Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s LIVE coverage of UFC 88 “Breakthroughâ€.
In the main event former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell returned to the octagon to earn a shot at the 205-pound belt currently held by Forrest Griffin against Rashad Evans, the undefeated winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2 who looked to take out the promotion’s former [...]
Chuck Liddell (204) vs. Rashad Evans (205)
Rich Franklin (204.5) vs. Matt Hamill (205)
Dan Henderson (185) vs. Rousimar Palhares (184.5)
Nate Marquardt (185) vs. Martin Kampmann (184.5)
Matt Brown (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (170)
Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (156)
Tim Boetsch (205.25) vs. Mike Patt (205.25)
Jason Lambert (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
Roan Carneiro (170) vs. Ryo Chonan [...]
Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill, Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares, and Karo Parisyan vs.Yoshiyuki Yoshida have been officially added to UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta.
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will return to the 205-pound light heavyweight division at UFC 88 to take on “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ cast member Matt Hamill. Franklin [...]
It’s no secret that sometimes even the MMA world has slow news days, and when that happens its fun to expose the habits of some of the more prominent fighters out there. Pictured above is none other than former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin kicking back with some of his favorite reading [...]
Matt Hamill has been booked to fight former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 88 on September 6th in Atlanta in a light heavyweight showdown, according to MMA Rated.
Hamill, a deaf, Division III national wrestling champion, gained exposure during his stint on season three of The Ultimate Fighter reality series. Hamill sustained [...]
After suffering a second crushing defeat at the hands of Anderson Silva, many thought that the middleweight road ahead would be too bumpy for Rich Franklin to bother walking through yet again. And so it seems Franklin has in fact decided to give light heavyweight another go, however his opponent is far from determined [...]
Sean Sherk and BJ Penn have both passed early random drug tests for their upcoming UFC 84 bout.
Rich Franklin’s manager, Monte Cox, has stated that Franklin would indeed make the move to light-heavyweight if the UFC requested.
The lightweight match up between Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian has been confirmed to take place on August 9 [...]
Both Rich Franklin and George St. Pierre need only time to recover from their UFC 83 bouts before facing their next challenge, according to Dave Meltzer’s latest article from Yahoo! Sports:
“New welterweight champion St. Pierre was offered a title defense with Jon Fitch, but felt his hands were damaged in his win over Matt Serra [...]
Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Serra via TKO - Round 2, 4:45
Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter via TKO - Round 2, 3:01
Nate Quarry def. Kalib Starnes via unanimous decision
Michael Bisping def. Charles McCarthy via TKO - Round 1, 5:00
Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek via submission - Round 3, 3:48
Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerksen via TKO - [...]
Its that time again. UFC 83 is just around the corner so lets get to it with some quick predictions. The first two picks provide a little breakdown, but the rest are pretty short and sweet. Enjoy.
Matt Serra vs. George St. Pierre (welterweight championship)
GSP via TKO, round 3
As many MMA diehards well know, [...]
