Rich Franklin, retiring after next fight
source | MMAMania.com
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin appeared on AXS TV recently to talk about winding down his UFC career. Back in May he was talking about taking another couple of fights before looking to hang up his gloves, but now it sounds like he sees the end as being a little nearer, telling AXS TV that he’d like one last fight before ending his career.
“You know, I lost my last fight, and that really kind of solidified my decision to make this my last fight coming up. I know that took me out of title contention and so for me to get back into the title hunt would be a couple years’ worth of work and I know that. I’m 39, I’ll be 40 next year and it’s getting to the point where it’s late in my life and it’s really too late to have that title run so I started questioning, what am I really fighting for, if I can’t make it to the title anymore? I know I’m not in title contention anymore and I realize that so, that’s how it is.”