Rich Franklin Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Cung Le Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:17	UFC Macao: Franklin vs. Le	Nov 10, 2012
W	Wanderlei Silva Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin 2	Jun 23, 2012
L	Forrest Griffin Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort	Feb 5, 2011
W	Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:55	UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin	Jun 12, 2010
L	Vitor Belfort Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head On Ground	R1	3:02	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	Sep 19, 2009
W	Wanderlei Silva Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 99: The Comeback	Jun 13, 2009
L	Dan Henderson Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson	Jan 17, 2009
W	Matt Hamill Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R3	0:39	UFC 88: Breakthrough	Sep 6, 2008
W	Travis Lutter Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	3:01	UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2	Apr 19, 2008
L	Anderson SilvaTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Knees to Head In Clinch	R2	1:07	UFC 77: Hostile Territory	Oct 20, 2007
W	Yushin Okami Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 72: Victory	Jun 16, 2007
W	Jason MacDonald Middleweight	KO/TKO	to Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	UFC 68: The Uprising	Mar 3, 2007
L	Anderson SilvaTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Knees to Head In Clinch	R1	2:59	UFC 64: Unstoppable	Oct 14, 2006
W	David LoiseauTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 58: USA vs. Canada	Mar 4, 2006
W	Nate QuarryTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:34	UFC 56: Full Force	Nov 19, 2005
W	Evan TannerTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cuts	R4	3:25	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	Jun 4, 2005
W	Ken Shamrock Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	2:42	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale	Apr 9, 2005
W	Jorge Rivera Middleweight	Submission	Armbar From Mount	R3	4:28	UFC 50: The War Of '04	Oct 22, 2004
W	Edwin DeWees Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knees to Body On Ground	R1	3:35	UFC 44: Undisputed	Sep 26, 2003
W	Evan Tanner Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:40	UFC 42: Sudden Impact	Apr 25, 2003

Outside the UFC

15-1, 1 NCacross 17 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 11 KO · 4 subSB 38 · AFC 1 · SB 35 · Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 · Battleground 1 +12

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Curtis Stout11-12-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	1:28	SB 38	Dec 12, 2004
W	Ralph Dillon0-2-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:55	AFC 1	Jul 14, 2004
W	Leo Sylvest10-26	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:13	SB 35	Apr 16, 2004
L	Lyoto Machida26-12	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R2	1:03	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003	Dec 31, 2003
W	Roberto Ramirez2-14	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:10	Battleground 1	Jul 19, 2003
W	Antony Rea41-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:46	UCC Hawaii	Sep 17, 2002
W	Yan Pellerin11-13	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:12	UCC 10	Jun 15, 2002
W	Marvin Eastman18-15-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:02	WFA 1	Nov 3, 2001
W	Dennis Reed45-63-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:38	EC	Aug 25, 2001
W	Chris Seifert11-8	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	1:45	EC 41	Jul 13, 2001
W	Travis Fulton255-54-10	KO/TKO	Broken Hand	R1	5:00	Rings USA	Mar 17, 2001
NC	Aaron Brink29-27	No Contest	Accidental Foot Injury	R1	—	IFC WC 11	Jan 13, 2001
W	Dennis Reed45-63-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:56	EC 35	Jun 29, 2000
W	Gary Myers14-10-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R3	0:59	WEF 9	May 13, 2000
W	Rob Smith20-15-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:30	EC 31	Mar 24, 2000
W	Eugene Pinault0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:27	Extreme Challenge	Oct 4, 1999
W	Michael Martin0-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:21	WEF 6	Jun 19, 1999

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionUW

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Mike McCormick1-1	KO/TKO	Injury	R1	1:07	UW	Jun 25, 1999

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

20 wins, 5 losses

W20

L5

Submission

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Decision

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

9

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.10

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Rich Franklin

PowerChin

Knockout rate

45%

9 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

10

1.79 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

8

3.46 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Rich Franklin

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls.

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

None on file

Unanimous1 decision · 50%

1L

Split1 decision · 50%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallA75th

44%856 / 1,970

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.03 differential

Landed4.10

Absorbed2.07

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%80th559
Body23%81st198
Leg12%59th99

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

70%Standing

Standing70%596
Clinch18%151
Ground13%109

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Rich Franklin

Landed per 15

Head

A

81st

41.4

81st

Body

A

84th

14.7

84th

Leg

B

59th

7.3

59th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

86th

17.1

86th

Body

C

56th

8.1

56th

Leg

B

60th

5.6

60th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.4	559	1,608	35%
Body	14.7	198	253	78%
Leg	7.3	99	109	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.1	231	879	26%
Body	8.1	109	162	67%
Leg	5.6	75	93	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Rich Franklin

64%

Takedown accuracy

64%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.9 min net

On top2.8

On bottom1.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

1.0

48th

TD accuracy

A

82nd

64%

82nd

Sub attempts

D

41st

0.1

41st

Control

C

49th

2.8 min

49th

Defense

TD defense

C

51st

64%

51st

Controlled

1.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	14 / 22
Submission attempts	2
Control time	37:38

Defense

TDs defended	34 / 53
Control absorbed	25:39

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (202min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Rich Franklin

20 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 202 min

130%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Franklin builds (+4% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Franklin lifts to 130% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Franklin ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Franklinlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Franklinattempts / min

Control time

Franklin% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.9	4.2	2.4	0.06	14%	20
R2	5.5	4.5	2.1	0.09	18%	12
R3	5.6	3.8	1.7	0.22	27%	9
R4	6.0	5.2	1.3	0.07	15%	3
R5	5.6	3.5	1.4	0.20	38%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Rich Franklin

20 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

44/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

61st

37%

61st

Win quality

A+

87th

56%

87th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

3

2

4

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Title-fight challenger	3	3-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	3	2-1	67%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	4	3-1	75%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Cung Le	Building	15	Nov 10, 2012
W	Wanderlei Silva	Building	18	Jun 23, 2012
L	Forrest Griffin	Contender-level	45	Feb 5, 2011
W	Chuck Liddell	Long-tenured vet	60	Jun 12, 2010
L	Vitor Belfort	Cross-div ranked	40	Sep 19, 2009
W	Wanderlei Silva	Building	15	Jun 13, 2009
L	Dan Henderson	Top-5	68	Jan 17, 2009
W	Matt Hamill	Contender-level	36	Sep 6, 2008
W	Travis Lutter	Unproven	12	Apr 19, 2008
L	Anderson Silva	Champion	83	Oct 20, 2007
W	Yushin Okami	Top-5	61	Jun 16, 2007
W	Jason MacDonald	Building	15	Mar 3, 2007
L	Anderson Silva	Champion	83	Oct 14, 2006
W	David Loiseau	Title-fight challenger	50	Mar 4, 2006
W	Nate Quarry	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 19, 2005
W	Evan Tanner	Title-fight challenger	55	Jun 4, 2005
W	Ken Shamrock	Established	30	Apr 9, 2005
W	Jorge Rivera	Established	22	Oct 22, 2004
W	Edwin DeWees	Unproven	8	Sep 26, 2003
W	Evan Tanner	Contender-level	40	Apr 25, 2003

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

20 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

8-3

11 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-2

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-0

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

8-6

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

3-2

5 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

2-1

3 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

2-1

3 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

13y 7mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Rich Franklin

Extended layoff

13y 7mosince last bout

vs Cung Le · Nov 10, 2012

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-3As underdog 1-1

74.1

DK avg

87.5

Median

112.3

Ceiling

16.7

Floor

60%

Boom

25%

Bust

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