Rich Franklin meets Wanderlei Silva
In UFC 99, that’s the only fight you really need to know.
For the first time ever, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will host an event at the Lanxess Arena in Germany where former UFC middleweight champion Rich ‘’Ace’’ Franklin will face former Pride FC title-holder Wanderlei Silva in UFC 99: The Comeback.
Everybody from Germany are probably looking forward to this since ONE, it’s the first UFC event at Lanxess, and TWO, well, they don’t really have much of a choice.
You see, this Rich Franklin – Wanderlei Silva fight wasn’t really intended to highlight the show. UFC 99 was initially scheduled to have the B.J. Penn – Kenny Florian UFC lightweight championship match in the card’s main event but since Penn requested to have more time off from fighting, they had to reschedule the title bout, thus upgrading Franklin and Silva on top of the card.
Initially scheduled to co-main event UFC 99 with B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian, Rich ‘’Ace’’ Franklin and Wanderlei ‘’The Axe Murderer’’ Silva should have no problems putting up a show deserving of the top billing. They are after all, former MMA world champions.
Rich Franklin already lost to a Silva, Anderson Silva that is, TWICE. However, despite losing both meetings, those two fights are still considered by fight fans as two of the fights that define Franklin as a fighter. The guy just refuses to quit, it just so happened that he came face to face with a brick wall named Anderson.
Franklin’s opponent, on the other hand, is a whole different monster. Yup, Wanderlei ‘’The Axe Murderer’’ Silva is one of the tougher fighters you’ll see inside the Octagon and while he doesn’t have the technical skills an Anderson Silva possesses, he’s not called ‘’The Axe Murderer’’ for nothing.
Wanderlei Silva is probably on every fight fan’s list of the top fighters in MMA. For the last 12 years, Silva has dazzled fight fans with his relentless ground and pound and out-of-nowhere knockouts.
Don’t believe me? Just ask Keith Jardine. The dude got knocked out by Silva cold. After only 36 seconds into the fight.
Can Rich Franklin beat Wanderlei Silva in UFC 99? Bet on the UFC with SBG Global now.
Rich Franklin -150
Wanderlei Silva +110
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