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On July 11, 2012, Chris Weidman defeated top middleweight contender Mark Munoz without so much as absorbing a single significant strike in six and a half minutes of fight time. It was a headlining spot, and he made the most of it. The "Strong Island"...

Josh Gross rates the performances of Bellator 80 and UFC on Fuel TV 6 fighters.

Rich Franklin versus Cung Le

Former titleholders Rich Franklin and Cung Le made their middleweight bout official early Friday after each made weight in Cotai, Macau.

From a fighting perspective, a sense of normalcy has returned to Cung Le's life. He's regained his rhythm, his body feels excellent and, emotionally, Le is his old self again. While acting remains on his resume, Le has put that part of his life o...

Rich Franklin revealed on Monday that Michael Bisping is in his thinking as a next fight, if he beats Cung Le at UFC on Fuel 6 this weekend. More »...

In this testosterone replacement therapy-infused age of mixed martial arts, Rich Franklin is a prime candidate to receive the treatment. He's been at this physically demanding sport now for more than 12 years. At 38, he's at an age where his natu...

A middleweight fight between Cung Le and Rich Franklin has been booked to headline the UFC's debut in China.

Like most of the American workforce, I spend a considerable amount of my day linking YouTube videos or Google images in meaningless instant-message exchanges. My friend Lemmer navigates his computer for similar reasons. Anytime he comes across a fema...

Anderson Silva used a knee to the body to stop Chael Sonnen in Round 2 and defend his middleweight title at UFC 148.

The fire still burns within Rich Franklin. He's still committed to reclaiming the UFC middleweight championship he held from June 2005 until October 2006, and the first step toward achieving that goal comes Saturday night when he meets Wanderlei Silv...

Following a much needed win over Cung Le in November, Wanderlei Silva says he no longer feels his back is against the wall as he heads into a catchweight bout against Rich Franklin at UFC 147 in Belo, Horizonte, Brazil. That wall though, he says,...

Rich Franklin is 37 years old. He is the former UFC middleweight champion who, when he signed on to fight Cung Le at UFC 148, expressed road-weary relief to be headed back home to 185 pounds. It had been too long, and Franklin never felt comfortable ...

NEW YORK -- For as stacked as the UFC 146 card appears for Memorial Day weekend, it's really two title fights (Urijah Faber/Dominick Cruz and Chael Sonnen/Anderson Silva) and a pack of glitzy non-consequential match-ups (Cung Le/Rich Franklin and For...

With Chael Sonnen's rematch against Anderson Silva now migrating from Brazil to Las Vegas, UFC 148 becomes the Miami Heat of fight cards. It is stacked, stuffed, loaded and insane. And let's face it, this annually huge Vegas card had a pot of gold...

After spending the past three-plus years competing against larger opposition, former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin returns to his natural division.