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Former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin has announced his retirement from MMA competition, he retires with a record of 29-7-0-1NC. Franklin won the UFC Middleweight Title when he defeated the late Evan Tanner at UFC 53, but lost the belt to Anderson Silva at UFC 64. During his sixteen year MMA career, Franklin fought top names like Marvin Eastman, Evan Tanner, Lyoto Machida, Jorge Rivera, Ken Shamrock, Nate Quarry, David Louiseau, Anderson Silva, Yushin Okami, Travis Lutter, Matt Hamill, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin and Cung Le. Franklin has not competed in an MMA bout in just around three years, but he is currently the VP of the One FC promotion.
