{"id":106795,"date":"2014-07-30T05:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T12:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=106795"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:29:44","slug":"rich-franklin-wants-one-more-ufc-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rich-franklin-wants-one-more-ufc-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Franklin Wants One More UFC Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/rich-franklin-says-his-next-fight-will-be-his-last-fight\/rich-franklinpng\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75735\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/rich-franklinPNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"rich franklinPNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/rich-franklinPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/rich-franklinPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/rich-franklinPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin wants one more UFC fight before he hangs the gloves up, but he understands that if he is to take one more fight, it needs to be soon.  With his new position as an Executive for ONE FC, Franklin is quite busy and he knows that may play a part in his decision.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELSi7AlZG5Y&#038;list=UUNrEHIf8QmKK-cAag4YxIXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>No, not yet. I\u2019m really acclimating to this job right now. It\u2019s a decision that I\u2019ll have to make real soon, and I really need to sit down with the people at ONE FC and talk about that. Like the reality of &#8211; because I have some responsibilities here, and I\u2019m travelling, I\u2019m travelling quite a bit back and forth between and State and Asia now &#8211; and with the reality is with me continuing with my responsibilities with ONE FC, and then also prepping for a fight and all that kind of stuff. And I\u2019ll have to sit down with them real soon and talk with them about that. Because I\u2019m getting at a point now where I need to pull the trigger on that last fight, because I\u2019m so far distanced from my previous fight, that basically if I\u2019m gonna do something I need to do it now<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Franklin hasn&#8217;t fought since 2012 when he lost to Cung Le via KO.  Prior to that Franklin had hop-scotched wins and losses going all the way back to 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin wants one more UFC fight before he hangs the gloves up, but he understands that if he is to take one more fight, it needs to be soon. 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