Franklin is always good in his media interviews

Is this a replay or something new??

[quote comment=”232332″]Is this a replay or something new??[/quote]

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This hour-long documentary on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) dubbed “Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport to Big Time” will debut on CNBC on Thursday, December 13 at 10 p.m. ET.

Therefore, it is new. The full thing debuts at 10 this Thursday.

Franklin went from big time to bloodsport.

HIS NOSE IS FIXED!

I’m going to die being addicted to Mma..i could ever get enough.

MMA is too popular to ban at this point. I hope the guys come of as the athletes that they are rather than thugs.

I’m going to make a guess that NBC will not shed a very positive light on MMA. Especially if CBS is, in fact, in discussions with the UFC.

Silva is going to be the champ for a long time.

[quote comment=”232378″]Silva is going to be the champ for a long time.[/quote]

Only until he meets Henderson for the title.

HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS MIDDLEWEIGHTS

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Randy Couture
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
4. Gabriel Gonzaga
5. Josh Barnett
6. Tim Sylvia
7. Cheick Kongo
8. Mirko “Cro Cop”
9. Andrei Arlovski
10. Fabricio Werdum

1. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
2. Dan Henderson
3. Wanderlei Silva
4. Forrest Griffin
5. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
6. Keith Jardine
7. Chuck Liddell
8. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
10. Tito Ortiz

1. Anderson Silva
2. Paulo Filho
3. Dan Henderson
4. Rich Franklin
5. Robbie Lawler
6. Nathan Marquardt
7. Frank Trigg
8. Kazuo Misaki
9. Yoshihiro Akiyama
10. Yushin Okami

WELTERWEIGHTS LIGHTWEIGHTS FEATHERWEIGHTS

1. Matt Serra
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Matt Hughes
4. Jon Fitch
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Diego Sanchez
7. Karo Parisyan
8. Jake Shields
9. Akira Kikuchi
10. Carlos Condit

1. Takanori Gomi
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. Tatsuya Kawajiri
4. Gesias “JZ” Calvancanti
5. Joe Stevenson
6. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
7. Shinya Aoki
8. Kenny Florian
9. BJ Penn
10. Joachim Hansen

1. Akitoshi Tamura
2. Takeshi Inoue
3. Urijah Faber
4. Antonio Carvalho
5. Masakazu Imanari
6. Yoshiro Maeda
7. Jeff Curran
8. Tenkei Fujimiya
9. Jong Man Kim
10. Hatsu Hioki

[quote comment=”232405″][quote comment=”232378″]Silva is going to be the champ for a long time.[/quote]

Only until he meets Henderson for the title.[/quote]

Henderson will get knocked out this time, especially if he tries to stand up

Hey guys!!!(or girls) … gess what !! im the only idiot that thinks Franklin will get the belt back…ha ha ha..Rich Franklin champ 2008….Franklin vs Henderson WAR!!!…tell me im dreaming…

they edited the part where he said “you wack off thinking about him”

[quote comment=”232423″]Hey guys!!!(or girls) … gess what !! im the only idiot that thinks Franklin will get the belt back…ha ha ha..Rich Franklin champ 2008….Franklin vs Henderson

WAR!!!…tell me im dreaming…[/quote]

..If I said you were dreaming, you wouldn’t believe me.

Any thoughts on who will be Franklin’s next opponent?

Silva is unreal and think dan will need some major luck to beat him, the only way he could beat him is holding him down for 5 rounds which I don’t think he can or he could pull a serra and shock the hell out of everyone.

Franklin’s next opponent? Marquardt? Lutter maybe?

Joe, Im not sure where that list of rankings came from, but it looks like youre a little bias in the lightweights to fighters over seas, seeings how you didnt even put Sherk in the top ten, which is ridiculous…but then you didnt put Kid in the featherweights either, so I dont know

[quote comment=”232336″][quote comment=”232332″]Is this a replay or something new??[/quote]

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This hour-long documentary on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) dubbed “Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport to Big Time” will debut on CNBC on Thursday, December 13 at 10 p.m. ET.

Therefore, it is new. The full thing debuts at 10 this Thursday.[/quote]

Merriam Webster’s: A handy, portable guide to 40,000 English words.

de-but: 1. First public appearance 2. Formal entrance into society.

[quote comment=”232475″]Franklin’s next opponent? Marquardt? Lutter maybe?[/quote]

What about Tanner?

[quote comment=”232418″][quote comment=”232405″][quote comment=”232378″]Silva is going to be the champ for a long time.[/quote]

Only until he meets Henderson for the title.[/quote]

Henderson will get knocked out this time, especially if he tries to stand up[/quote]

I agree ‘if’ Henderson tries to ’stay’ standing he will get Ko’d… however, if his style is to brawl then takedown.. I believe he will win unless he gasses and can’t keep Silva on the ground.. I believe the longer the fight goes the advantage goes to Silva.

[quote comment=”232467″]Silva is unreal and think dan will need some major luck to beat him, the only way he could beat him is holding him down for 5 rounds which I don’t think he can or he could pull a serra and shock the hell out of everyone.[/quote]

I don’t think that will shock everyone… I believe most knowledgable fans feel Henderson is a slight favorite… but a KO by either fighter will be shocking.

[quote comment=”232437″]they edited the part where he said “you wack off thinking about him”[/quote]

Lol, I think it was implied.

Must suck to dominate everyone in your weight class and have your ass dominated by the champ twice.

As for “Joe’s” list of weight class rankings. I that is not official because it seems to be very……wrong. There is another website that has the “un official” rankings, and it looks to be a little more precise.

[quote comment=”232418″][quote comment=”232405″][quote comment=”232378″]Silva is going to be the champ for a long time.[/quote]

Only until he meets Henderson for the title.[/quote]

Henderson will get knocked out this time, especially if he tries to stand up[/quote]

If Wandi, Rampage, Big Nog, etc couldn’t knock him out I don’t think Anderson Silva will.

[quote comment=”232507″][quote comment=”232467″]Silva is unreal and think dan will need some major luck to beat him, the only way he could beat him is holding him down for 5 rounds which I don’t think he can or he could pull a serra and shock the hell out of everyone.[/quote]

I don’t think that will shock everyone… I believe most knowledgable fans feel Henderson is a slight favorite… but a KO by either fighter will be shocking.[/quote]

I am a HUGE Anderson Silva fan but I dont know if he can beat Hendo. Henderson is a beast who has been hit by a lot of shots harder than what Silva will hit him with. This is a very dangerous fight for the
champ, he is fighting a fighter with best chin in the game. I am a fan of both fighters but I would like to see Anderson win. Hendo is on the last fight of his contract and favors fighting at 205. However Silva is the single most accurate striker in the game (gomi is a close 2nd in my oppinion). Hopefully Silva’s accuracy will land right on the button and KO Hendo (that is if a button actually exsists on Hendo’s jaw). Hendo throws haymakers, and if they land Silva will be in trouble. Hendo maybe the strongest middleweight in the world (although he doesnt look it). Hendo might just take Anderson down and maul him. Silva will be put on his back and he might have to rely on his ju jitsu, but Hendo doesnt really ever get submitted and he has fought some submission wizards (both Noguerra Twins).

This will be an epic battle, hopefully Anderson will win, but having Dan Henderson as champion is never a bad thing.

On Rich Franklin and his up comming nationally televised mma interview: Franklin isnt the champ and he may never be again, but he is one of the best spokesman for mma out there. He is the consumate proffesion who will represennt the sport as well as anyone.

[quote comment=”232488″]Joe, Im not sure where that list of rankings came from, but it looks like youre a little bias in the lightweights to fighters over seas, seeings how you didnt even put Sherk in the top ten, which is ridiculous…but then you didnt put Kid in the featherweights either, so I dont know[/quote]

sorry for not posting more info, its not my list. its mmafighting.com december list

MMAFighting.com’s Top 10 MMA Rankings | December 2007

[quote comment=”232454″][quote comment=”232423″]Hey guys!!!(or girls) … gess what !! im the only idiot that thinks Franklin will get the belt back…ha ha ha..Rich Franklin champ 2008….Franklin vs Henderson

WAR!!!…tell me im dreaming…[/quote]

..If I said you were dreaming, you wouldn’t believe me.[/quote]

I agree with everything except franklin beating henderson , but I do believe franklin will be a champ again silva just has his number.

There is no f…ing way silva knocks out d henderson SILVAS TITLE RIEGN ENDS THE NIGHT HE STEPS INTO THE CAGE WITH HENDERSON

im calling it again. silva will beat dan henderson. he will find hendo’s button.

[quote post=”4199″]Hendo maybe the strongest middleweight in the world (although he doesnt look it).[/quote]

Yeah I reckon so too. He’s an animal. He didn’t get overpowered by Rampage who is naturally about 20-25 lbs bigger than him.

Incredible tendon strength I’d imagine. Many overlook working on the connective tissues. Bruce Lee didn’t overlook it. He was an absolute animal for his size too.

Tony Jaa vs. Silva!!

Damn, Rich Franklin looks like Taylor made from I luv New York.

i’m a huge franklin fan and yet even i can see his days as champion are long gone…he’ll never wear a ufc belt again (unless they come out with tag team champs, intercontinental champs, hardcore champ, the usa belt, etc)

how can anyone create a list of top middleweights and not include Matt Lindland??? He’s the only fighter, other than Hendo, who I can see challenging Silva for the belt

[quote comment=”232611″]im calling it again. silva will beat dan henderson. he will find hendo’s button.[/quote]

I agree, silva’s on a huge roll, not to mention dan went down and pretty much got saved by the bell in that last round with rampage so it could be quite possible silva by tko. Both great fighters tho. This could be the match of the year… can’t wait

[quote post=”4199″]This could be the match of the year… can’t wait [/quote]

I couldn’t agree more. It’s gonna be a war.

[quote comment=”232500″][quote comment=”232336″][quote comment=”232332″]Is this a replay or something new??[/quote]

Read the post:

This hour-long documentary on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) dubbed “Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport to Big Time” will debut on CNBC on Thursday, December 13 at 10 p.m. ET.

Therefore, it is new. The full thing debuts at 10 this Thursday.[/quote]

There are more excerpts at http://ufc.cnbc.com.

Who the hell would put Tito in the top ten?

[quote comment=”232465″]Any thoughts on who will be Franklin’s next opponent?[/quote]

does it matter? he’ll never get the belt back. that’s gotta be the worst position to be in.

More video at http://ufc.cnbc.com

[quote comment=”233019″][quote post=”4199″]This could be the match of the year… can’t wait [/quote]

I couldn’t agree more. It’s gonna be a war.[/quote]
This is seriously a real megafight, one like there hasnt been in awhile. It’s like Randy/Fedor of the middleweights. This is HUGE!!!

[quote post=”4199″]This is seriously a real megafight, one like there hasnt been in awhile. It’s like Randy/Fedor of the middleweights. This is HUGE!!! [/quote]

no, this is actually alot more intriguing than Randy/Fedor I could care less about that fight that’s never gonna happen.

that was a verry interesting video.. i saw it last night…