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Wanderlei: �I�ll be ready for Rich Franklin�

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#1 ·
Wanderlei: “I’ll be ready for Rich Franklin”

"With one victory in three fights at UFC’s octagon, Wanderlei Silva decided to drop to middleweight division, where he faces one of the best fighters of the category. Former champion, Rich Franklin was the last man to hold the belt before the beginning of Anderson Silva’s domain in the octagon, but comes from recent defeat to Dan Henderson. With the next fight confirmed, Wanderlei is excited for a new victory.



"Fighting with him is incredible, because he was the last champion before Anderson. He is a great fighter, a complete guy and it’s a good fight for me in this new category. He has a good ground, good striking, good takedowns and I think it’ll be a good fight for me. I’m bringing many guy from Brazil to train with me that are also complete fighters, I’ll be ready for him", says the Brazilian, in an interview for the Fighters Only Magazine site. The catchweight (195lbs) fight is scheduled for UFC 99, on June 13th, in Germany."

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I wonder what fighters he's reffering too? Maybe his problem is he needs a complete team to train with like Chute Boxe and not a bunch of coaches just training him individually?
 
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#5 ·
I really hate this match up cuz usually it makes the fight much more exciting when there's bad blood. Rich is a nice guy. Don't wanna see him get KTFO. Gonna have to go with Wand though.
 
#7 ·
Good fight, could be close too.
I don't really want either to lose again, but I'm still cheering for mah boy Wandy! I think he might have the edge in this fight too. He might just overwhelm Rich on the feet, unless he comes out like he did in his last fight with Rampage. :confused05:
 
#13 ·
If I could ask one thing for this fight, it would be a multi-round war. I like both of these guys and don't want to see either one lose unless they've dished out some damage and left everything in the cage.

In some fights where I like both of the fighters, I tend to support the underdog. In this case, I can't really pick an underdog, and neither can really afford more losses right now. Not because a loss will get them dropped from the UFC (because both are crowd favorites and draw PPV numbers) but because each loss chips away at the fighters confidence and puts more doubt in their mind for future fights.

I think Rich is the smarter fighter, but I think Wandy brings a fear factor to his opponents based on his style and past victories. As Shamrock would say, I'm 100% confident this fight could go either way. :)
 
#14 ·
I have a question, why is Rich Franklin fighting at Middleweight again? I thought he wanted to fight at Light Heavyweight?
 
#16 ·
Does anyone know the relationship between Anderson and Wanderlei? I'm curious because I've always heard they were close, not teammates but friends that may not fight. In which case this would be the most pointless middleweight fight ever other than for entertainment value. Honestly, I think this a terrible match up for both guys.
 
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