UFC 93 “Franklin vs. Henderson” Results: Henderson Tops Franklin, Rua TKOs Coleman
Dan Henderson Defeats Rich Franklin at UFC 93
UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson took place today at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. In the evening’s main event Dan Henderson topped Rich Franklin, earning a split decision victory to secure his spot as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 9 and a future middleweight matchup against opposing coach Michael Bisping. One judge scored the contest 30-27 in favor of Franklin, while the victory went to Henderson, who was awarded two 29-28 scores.
In the evening’s co-main event, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua scored his much-needed first UFC victory with a late third-round TKO of UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman. The 44-year-old Coleman was visibly exhausted midway though the opening round but Rua was largely unable to capitalize. Coleman survived the opening round and continued to get Rua to the canvas over the remainder of the fight. The fight appeared destined to go to the judges’ scorecards, where Rua was likely to be awarded the victory, but a botched call by the referee allowed Rua to connect with a combo that sent Coleman to the canvas. Coleman protested the stoppage and has his sights set on a rubber match with his rival, though Rua will first fight Chuck Liddell before the two could meet again.
Both fights were not without controversy as Henderson’s victory was marred by an accidental headbutt and eye poke, while a legal knee by Rua was ruled illegal and resulted in a standup that immediately preceded the knockout of Coleman.
Despite a broken hand suffered in the opening round, Rousimar Palhares took Jeremy Horn the distance to earn a unaniomous decision victory. Horn showed heart in the loss, surviving what was shaping up to be an early stoppage to force Palhares to work hard for the victory, which improved his record to 2-1 in the UFC and 9-2 overall.
In a featured middleweight matchup, Alan Belcher snubbed Denis Kang’s UFC debut, submitting the promising middleweight with an arm-in guillotine late in the second round to improve his UFC record to 5-3. The submission came out of nowhere as Kang dominated with first two rounds with superior ground work before Belcher transitioned a stuffed takedown attempt into a fight-ending submission.
The highly anticipated scrap between Marcus Davis and Chris Lytle kicked off the UFC 93 broadcast with back-and-forth standup action as expected, but the solid effort failed to live up it’s extreme hype. In the end, Davis walked away with the split decision victory.
UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson Results
- Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
- Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Mark Coleman via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 4:36
- Rousimar Palhares def. Jeremy Horn via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Alan Belcher def. Denis Kang via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 2, 4:36
- Marcus Davis def. Chris Lytle via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- John Hathaway def. Tom Egan via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:36
- Martin Kampmann def. Alexandre Barross via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 3:07
- Eric Schafer def. Antonio Mendes via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:35
- Thomasz Drwal def. Ivan Serati via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:02
- Denis Siver def. Nate Mohr via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 3:27
For complete, blow-by-blow results click here.
Tags: Alan Belcher, Alexandre Barros, Antonio Mendes, Chris Lytle, Dan Henderson, Denis Kang, Denis Siver, Eric Schafer, Ivan Serati, jeremy horn, John Hathaway, Marcus Davis, mark coleman, Martin Kampmann, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Nate Mohr, Rich Franklin, rousimar palhares, Tom Egan, Tomasz Drwal
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Shogun will be in better shape for liddell . he does better in the 10 min round situation with the 5 min second . I like that style myself as it is a more realistic fight time . 5 min rounds are too short and alot of fights lately would have ended differently had they done this longer first round format . Oh well he won and thats what I wanted to see .
The UFC is not Pride. I don’t want to hear about 5 or 10 minute rounds. If the first round lasted 10 minutes Rua would of lost. Both guys were gassed.
The judging for the Franklin vs Henderson fight is incredible how does Henderson win with 2 judges with a {29-28} and Franklin win with 1 judge {30-27} thats unbelievible
Have to say i’m glad i only spent 22 dollars at the bar on this 1. They were all pretty good fights, but what did they accomplish here? They set up a Heno vs Bisbing fight? Big whip. Hendo should crush him. Rua vs Liddell? Liddell is past his prime, and if Rua loses to him, then he’s a bigger joke than he’s looked his first 2 UFC fights.
By the way, I missed the first 3 minutes of Lytle vs Davis, but I swear Lytle got hosed. Was i the only 1 thinking that?
Thank G for UFC 94, because 95-98 look like hot garbage if the rumors are true.
Just came back from Wild Wings and here is my take on the card as I watched it.
Henderson was the winner in my eyes. He was the stronger fighter and the judge who scored the fight 30-27 Franklin was watching a totally different fight then the rest of the planet.
Coleman needs to retire. Rua better get some cardio and in a hurry, I was not impressed with him at all.
Horn is in he same boat as Coleman, give it up.
Props goes to Belcher in that fight. I saw the guillotine coming a mile away. Too bad for Kang, as it seems that everyone that Joe Rogan is excited to see in the UFC,(Crocop), gets beat. He will rebound, but at 3-4 in his last 7, he needs to regroup.
Marcus Davis and Chris Lytle was the fight of the night. You have to give it up to those 2 warriors. Great fight.
My thoughts exactly.
I used to like Horn too…disappointing.
I agree with everything you said. Rua hasn’t impressed me at all, just like Nog hasn’t since he came to the UFC.
Horn looks lost, I think his problem is everyone he fights is so much more stronger and athletic, that he can’t get by on submission fighting alone.
I thought Franklin won against Hendo. Hendo didn’t do anything on ground in the second round once he got Franklin to the mat. Plus, Franklin was going for submissions and staying active. He didn’t sustain much of any damage. Obviously, Franklin dominated the 3rd round. Hendo winning it was ridiculous.
So was the 30-27 for Franklin score. Equally ridiculous, if not much more so.
Yeah, that judge is a mental midget.
absolutely agree with e-roc!!!!
I thought Hendo got the better of the stand up, and thought Hendo would end that fight pretty quick. I didn’t really think Hendo took any damage either. I’ll watch it again at 9 and see if i missed something. Was eating dinner, might have.
Franklin and henderson were unimpressive. They both lost in my eyes. The whole card seemed ok on paper. But all the matches went to 3 rounds. I’m glad I didn’t pay for this one.
Yeah, it’s terrible when fights actually last longer than half a minute…. Shut up and go to the Kimbo boards. You obviously know nothing.
Let it go. We don’t need this to get out of control.
Is that sarcasm? As I have stated many times, all the UK pay-per-views suck. That’s why Dana gives them to us for free on tape delay on SPIKE. This one actually looked like it was going to be a good card, but all I saw was boxing.
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What does it being in the UK have to do with anything?
None of the UK Pay-per-views do well, as far as pay-per-view buys. Partially because of the time of day and partly because the cards are not too strong. That is why they are usually tape delayed on SPIKE, and generate money by selling commercial time. And fyi, I believe I was personally attacked first.
I understand, but I warned both of you to be fair no matter who started it.
I thought Hendo actually looked pretty good for once. He was actually throwing some bombs early in the fight. I just think father time is catching up with him. Maybe he’s lost that 1 punch ko power. I think he could still be a factor at 185 though.
wow…..harsh ^ , well I paid $55 dollars for it and it was OK, not as good as i thought it coulda been but shoot its mma and ill pay whatever to see a good fight card
I was surprised there were not more posts here, but it looks like a few were taken out so…oh well.
Rua and Coleman both gassed in the first round, and the rest of the fight, though back and forth was not a great fight because both men really looked kinda pathetic. Coleman at least has an excuse, since he’s never fought at 205 before, but Rua needs to get his acted together. If Coleman had won that fight, I think Rua would have received his walking papers, and if he comes in and gasses and gets KOed by Liddell he still might get them. I’m not sure how much the knee incident affected the outcome of the fight, however at first glance I thought it was a head shot as well, and certainly from the refs perspective the arm was blocking his visibility of head shot or body shot. It was a blown call, but I’m not about to lynch the guy for it, its not nearly as bad as that piss poor ref down in Fayetteville wanting to stand guys up so bad.
Davis v. Lytle was a good fight, I enjoyed watching it, but if Davis were flexible enough to get a proper head kick delivered to Lytle, it would have been lights out for “lights out” the way he was hanging his hand so low.
I was disappointed that Kang lost but he will bounce back.
Palhares and Horn are both gatekeepers, and they didn’t show me anything to change my mind in this fight.
Franklin v. Henderson was a good fight, I personally had it 29-28 for Franklin, but I can definitely see how it would go the other way. I feel like Franklin won the stand up, though Hendo got in some good shots. Henderson won the fight though off of take downs, and control on the ground, even though he never really got in a lot of shots on the ground other than the first round. I would have loved to see this fight go to five rounds. Some of the people I was watching with suggested that any time two former Champions face each other it should still be a five rounder. I have mixed feelings about that, but in the case of this fight, I think five rounds would have been great. Also, the eye-poke very clearly affected the end of the fight, prior to that Hendo’s right hand was very low, but after the stoppage he kept it high, taking away the possibility of the leg kick. Also, Franklin never seemed to find the distance again after that. Did it affect the outcome, probably not because I don’t think Franklin would have been able to finish Henderson, even though he would have tried harder to do so without getting poked. I’m disappointed that Franklin lost, but glad that he will probably get to stay at 205.
Great job Justin.
Thanks.
Ha yea justin does know what he’s talkin bout lol but i was really disapointed that kang lost to bc belcher nvr really impresses me… and idk i kinda like palhares i wouldnt really call him a gate keeper..
I agree that this would have been a great 5 round fight. In the case of former champ vs former champ for 5 rounds, that’s an awesome idea, but in the LHW division, that would be a lot of 5 round fights. Especially if the trend continues and Evans loses his first defense.
I like the idea, for some fights, but not all of them. It would pose a lot of problems, less scheduled fights for PPVs, potential snooze fests b/w two washed up former champs nearing the end of their career. Maybe have it as an option where the UFC can choose to do that for certain fights, but not all of them.
very interesting idea tho
Like I said Ace vs. Hendo at this time & at lhw was pointless. Coleman vs. Shogun was elite xc caliber. Davis vs. Lytle best fight of the night & best opening fight ive seen. Iceman is gonna KO Shogun rd1 garunteed.
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the knee was to the body clearly.
coleman was wide open, and shogun was quite clearly aiming to knee the body which he did.
hendo won. the eye poke was a lucky rest time for hendo but he wasn’t about to collapse or anything, he’d have been fine for another miniute.
2 more rounds is another question – but it wasn’t a 5 rounder so.
hendo won fair and square – 29-28 if you want to use that dumb boxing scoring bssystem
Shogun will improve ….. its hard to adjust your style . In Pride he could legally fight his fight were as the UFC rules kinda take some bang from his game . The no soccer kick rule is a biggie for him and Silva .
Bad card overall. Fight of the night and my prediction as well was Davis vs Lytle. Clearly. Only good fight really on there. Even their fillerfight from the un-televised card was garbage. Can you imagine the rest? Coleman and Rua was a hideous fight and Shogun should be ashamed. I am glad Henderson won, but you could clearly see Franklin wanted NO part in winning that fight. That was not the Rich Franklin we are use to seeing. He gave it to Hendo on a silver platter. Awful card, glad I watched it at the bar! Can’t wait for Affliction next week!!!!
I hear you markus…. the card is a good one . I really am looking forward to the next K1 – dream card .
Hendo v. Franklin looked like two guy who didnt want to lose and neither guy wanted to win. It was a very defensive fight.
That happens a lot, though, with highly anticipated fights between fighters that have a lot of respect for each other.
Im sure I wasnt the only one who absolutly saw Rua’s “knee to the head of a downed opponent” comming. As soon as he was up in front of Coleman I knew that was comming. Pride habbits are hard to shake.
I have never been impressed with Rua but I really wanted him to hand it to Coleman. Coleman is an artifact. I think Rua could have ended it in the first, in the last 30 seconds or so, Coleman had tanked pretty bad. It looked like Rua still had a little in the tank, if he had laid it out there, he could have flurried coleman to the mat until stoppage.
I saw the knee coming as well. Rua had several opportunities to finish the fight that he failed to capitalize on.
very very disapointing refering to both fighters
I’m glad Shogun won, BUT I’m very very very, disapointed in his performance. I dunno what his deal was.