MW contenders

guaty · 03-19-2006, 11:38 PM

rich franklin has dominated his division in the same fashion fedor has dominated his. who do u think would be the best contender for him. i would say hendo then lindland.
BUT REALISTICLY SPEAKing THIS WONT HAPPEN... so can anyone think of any fighter at the moment that could threaten his title reign that is realisticly threaten cuz hendo and lindland wont be fihgt in ufc any time soon

craig hummer · 03-19-2006, 11:39 PM

jeremy horn, nathan marquardt, ivan salaverry.

and although it would most likely be a mismatch, i would like to see joe riggs fight rich franklin.

Freikorp · 03-19-2006, 11:41 PM

FRANKLIN didn't fight the toppers of his division yet. FEDOR did. He need to win Hendo and Busta or Saku, IMO.. I would love to see him against Kondo, though

guaty · 03-19-2006, 11:42 PM

jeremy horn
good post that probably be the best match

thewaterchapter · 03-19-2006, 11:45 PM

yea horn would be a decent fight. although rich has decent standup and horn doesnt. i kind of see a similar fight like horn vs liddell

Affadia · 03-19-2006, 11:47 PM

Thier are a lot of good middle weights. UFC now has Terrel, Scott Smith who is coming off of good win in the WEC, Tanner, Horn , are bringing thier A game to UFC 59, plus the crow will be back, and can't forget Nathan. This weight class is big money and it's only going to get better, eventually someones going to take him probably by KO. He may not even recover well from his last fight, we'll see!!

Dontpush39 · 03-19-2006, 11:47 PM

i heard that he won't fight horn because their friends...salavery would be a pretty good match

Summoner10 · 03-19-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Freikorp

FRANKLIN didn't fight the toppers of his division yet. FEDOR did. He need to win Hendo and Busta or Saku, IMO.. I would love to see him against Kondo, though

That would awesome if they brought in Kondo. Last few times we saw him in the UFC he was mismatched against much bigger guys with excellent wrestling (Matyuchenko and Tito). Kondo is much better suited to 183lbs-185lbs divisions. He'd give Rich a good go.

Adam Slaughter · 03-19-2006, 11:50 PM

parick cote. this will never happen because cote can't buy a win in the UFC. but i know for a fact rich would bang with him.. and i think cotes sharp punches might get inside one of them franklin loopers.

i'm not saying "omg cote would own franklin"
i just wouldn't write him off if they fought.

BattleGround · 03-19-2006, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by guaty

rich franklin has dominated his division in the same fashion fedor has dominated his.

LMAo keep dreaming tufii!!!

Pathetic.