{"id":454855,"date":"2022-08-04T11:10:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=454855"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:10:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:10:46","slug":"former-ufc-champion-rich-franklin-says-he-would-consider-fighting-again-under-the-right-circumstances-yeah-i-got-a-couple-more-left-in-the-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/former-ufc-champion-rich-franklin-says-he-would-consider-fighting-again-under-the-right-circumstances-yeah-i-got-a-couple-more-left-in-the-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC champion Rich Franklin says he would consider fighting again , under the right circumstances: \u201cYeah I got a couple more left in the tank\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former middleweight UFC champion Rich Franklin says he would consider fighting again, under the right circumstances.<\/p>\n

Franklin, 47, (29-7 MMA) has not entered the Octagon since November of 2012 where he went down to defeat against Cung Le (9-3 MMA) in a middleweight bout.<\/p>\n

‘Ace’ officially retired in the fall of 2015. Franklin has stayed active in the MMA world and is currently the Vice President of Asian mixed martial arts company ‘ONE Championship’.<\/p>\n

During a sit down interview with Chael Sonnen, the former world champion, Rich Franklin, admitted he still has a desire to compete in the cage (h\/t Sportskeeda<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at old videos of myself and I\u2019ll be watching TV, it feels like I\u2019m watching somebody else. It was a different lifetime, and sometimes I scratch my head like \u2018Why do people do this?\u2019 Make no mistake about it, under the right circumstances I would probably be like \u2018Yeah I got a couple more left in the tank.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Rich<\/p>\n

Although Franklin didn’t outline what the ‘right circumstances’ would be for him to get back in competition, even the potential of a return would inevitably get his fans excited.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know the transition from fighter to executive was weird. I don\u2019t know about you but when I first started working for ONE it took me probably a year and a half of going into the arena and not feeling I was there for a fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Concluding, Rich Franklin said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sitting there the whole time, my stomach, everything was going. I hated the feeling, it took me a while and then I finally got to the point that (I said) \u2018I\u2019m not on tonight. I\u2019m just here to enjoy and watch.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It lends itself to the tag line – once a fighter, always a fighter.<\/p>\n

Would you like to see Rich Franklin make a come-back in the Octagon<\/a>? Who would you like to see him go to battle with?<\/p>\n

Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former middleweight UFC champion Rich Franklin says he would consider fighting again, under the right circumstances. Franklin, 47, (29-7 MMA) has not entered the Octagon since November of 2012 where he went down to defeat against Cung Le (9-3 MMA) in a middleweight bout. ‘Ace’ officially retired in the fall of 2015. 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