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Rich Franklin thinks ONE Championship would definitely be open to having Cris Cyborg

BAD MMA News — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:55:30 +0000

Cris Cyborg has collected a championship in just about every major promotion – except ONE. Cyborg (28-2), a former UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, and Invicta FC champion, claimed the PFL superfights women’s featherweight title when she defeated Larissa Pacheco in October. Could she add a sixth belt under the ONE Championship banner?

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Demetrious Johnson only got better from One Championship loss to Adriano Moraes, says Rich Franklin

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:51:10 +0000

If Demetrious Johnson didn’t learn from his mistakes, he wouldn’t be who many consider to be the greatest flyweight fighter of all time, says former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin . Franklin, who currently serves as vice president of ONE Championship, recently weighed in on the upcoming title rematch between Johnson (23-4-1) and Adrian Moraes (20-3). The first meeting saw Moraes become the first man to finish Johnson when he did so with a violent combination and ground-and-pound. Their rematch headlines ONE on Prime Video 1 , which takes place Friday, Aug. 26 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore and streams on Prime Video

Demetrious Johnson only got better from One Championship loss to Adriano Moraes, says Rich Franklin – MMA Junkie

Rich Franklin: Demetrious Johnson vs. Rodtang bout at ONE X brings back ‘original concept of MMA’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:44:38 +0000

Rich Franklin is all in on ONE Championship’s latest invention. Franklin, a former UFC middleweight champion and current Vice President of ONE Championship, is very much enjoying the company’s new venture putting together fights that mix the styles and rules from various combat sports. The Asia-based promotion currently has a high-profile mixed rules fight coming up on Saturday’s ONE X event involving former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and muay Thai star Rodtang Jitmuangnon . The contest is set for four, three-minute rounds that alternate between muay Thai and MMA rules. The fight will start under muay Thai rules and will switch over the following rounds, pending a finish. Initially, Franklin said he wasn’t a big fan of the idea, because he wanted a traditional approach to ONE Championship’s MMA events.

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Rich Franklin: ONE Championship plans for Colorado after ‘really important’ legalization of ruleset

BAD MMA News — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:28:20 +0000

ONE Championship has plans to hold events on American soil in 2022, and promotion executive Rich Franklin believes Colorado has helped lead the charge. In July, Colorado’s Office of Combative Sports, led by executive director Tony Cummings, approved the ONE Championship ruleset , which includes knees to the head of a grounded opponent – a deviation from the unified rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions. While Colorado is still part of the ABC , other members have voiced concerns to MMA Junkie that such deviations lead to competition among commissioning bodies to appease the requests of promotions looking to bring combat sports events (and revenue) to new regions. For ONE Championship, however, the approval from Colorado was just what the promotion needed to break the ice, Franklin told MMA Junkie Radio

Rich Franklin: ONE Championship plans for Colorado after ‘really important’ legalization of ruleset – MMA Junkie

Rich Franklin opens up about life after fighting: ‘That’s a difficult adjustment’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:42:30 +0000

Unlike many fighters, Rich Franklin seemingly ended his professional fighting career and never looked back. Even though the former UFC champion and current UFC Hall of Famer never made a comeback to MMA after hanging up his gloves, Franklin admits it wasn’t an easy transition to make. Franklin officially retired in the fall of 2015 with his last fight being in late 2012 – a knockout loss to Cung Lee in the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 6 in Macau. “Theres a couple of things in play here,” Franklin recently told MMA Junkie Radio. “First of all, as an athlete, that is my first love. As a young boy, I dreamt of becoming a professional athlete, and I was able to fulfill that dream

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Rich Franklin: Not fighting Michael Bisping, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira two of biggest regrets

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:11:33 +0000

UFC Hall of Famer and former middleweight champion Rich Franklin has fought a who’s-who in MMA. But despite being satisfied with his star-studded resume, Franklin (29-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC) said if there were two fighters he could have competed against, it would be fellow former UFC 185-pound champ Michael Bisping and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira . Franklin, who now works as an executive with ONE Championship, was scheduled to fight at UFC 133 in 2011, but Nogueira was forced off the card due to injury and the fight was scrapped. “There’s some fun people – there’s some people that would have been a fun matchup, for sure,” Franklin told MMA Junkie. “I think Bisping and I would put on a really entertaining match

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Rich Franklin says not getting to fight Michael Bisping, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira two of his biggest MMA regrets

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:51:18 +0000

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Rich Franklin explains why Demetrious Johnson-Ben Askren trade is still win-win

BAD MMA News — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:33:38 +0000

The MMA world was taken by surprise last year when former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson was “traded” to ONE Championship for former ONE welterweight titleholder Ben Askren . And just over a year later, many have questioned the UFC for giving up one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time for Askren, who’s had a rough start to his UFC tenure. Since joining the UFC, Askren (19-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) picked up a controversial submission win over Robbie Lawler in March, and then was brutally knocked out by Jorge Masvidal in record time at UFC 239, suffering his first career loss as a pro. He then faced Demian Maia in a battle between two of the sport’s best grapplers

Rich Franklin explains why Demetrious Johnson-Ben Askren trade is still win-win – MMA Junkie

UFC Hall of Fame video: Lawrence Epstein on the red carpet

BAD MMA News — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:18:31 +0000

The 2019 UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place last Friday in Las Vegas. Prior to the event, MMA Junkie caught up with UFC chief operating officer Lawrence Epstein on the red carpet as he discussed this year’s class, which included Michael Bisping , Rashad Evans , Rich Franklin , Clay Guida , and Diego Sanchez . You can watch in the video above. For more on upcoming UFC events, check out the UFC schedule

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11 moments that defined Anderson Silva’s illustrious career

BAD MMA News — Wed, 08 May 2019 17:14:59 +0000

Anderson Silva , one of the most talented and beguiling champions to ever fight in the octgaon, once ruled the middleweight division over the course of nearly seven years from 2006 to 2013, which included 10 consecutive title defenses. Silva (34-9 MMA, 17-5 UFC) returns to face Jared Cannonier on Saturday at UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro. In advance of his 45th MMA fight, we take a chronological look at 11 moments that defined the UFC legend’s career

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