 12, according to a Fighters Only Report and confirmed by MMA Junkie.

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Fighters.com seventh-ranked middleweight Chael Sonnen (24-10-1) has announced that he is running for Oregon State Representative. I love the fact that he is looking to venture into politics. This could lead to some positive press for the sport of mixed martial arts, if only he was not hiding the fact that he fights.

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Fighters.com’s second-ranked middleweight Jake Shields (23-4-1) cemented his status as top contender to Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva’s (25-4) titles and picked up the Strikeforce strap himself in a five-round unanimous decision over former top ten and nails-tough “Mayhem” Jason Miller (22-7) at Strikeforce in Chicago November 7.

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Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (25-4) will defend his titles from unranked “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January 2.

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Xtreme Couture’s “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) scored his bulliest victory in four-plus years TKOing Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked middleweight “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-5) at 3:02 of round one in a 195-pound catch weight main event at UFC 103 in Dallas Saturday night.

“Jesus, I love you,” shouted Belfort in the Octagon after the fight, and in his dressing room he added,  “God gave me a gift and I’m using it.  And, I’m ready.  A lot of people thought I was done, you know, and that’s what I’m bringing to this game – hope, faith, and hard work.

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Former UFC middleweight champ “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-4) sat down with Fighters.com at SACAN Family Martial Arts in Cincinnati to discuss where he fits in now in the UFC and his future and legacy in and out of MMA.

Franklin will fight “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (17-8) in the main event at UFC 103 in Dallas Saturday, the third consecutive opponent whose name is as big as Franklin’s in MMA.

Fighters.com editor-in-chief Chad Edward wrote the feature story on Cincinnati native “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-4) in Tuesday’s Cincinnati Enquirer sports page.

The story titled “Franklin prepares for UFC 103″ can be read at Cincinnati.com.

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Former UFC middleweight champion “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-4) fielded questions from the media Tuesday afternoon. Franklin will fight “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (17-8) at UFC 103 is Dallas 19 September.

UFC 103 will begin at 6:30 PM local time at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas 19 September and tickets starting at $50 are available at Ticketmaster. UFC 103 will be broadcast on pay-per-view beginning at 10:PM EST and Fighters.com post live results after each fight.