Rich Franklin will be celebrated as one of the newest members of the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2019, and as the former middleweight champion, “Ace” has a lot of pride in what he accomplished when looking back at his career.
Perhaps the thing that stands out most to him above all others is that he was able to make mixed martial arts his full-time job when the sport was still struggling to survive much less provide sustainable, long term income to athletes.
“I truly did get to live out a childhood dream [as a professional athlete],” Franklin told MMA Fighting.