Rich Franklin To Train With Anderson Silva For UFC 99 Bout Against Wanderlei Silva
Rich Franklin
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will train with current 185-pound title-holder Anderson Silva for his UFC 99 195-pound catchweight headliner against Wanderlei Silva, according to the Dayton Daily News.
Anderson Silva has defeated Franklin twice inside the octagon, first at UFC 64 in October 2006 to capture the middleweight title, which he has yet to relinquish, and again at UFC 77 in October 2007.
According to the report, which cited sources close to Silva while Franklin’s manager declined to comment, Franklin will spend some time away from his traditional camp with Matt Hume in Seattle to train with Silva in California.
After failing to get past Silva in two attempts, Franklin moved up to the light heavyweight division, where he defeated Matt Hamill in his 205-pound debut before falling to Dan Henderson in the UFC 93 main event in January. Meanwhile, losses in four of his last five fights at light heavyweight have sent Silva packing for the middleweight division. The UFC 99 headliner will be Wanderlei’s first test at shedding weight, and he’ll face another stiff test in Franklin, who has lost just three times in eleven UFC bouts and held the 185-pound belt for more than a year.
The move is likely to further the recent tension between Anderson and Wanderlei and could lead to a matchup between the pair later this year, particularly if Wanderlei is victorious in the UFC 99 main event.
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this will be interesting…
F*** silva. Robbed my 45$. He will teach nothing but how to waste a game.
Bordering on fighter bashing with that one…
agreed………..
you should show silva how its done chy…
hey f u man you fight anderson silva
Let’s keep this civil, let’s get away from bashing fighters and each other
o for sure lol i guess some people just need to step in the cage, kyle maynard is one tough mo fo.
I’m leaning towards Franklin on this one. I was in Montreal on 97 and Silva was getting wasted at a few night clubs on the Friday and Saturday. I’m not sure what Franklin was doing, but I didn’t see him in Montreal getting wasted while dancing at clubs. It was still pretty funny to witness. I hope Wanderlei isn’t taking him lightly.
And to Chy, I blew alot more money than a pay per view buy to watch that fight and Anderson Silva still deserves some respect mang. Besides, Anderson should have good insight for Rich as he used to be part of Chute Box.
When have you ever seen Wandy not in amazing shape? If anything he’ll overtrain for Franklin. He’s not taking Rich lightly. This will be a great fight, which Franklin should be the favorite in. If Wanderlei’s power transfers to 195, though, Rich may get put to sleep.
It makes good sense to me, might as well train with the guy who kicked your a$$ twice already..
Yeah but what good is getting knocked out and getting your nose rebroke daily in practice gonna do for Franklin???
I’m kidding that was just a joke.
haha, yeah but it was a funny one!
I hiope Anderson Silva tells Frankilin to be more agressive because i feel the reason he lost to Henderson was his failure to attack more, just like when he fought Anderson on the 2nd fight. Franklin is at his best when he’s agressive, not careless but agressive.
He should be able to learn a few things he can execute agains Wanderlei, I know Anderson Silva is a great fighter,but i don’t think he’s going to have a big effect on Franklin’s game.
Agreed!!
Especially in that M.T. clinch.!!!
Quick question for you guys..
What if Rich Knocks out Wandy???
Is or should Wandy retire as well???
I dare say its gonna happen, Rich K.O.’s Wandy!!!!
Dana has indicated that he would like Wandy and Nog to retire, but he doesn’t have the relationship with them he has with Chuck to be able to talk them into it.
Good for rich,i think it’s a smart move,training with silva.And i don’t think being more aggresive is the way to beat wandy.I do agree he should of been with hendo,and if they fight again i think he will be.But with wandy he needs to counter well which is exactally what he will learn from anderson.
While I have a moment, I would like to give my thoughts..
Rich going and training with Anderson Silva shows that the man wants to win this fight very badly.. He does have the talent to do so, other than Silva, I can (off the top of my head) only remember Lyoto Machida stopping Rich… Anderson does have the inside info on Wanderlei from the ‘ol Chute Boxe days and well this clearly adds to the boiling fued that is starting between Wanderlei and Anderson, O the drama…
Do I believe that it will have a slight effect on the fight, but also Wanderlei is training for this fight as well…. I’m still leaning towards Wanderlei in this fight, and I’m excited to watch it.. I enjoy both fighters (bigger fan of Wanderlei tho) I can’t wait…
Wand partying in Canada good on him, hopefully it doesn’t effect his stamina o wait I don’t see this fight going to a decision..
If Rich ko’s Wanderlei I don’t think it will force him to retire, for there is no shame in losing to Rich, I do however believe if that were to happen that Wanderlei would get a fight @ MW and then ZUFFA will make their assement after that fight..
“shows that the man wants to win this fight” – or Dana has been talking to Vince.Yes,O the drama…
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
what does that mean?
It was a joke-refering to a WWE storyline.
Quick questions!!
Don’t Rich and Wandy fight at 205 now? Why are they fighting at a catch weight?
Seems weird too me that they did that. Hopefully Wanderlei will show some leg work and muaythai unlike his last couple of fights! Since I don’t think that is going to happen Im gunna say Rich by KO.
Wanderlei is moving down to MW (185) and the UFC needed a main event for their Germany show (BJ Penn v KenFlo was scratched), Rich was looking for a big name to fight since his loss to Hendo and agreed to fight Wanderlei at 195 cuz Wanderlei didn’t want to drop immediately to 185, also Rich is done fighting @ 185 so the both of them agreed apawn to fight at this catch weight.. Rich will (after this fight) stay at LHW (205) and Wanderlei will be moving down to MW (185) after this fight..
BAADAAASSSS!! I like Wanderlei at 185, itll put some more depth in that division. Anderson Silva puts such a huge gap between skill level in that division. I’d like to see a Anderson Silva vs Wanderlei fight if Wandy brought back his Pride style.
Thanks for the info.
No worries what so eva, have a good one
I like both Wanderlei and Rich, but like fr702, i too am a bigger Wanderlei fan. Franklin does have the power and skill to knock Wanderlei out, but i feel that he does not have the killer instinct that Wanderlei has. Rich is nou doubt very tough, but Wanderlei come in to fu*k you up. Wanderlei is a better counter puncher than Rich as he showed against overrated Jardine in their fight. I feel that Rich poses more problems because he’s good on the ground and has better wrestliing then Wanderlei.
Anderson Silva can show Rich a lot of things, but in the end Rich is going to have to show up and press the fight because like we saw in the Rampage fight, Wanderlei although a good counter puncher, tends to back up and become really cautious when someone is pushing the pace on him.
Anderson Silva won’t make an important impact to Franklins game IMO because his style is completely different then Rich’s. Rich ahould take what he can from Anerson, but not try to change his style to be more like Anderson;s because that would be a mistake just like whe Roger Huerat trained with GSP for his Ke-Flo fight. Huerta tried to fight like GSP that night and got beat. Don’t expect this fight to go 3 rounds, one of them gets ko’d in the 2nd for sure.
I like this idea by rich. lets not forget rich was a monster at 185 before silva came through. rich should be a hall of famer based on his success and he has only lost 3 times, twice to silva who more than likely be a hall of famer, and once to dan henderson who also should be a hall of famer. rich also lost to machida, who is a monster, thats 3 losses in the ufc to top notch competition and one loss to a beast outside of it. its not like rich is a crappy fighter, I believe he will progress well from training with silva and his camp. I doubt he can learn wandy’s weaknesses though in a short time, wandy is a different fighter now then when he trained with silva, plus wandy is aggressive and comes at you. wanna know the secret to beating him? knock him out or get out of the way and counter punch. dang, pay me rich. I would of liked to see anderson silva fight the wandy from pride. wandy was insane when he fought for pride, if they fight in the future it will be anderson silva who wins. Its time for anderson silva to move to 205 after he fights maia. there are more mega fights at 205 for him, and they will produce more revenue for the ufc which in turn will give silva more money via bonuses if he fights at 205.
What if Silva loses to Maia?
Yo dude, what’s the tension between anderson and wanderlei? This is a smart move for franklin since anderson did train @ chute box like someone mentioned on here earlier. I don’t think that training with anderson will make a huge difference but it can’t hurt.
I’m rooting for wanderlei in this bout because imo he is the more exciting fighter and he could walk into the mw div and start a massacre. I don’t think he can beat anderson silva though.
Anderson used to be with Chute Boxe (Wandy’s camp), but had some disagreements with management, or so the story goes, and he left for Brazilian Top Team. Back in the day those two used to be rival camps in Brazil, and I’m sure they sill are. Chute Boxe is all about respect and brotherhood (though they’re the roughest place to train), and they felt Anderson disrespected them by leaving for BTT.
I forgot to mention that Wandy now trains full time in Vegas with Xtreme Couture. Not sure if he left Chute Boxe on good terms or bad (or if he permenantly left at all), but it’s interesting that he’d still have a bit of a grudge with Anderson for leaving.
Thanks Diablo
Oh i was aware that they trained in the same camp looong time ago, but i didn’t know anderson left on bad terms and that they were in rival camps. That seems so karate kid to me dude, seriously, unless they did have some real falling out. I know there are certain loyalties to camps and or trainers and i guess i can see how students would take it if one of them sort of left off on a bad note.
don’t forget the story bout the pitbull
Wandy has his own gym in Vegas, and does some training at XC, but not all of it. Another source for some of this contention is that Wanderlei had some not nice things to say about Anderson’s performance against Leites.
IMO
Rich Franklin going to train with A. Silva has nothing to do with the fact both A. Silva and Wandy trained at The Chute Boxe camp.
1. being that was so long ago and both train with different camps now anyway.
I PERSONALLY think Rich is training for the M.T. clinch, so if and when Wandy Grabs that plumb on the back of Rich head he can get out of it or avoid the dreaded “He remember me 22 knee’s”!!!!
I think Rich style already sets him up to win. South paw, And powerful crisp Straight Punches
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Chuck Liddels straight punches hurt and stumbled Wandy in all 3 rounds, had the axe murderer backing up on the fence.
We all know Rich is having nightmares about that clinch and knee’s.
Rich once said that A. Silva felt physically as strong as Timmmehhh Sylvia in the clinch, Rich being a smart guy wants to train and get use to that grip and know what to do when it happens by learning from the best IMO M.T. fighter in the ufc.
I think chute box is the better team as they are home to the more dangerous fighters i.e. wandy/shogun. I read that chute box training is balls out all day everyday. basically thoses guys fight everyday, they dont sparr/train, they kick butt. I think thats the better way to train personally. If you go full speed in practice/training there is less chance of injury then if you go half-speed. thats from my experience of football/wrestling. this is an interesting match-up, I like both fighters but I would like to see wandy regain his old form. I think he matches well with the top guys at 185 and could beat most of them, but not anderson silva. anderson is almost unbeatable at 185, maia has the best chance to beat him IMHO, hopefully anderson moves up to 205.
i think your wrong about training at full speed causing less injury during training…
while it is good to train hard i think its more important to train smart…
usually when injury occurs during training it is not because they are training physically at 75% but its because they are not 100% focued…. its the whole ” im not going all out so i dont need to pay attention ”
training at 100% all the time will actually have more draw backs than training in moderation…
if shogun gives 100% in training he increases the risk of blowing out his knee again… something that could be avoidable by training with less intensity but more focus…
i think rich will either win by TKO or UD, he has longer reach, which will proove useful against wandi’s short windmill punchs
If wandi get ko’d by franklin i will be begging for him to retire!…i mean ya wandi is wandi but I really think in a rematch he would get destroyed by keith…and also i believe franklin will ko wandi…he just has taken ro many bumps on the chin,hes becoming more glass jawed than james thompson……i mean if liddell is retiring then wandi should too because even at mdw he would get beat by alot of people- hendo, anderson,marquardt, bisping,okami pretty much everyone….theres only three fights id like to see wandi in and those are against anderson silva because i think that would light a fire under anderson and would bring back the old anderson…the anderson of the first round ko…..then id like to see leben/mcfedries vs wandi because they would be slug fest’s but even those i think he would get ko’d in both….plus after irvin ko’s mcfedries drew will be gone from the ufc most likely…a ko artist can last only so long till hes gone if he has no ground game and cant win a match against anyone good
Whats up Gun
You think Wandy is washed up??
I don’t Know yet. That card is still out. The legends seems to be heading down hill now, even though Cro-Cop, Wandy, Big Nog are only in their early 30’s. {Cro-Cop I do know his age} But after the wars they been in, its either the wars have taken their toll or they are on the down hill side of their career’s..
But I have to say if, {IF} Rich K.O.’s Wandy, theres no need to move to MW… Hang’em up cowboy and ride due north with Chuck Liddel, and thx for the memorie’s!!
gimmie break, there is no way bisping would beat wandi… i like bisping and all but i think hes a lil over rated…
Yeah,The Crippler vs The Axe Murderer would be fun to watch.Somebody would be taking a nap.
I love Wanderlei but the transition from pride to ufc seems to have been messing with a lot of fighters heads. I’m sure the variation in ring shape alone forces a lot of ex-pride fighters to attempt changes in their game plan, in order to adjust for all the new angles. This may not suit a lot of fighters. Also all the variation in rules is a big difference, I’m surprised actually that we haven’t seen more disqualifications from some of our pride cross-overs. Fedor is still lookin’ good in affliction however. So I can’t help but wonder if Wandi wouldn’t do a little better over there too, he’d at least be more familiar with the battleground; and when you look like he has the past couple of fights, every little bit helps. I’ll be pullin’ for ya Wand. Don’t let us down.
so. no franklin vs silva 3?
why no one wants to see rich destroy anderson jeeze…i love rich so much if rich vs anderson 3 happened id still put my money on rich only because he is my boy
I’ll take that bet against ya on that one homey. lol
i would bet on franklin for sure if those other 2 fights hadn’t gone down. he could beat spider if he focusses on the moment and what he’s capable of not the rhinoplasty of the past. hendo too deserves a rematch
i just figure that if they are gonna share techniques in training they are planning not to fight. if they did i’d watch for sure.