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The Clinch

United States of America “Ace” 2000-2012 · 57 rounds on file

Rich Franklin

21-7-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 937/2,127
Takedown accuracy 20/30
Sig. strikes / round 16.4
Control / round 0:40
Inside the distance 81% 17 of 21 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
76″193 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
5205 OCT 1974
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 29 fights - 1.6 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Striking 11 6-5-0 vs 1601 avg
Pressure Striker 10 6-4-0
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
Grappling 8 8-0-0 vs 1567 avg
Submission Grappler 5 5-0-0
Positional Controller 3 3-0-0
Hybrid 4 2-2-0 vs 1559 avg
Well-Rounded 4 2-2-0
-- Not classified 6 5-0-1 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 11 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

29 JUN 2000 - beat Dennis Reed · Submission 13 JAN 2001 - drew with Aaron Brink · No Contest 03 NOV 2001 - beat Marvin Eastman · Submission 15 JUN 2002 - beat Yan Pellerin · Submission 17 SEP 2002 - beat Antony Rea · Technical Knockout 25 APR 2003 - beat Evan Tanner · Technical Knockout 26 SEP 2003 - beat Edwin DeWees · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2003 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Technical Knockout 16 APR 2004 - beat Leo Sylvest · Technical Knockout 14 JUL 2004 - beat Ralph Dillon · Submission 22 OCT 2004 - beat Jorge Rivera · Submission 12 DEC 2004 - beat Curtis Stout · Technical Knockout 09 APR 2005 - beat Ken Shamrock · Technical Knockout 04 JUN 2005 - beat Evan Tanner · Technical Knockout 19 NOV 2005 - beat Nate Quarry · Technical Knockout 04 MAR 2006 - beat David Loiseau · Decision (Unanimous) 14 OCT 2006 - lost to Anderson Silva · Technical Knockout 03 MAR 2007 - beat Jason MacDonald · Technical Knockout 16 JUN 2007 - beat Yushin Okami · Decision (Unanimous) 20 OCT 2007 - lost to Anderson Silva · Technical Knockout 19 APR 2008 - beat Travis Lutter · Technical Knockout 06 SEP 2008 - beat Matt Hamill · Technical Knockout 17 JAN 2009 - lost to Dan Henderson · Decision (Split) 13 JUN 2009 - beat Wanderlei Silva · Decision (Unanimous) 19 SEP 2009 - lost to Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 12 JUN 2010 - beat Chuck Liddell · Technical Knockout 05 FEB 2011 - lost to Forrest Griffin · Decision (Unanimous) 23 JUN 2012 - beat Wanderlei Silva · Decision (Unanimous) 10 NOV 2012 - lost to Cung Le · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 57 rounds across 29 of 29 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 8.3
Takedowns landed 0.4
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:40 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 44% 937/2,127
Takedowns 67% 20/30
Opponents’ accuracy 37% 474/1,269

Where the strikes land

Head 65% 612
Body 23% 220
Leg 11% 105

And from where

At distance 66% 619
In the clinch 19% 181
On the ground 15% 137

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 12 won Technical Knockout · 12-5
Submission 5 won Submission · 5-0
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-1 Decision (Split) · 0-1
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
10 NOV 2012 Cung Le Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:17 12 8 UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le
23 JUN 2012 Wanderlei Silva Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 122 58 UFC 147: Silva vs Franklin 2
05 FEB 2011 Forrest Griffin Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 33 50 UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
12 JUN 2010 Chuck Liddell Won Technical Knockout R1 4:55 24 17 UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin
19 SEP 2009 Vitor Belfort Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:02 4 9 UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort
13 JUN 2009 Wanderlei Silva Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 52 38 UFC 99: The Comeback
17 JAN 2009 Dan Henderson Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 39 36 UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson
06 SEP 2008 Matt Hamill Won Technical Knockout R3 0:39 71 13 UFC 88: Breakthrough
19 APR 2008 Travis Lutter Won Technical Knockout R2 3:01 28 1 UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2
20 OCT 2007 Anderson Silva Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:07 22 39 UFC 77: Hostile Territory
16 JUN 2007 Yushin Okami Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 36 17 UFC 72: Victory
03 MAR 2007 Jason MacDonald Won Technical Knockout R2 5:00 49 16 UFC 68: The Uprising
14 OCT 2006 Anderson Silva Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:59 10 31 UFC 64: Unstoppable
04 MAR 2006 David Loiseau Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 127 21 UFC 58: USA vs Canada
19 NOV 2005 Nate Quarry Won Technical Knockout R1 2:34 13 4 UFC 56: Full Force
04 JUN 2005 Evan Tanner Won Technical Knockout R4 3:25 97 25 UFC 53: Heavy Hitters
09 APR 2005 Ken Shamrock Won Technical Knockout R1 2:42 23 0 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale
12 DEC 2004 Curtis Stout Won Technical Knockout R2 1:28 24 9 SuperBrawl 38
22 OCT 2004 Jorge Rivera Won Submission R3 4:28 41 22 UFC 50: The War Of '04
14 JUL 2004 Ralph Dillon Won Submission R1 2:55 2 1 AFC 1
16 APR 2004 Leo Sylvest Won Technical Knockout R1 1:13 8 0 SuperBrawl 35
31 DEC 2003 Lyoto Machida Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:03 9 24 Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003
26 SEP 2003 Edwin DeWees Won Technical Knockout R1 3:35 37 4 UFC 44: Undisputed
25 APR 2003 Evan Tanner Won Technical Knockout R1 2:40 16 6 UFC 42: Sudden Impact
17 SEP 2002 Antony Rea Won Technical Knockout R1 2:46 15 8 UCC Hawaii
15 JUN 2002 Yan Pellerin Won Submission R1 3:23 3 2 UCC 10
03 NOV 2001 Marvin Eastman Won Submission R1 1:02 4 3 WFA 1
13 JAN 2001 Aaron Brink No decision No Contest R1 2:14 16 11 IFC - Warriors Challenge 11
29 JUN 2000 Dennis Reed Won Submission R1 1:56 0 1 EC 35