The 2019 Hall Of Fame Inductee And Former World Champion Has A Legacy That Will Never Be Diminished
There was a time when the UFC wasn’t on ESPN, when international shows weren’t a regular part of the promotion’s yearly schedule, and when getting mainstream press without the phrase “human cockfighting” in it was a near impossibility.
And during the time just after the first season of The Ultimate Fighter started the mixed martial arts explosion in 2005, when the UFC needed an ambassador, someone who shattered the stereotype the uninformed had of prizefighters, the man who usually got the call was Rich Franklin.