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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 5 months ago
ET The Canadian Press Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin won a unanimous decision over former Pride title-holder Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 on Saturday as the UFC added Germany to its collection of host countries.
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News Source: Star Phoenix
| 5 months ago
Both Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva are on the downside of their exceptional mixed-martial-arts careers. But on Saturday at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany, the two Ultimate Fighting Championship superstars turned the clock back and put on a battle...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Yushin Okami’s long road to a UFC middleweight title shot derailed at UFC 72 in a match that has since been used to question the way the 10-point must system is implemented. The show on June 16, 2007, the company’s debut in Northern Ireland at...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
The event's organizers, the US-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), have come to Germany prepared to counter the "negative press, misconceptions and misunderstandings" that have arisen ahead of the event at Cologne's Lanxess Arena. The UFC...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
So it's not surprising when he says tonight's Ultimate Fighting Championship clash with Rich Franklin will be a bloody and brutal affair. The pair will square up in a top-of-the-bill 195lbs catch-weight contest at UFC 99 in Cologne, with...
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News Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 5 months ago
So Franklin went to Anderson Silva's gym and learned lessons he hopes will translate to a victory. Anderson Silva reportedly had a falling-out with Wanderlei Silva several years back when both trained at Chute Boxe in Brazil. The rift apparently has...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
As the sport of mixed martial arts continues to evolve, the athletes that compete in the cage have begun to rely on cross-training and gym-hopping to develop as complete fighters. When Dale Hartt (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) stepped away from his normal...
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News Source: Honolulu Advertiser
| 5 months ago
Rich Franklin has never hesitated to take his mixed martial arts career on the road, with the goal of spreading his sport while chasing another UFC title. The former math teacher from Cincinnati with a master's degree in education has fought in...
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News Source: Baltimore Sun
| 5 months ago
UFC 99 is finally here (well, it will be tomorrow) and the main event of Rich Franklin taking on Wanderlei Silva is a very interesting one...Whether you watch it at 3 p.m. live or at 10 p.m. on tape delay, it should be an entertaining card. Silva and...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Germany – Rich Franklin was not surprised by a lack of understanding about mixed martial arts by German journalists. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is putting on a show in the country for the first time, and many in the media have had little...