{"id":134693,"date":"2015-03-30T07:43:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=134693"},"modified":"2018-02-24T21:01:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T05:01:37","slug":"former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131915\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin.png\" alt=\"Rich Franklin\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rich &#8216;Ace&#8217; Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we will never see him in the octagon again&#8230;maybe&#8230;possibly.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin is a busy guy these days. He is the vice president of the MMA promotion ONE Championship, owns his own raw juice company called ZeLin and a brand of silver based gel called Armor Gel. But what a lot of fans what to know is will he ever fight again. Check out what he had to say while on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/3\/29\/8280679\/rich-franklin-on-fighting-again-while-it-s-not-looking-probable-it-s\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s getting more and more difficult for me, if I want to take a fight again, it\u2019s getting a little more difficult. I\u2019m further and further out of the cage, and I realize it. I\u2019m further from the last time that I fought, and so coming back from that stuff is not easy. I\u2019m not ready to say I\u2019m ready to retire because I don\u2019t want to end up being one of those people who said, \u2018yeah I\u2019m going to retire\u2019 and then all of a sudden, six months from now is like, \u2018I\u2019m coming out of retirement.\u2019 Like, when I say I\u2019m going to retire, then I\u2019m done. And I\u2019m just not ready yet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This morning, I just got back from the gym. I did my strength and conditioning this morning as I normally do on Mondays &#8212; even when I\u2019m getting ready for a fight &#8212; and I\u2019m going back to the gym at 4 o\u2019clock today to drill wrestling. And this is the way that I live, regardless of whether I fight again or not. I live like I\u2019m basically still fighting professionally. So I\u2019m not at a point where I\u2019m completely ready to walk away from the sport yet, but I do understand that it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult for me to take that last fight. While it\u2019s not looking probable, it\u2019s still possible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\">@ryancmiller1630 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rich &#8216;Ace&#8217; Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we will never see him in the octagon again&#8230;maybe&#8230;possibly. Franklin is a busy guy these days. He is the vice president of the MMA promotion ONE Championship, owns his own raw juice company called ZeLin and a brand of silver based gel called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":131915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[19776],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rich &#039;Ace&#039; Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn&#039;t mean we will never see him in the octagon again...maybe...possibly. Full story on BJPENN.COM\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rich &#039;Ace&#039; Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn&#039;t mean we will never see him in the octagon again...maybe...possibly. Full story on BJPENN.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-30T14:43:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-25T05:01:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bjpenndotcom\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a\"},\"headline\":\"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-30T14:43:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-25T05:01:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"ONE Championship\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\",\"name\":\"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-30T14:43:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-25T05:01:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Rich 'Ace' Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn't mean we will never see him in the octagon again...maybe...possibly. Full story on BJPENN.COM\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"ONE Championship\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a\",\"name\":\"bjpenndotcom\",\"description\":\"UFC NEWS - MMA NEWS\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenndotcom\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting | BJPenn.com","description":"Rich 'Ace' Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn't mean we will never see him in the octagon again...maybe...possibly. Full story on BJPENN.COM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Rich 'Ace' Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn't mean we will never see him in the octagon again...maybe...possibly. Full story on BJPENN.COM","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2015-03-30T14:43:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-25T05:01:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Rich-Franklin.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"bjpenndotcom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bjpenndotcom","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/"},"author":{"name":"bjpenndotcom","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a"},"headline":"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting","datePublished":"2015-03-30T14:43:51+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-25T05:01:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/"},"wordCount":350,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["ONE Championship"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/","name":"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-03-30T14:43:51+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-25T05:01:37+00:00","description":"Rich 'Ace' Franklin has not fought since 2012, but that doesn't mean we will never see him in the octagon again...maybe...possibly. Full story on BJPENN.COM","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/former-ufc-champ-rich-franklin-closing-door-fighting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ONE Championship","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Former UFC Champ Rich Franklin Not Closing The Door On Fighting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a","name":"bjpenndotcom","description":"UFC NEWS - MMA NEWS","sameAs":["http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenndotcom\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}