In my eyes and Im sure in a lot of others, Rich is still a champion. He may not hold the title any more, but he has the mind set and the heart of a champion. It sucks to see what happend with him but I know as well as everyone else that he will bounce back even stronger. I know Rich more then just on a fan level and hes a cool down to earth guy. I have much respect for him and his work. He will be back.
holy shit lil katai! whats up sexy!! :)
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Pretty sad moment for me...I was never an "over the top" fan of Rich Franklin, and always considered him over rated...BUT...He was well on his way to proving me wrong with win after win...He was kind of growing on me...And though I was kind of rooting for Anderson, "I always root for the underdog"...And did consider Anderson an underdog going in...I really thought Franklin was going to pull some dominant win out...
When Anderson won that fight, in such a dominant one sided fashion...I was kind of sad...I know what your thinking...I am just sad because I lost money...Ok...Maybe I am sad cause I lost money...But there is something more...
It feels weird not having Rich as the Champ...In a bad way.
I hope all the best for Rich & his family, and I hope he is able to bounce back from this.
-Evil
Uh, no he's not.
Lil Katai - you seem like a nice kid. That was nice of you to write that about Rich.
The guy will be back, it's just one loss to a world class guy.
How is he still the champion when he got knocked out in the 1st round? I think Rich is a great fighter, but he wasn't a great champion. He only had 2 successful title defenses,
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You guys are fucking retarted! I clearly stated "He may not hold the title any more, but he has the mind set and the heart of a champion."
Read shit before you start trying to dis people.
Title of thread: "Rich Franklin is still a champion"
Next time maybe say "Franklin has heart" or Franklin is a good guy". But he's not still a champion.
Golden Arm is a champion of the correct.
lot of people have heart, only a few have belts. the ones with belts are champions. it's not semantics.
Before last night Rich was a nice guy and a champion. Now he is just a nice guy.
Why cant I say he is still a champion if hes still a champion at heart? I didnt say anywhere in the title that he was a "champion belt holder" or "UFC champion".
Guys on this forum just look for every little word and pick it apart so that you can talk shit. Reason why I hardly ever come on this web site any more. Same goes for a lot of my team. You have so many fake ass mother fuckers on here that like to do nothing but start shit. This thread was simply to say that Rich is still a champion. Dosent have to be physically, but mentaly, he is. Period.
Well, you cant say he was protected now, can ya? Even before they brought Anderson in, aside from letting Lindland go, Rich took care of all comers.
"I didnt say anywhere in the title that he was a "champion belt holder" or "UFC champion"."
You said in the title he is "still a champion". He's not. Silva destroyed him and took the championship.
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but that's reality.
Yeah, exactly, I said "still A champion". No where did I say that he "IS THE champion".
Whatever, chew this thread apart like you guys do all the other ones. Im out.
Katai, this place is like room full of liitle gremlin trolls. When you come on here, trying to bring in any positive, they will jump down your throat. Simple as that.
They are glad Rich lost.
Rich was popular, athletic, has a great attitude, respectful, markeable, humble and hard working.
Thay hated him for it, because he represents EVERYTHING that they will never be. To see him lose, brings joy to their pathetic lives. They get to go back to Burger King tomorrow, just like their father undoubtedly did, and work the fryer and say.
"Damn, that grease burn kinda hurt, but at least I am not Rich Franklin, who got KO'ed Saturday..".
I think Rich is still a champ, because I do need some Fighting Organization to tell me he is. His work ethic and dedication tells me he is. You either get it, or you dont. I am glad to see you get it.
LMAO at Sammy. That was actually pretty damn funny.
Look, the point is that she feels that Rich is being taken to the woodshed on the UG. I agree. While the semantics ring differently, I can see his point.
they call the presidents mr. president after they're not....
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franklin got his ass whipped. outclassed.