↵“The UFC asked me to fight the catchweight fights to help Silva and Belfort make the drop down to 185 pounds. But now I’ve lost my ranking at 185 and 205. It’s crazy — I can headline a card and not be top-10 ranked. I took the Belfort fight because Dana called and asked me, even though I wasn’t quite where I needed to be physically or mentally. Now, I’m not making excuses, that’s just the nature of the fight game. But now I’m taking some time off and probably won’t fight again until April or May. I need to rest and relax and recover a little bit and I also hate prepping for a fight in the wintertime. Cincinnati can get pretty cold and I hate running and working out when the temperature is always zero.â€
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Rich Franklin Says He Is Taking Time Off
↵It’s very true that Rich was put in a bad spot fighting these catchweight fights. His transition back up to 205 pounds was big news when it was supposed to happen but then he got roped into these catchweight fights so no one really knows where the future of his career is.
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