Unlike many fighters, Rich Franklin seemingly ended his professional fighting career and never looked back. Even though the former UFC champion and current UFC Hall of Famer never made a comeback to MMA after hanging up his gloves, Franklin admits it wasn’t an easy transition to make. Franklin officially retired in the fall of 2015 with his last fight being in late 2012 – a knockout loss to Cung Lee in the main event of UFC on Fuel TV 6 in Macau. “Theres a couple of things in play here,” Franklin recently told MMA Junkie Radio. “First of all, as an athlete, that is my first love. As a young boy, I dreamt of becoming a professional athlete, and I was able to fulfill that dream
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Rich Franklin opens up about life after fighting: ‘That’s a difficult adjustment’ – MMA Junkie