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LAS VEGAS — MMA Fighting spoke to Forrest Griffin about his UFC 126 fight against Rich Franklin on Thursday. The former light heavyweight champion talked about his injury plagued 2010, the key to beating Griffin, what he’s watching on TV these days and much more.
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LAS VEGAS — MMA Fighting spoke to Forrest Griffin about his UFC 126 fight against Rich Franklin on Thursday. The former light heavyweight champion talked about his injury plagued 2010, the key to beating Griffin, what he’s watching on TV these days and much more.
Filed under: UFC, NewsLAS VEGAS — Fifteen months after his last time in the octagon, Forrest Griffin is primed and ready to return in a featured UFC 126 bout with fellow veteran Rich Franklin.
And he’s also a little bit nervous.
“I’m so scared it’s …
LAS VEGAS — Fifteen months after his last time in the octagon, Forrest Griffin is primed and ready to return in a featured UFC 126 bout with fellow veteran Rich Franklin.
And he’s also a little bit nervous.
“I’m so scared it’s f—— terrifying,” he said on Thursday. “I haven’t done it in a year. It’s only harder. It doesn’t get easier.”
(Video courtesy DailyMotion/Spike/UFC)If you don’t have the time or couldn’t be bothered to watch the show, we got you covered.
Here are the CP Notes of this edition:
– Anderson doesn’t like Vitor and says whoever God wants to win will win Saturday…
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If you don’t have the time or couldn’t be bothered to watch the show, we got you covered.
Here are the CP Notes of this edition:
– Anderson doesn’t like Vitor and says whoever God wants to win will win Saturday.
– Vitor believes Jesus loves him more and will help him beat Anderson.
– Ed Soares respects Vitor and seems somewhat nervous about this fight.
– Vitor respects Anderson, but says he isn’t afraid of him.
– Vitor says he’s not there to dance around (like Anderson), he’s there to fight.
– Rich seems to be training seriously ahead of this fight, both in the gym and the tanning beds.
– Forrest seems to be doing lots of book promo ahead of this fight.
– Forrest might rely on his new BJJ black belt for this fight.
– Both Franklin and Griffin say they are pretty much the same fighter, only Rich says Forrest is much bigger.
– Forrest doesn’t like being asked questions about Anderson.
– Jones has a lot of hype to live up to and seems to be buying into it himself.
– Jones wasn’t impressed by Bader’s win over Lil’ Nog, even though Nogueira is widely considered a better calibre fighter than any "Bones" has beaten.
– Jones doesn’t think Bader is very good because he "doesn’t knee, spin or jump."
– Jones doesn’t plan on toning down his cockiness flashiness for the fight.
– CB Dollaway is a weird looking dude.
Parts two and three are after the jump.
(VidProps: YouTube/UFC) A week or so ago, when we noted that nearly every claim made in the official UFC 126 trailer was at least debatable (if not an out-and-out lie), the one fight saved from our incredulity was Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin. Ma…
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A week or so ago, when we noted that nearly every claim made in the official UFC 126 trailer was at least debatable (if not an out-and-out lie), the one fight saved from our incredulity was Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin. Maybe that’s because the best hype the UFC could drum up for this bout was to have its voiceover guy dramatically bellow, “Former champions Forrest Griffin and Rich Franklin will battle it out!” Yep, that feels … accurate. But if, like us, you think this meeting between two old warhorses lacks a certain sizzle, you’re not alone. Even the fighters themselves appear to understand this fight needs a little something extra to get people really emotionally invested.
And so Griffin, that mischievous little imp, would like to propose a gentleman’s wager on the outcome of this scrap: Loser gets tattooed. A bemused Franklin – who from the looks of this vid has spent the last seven months since his victory over Chuck Liddell making sure that lifetime membership at the tanning salon pays for itself – seems oddly cool with the idea. He suggests the loser must get inked-up with a picture of the winner, which to us is a truly inspired idea. Unless you guys have any other suggestions.
("When you put your focus on one thing, you tend not to focus on the journey. Once you get there, it’s not going to be as big of a deal as you thought it was going to be.")
This Saturday, Rich Franklin will step into the Octagon for the 18t…
("When you put your focus on one thing, you tend not to focus on the journey. Once you get there, it’s not going to be as big of a deal as you thought it was going to be.")
This Saturday, Rich Franklin will step into the Octagon for the 18th time to face Forrest Griffin in the co-headlining feature of UFC 126. During his 12-year career, Ace has experienced everything from championship glory to bitter defeat, and now stands as one of the sport’s most revered statesmen. “I think that what people will remember me for is that I’m a tough competitor who’s put on entertaining fights for the fans all these years," Franklin tells CagePotato. "And I’m happy with that kind of legacy.”
Rich was generous enough to give us some phone-time recently, and instead of asking him about his gameplan for Forrest, we discussed Franklin’s career as a whole, from the moment he decided to pursue MMA as a full-time job, to the fight that changed his life, to every other notable moment that helped forge the fighter he is today. Let’s begin…
The Early Days, 1993-1999
Rich Franklin: “I started training in traditional martial arts in 1993, then I saw the first couple UFCs and started doing some jiu-jitsu. I was training at a Royce Gracie chapter here in Cincinnati, and the guy who was leading my class was a blue belt. By today’s standards, if the best you had in your area was a blue belt, you’d be way behind the times, but in 1994 it was a big deal to have that kind of a resource. So I was doing jiu-jitsu, working with kickboxing coaches, and of course I’d been watching the UFC, learning off instructional tapes and all those kinds of things.
I started fighting at these little local amateur shows out in Richmond, Indiana, and clearly at that point in time, I was just light-years ahead of the competition that was showing up at the event. The promoter told me, ‘These are amateur events, I don’t really have anybody for you to fight.’ But there was a gentleman there who said, ‘You know what, I run a pro show, and I’ll pay you to fight." And he offered me 200 bucks. I was like, ‘Wow, I can make money fighting? This is great. I’m gonna make 200 bucks." I was bankin’.
RICH FRANKLIN (5-0) vs. AARON BRINK (7-4) — Franklin’s first regional title fight
IFC: Warriors Challenge 11, 1/13/01
Result: No contest due to accidental injury, after Brink’s leg slipped through the cage.
Filed under: UFC, NewsForrest Griffin has had his fair share of the spotlight and big moments. He’s been UFC light heavyweight champion, and faced some of the heaviest hitters in MMA, including Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Ander…
Forrest Griffin has had his fair share of the spotlight and big moments. He’s been UFC light heavyweight champion, and faced some of the heaviest hitters in MMA, including Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Anderson Silva. But for his upcoming UFC 126 fight with Rich Franklin, Griffin admits his nerves are likely to be a little bit more on edge than normal. That’s because Griffin will be putting his body to the test for the first time since Nov. 2009.
Returning from long-needed shoulder surgery, Griffin will come back against an opponent who is coming off an injury timeout of his own. Franklin will be making his first start back from a broken arm.
“For me, being off for a year, that’s huge,” Griffin said in a Thursday teleconference. “It’s a weird feeling, I’m a little more nervous than usual. During this year I’ve had spurts of really good training when I thought I was going to fight. The big thing is going to be that first minute, and making that adjustment, getting back in there. This is the longest break I’ve had in fighting since 2000, so it’s weird.”
