Becoming A UFC Legend – With Rich Franklin (Episode 27)
Elite Man Podcast
Justin Stenstrom
4.2 • 700 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2015
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Rich Franklin, the former UFC Middleweight Champion of the World and legendary MMA superstar joins our show today! Rich gives us some of his best stories, tips, and anecdotes from his fighting days. He also talks about what he’s doing now and his goals for the future. Whether chatting about one of his memorable fights, […]
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, you're listening to the most captivating podcast in iTunes. That's right, the Elite Man podcast, where we turn average men into elite men every day. We interview the very best experts from the lifestyle, health, fitness, social, and even entrepreneurial worlds. And with their help, we give you some of the best advice on the planet. Subscribe now if you haven't already and enjoy the show. |
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| 0:26.8 | On today's episode, episode number 27, entitled, Becoming a UFC Legend, |
| 0:33.4 | we chat with the one and only former UFC middleweight champion |
| 0:36.9 | and legendary MMA superstar, Rich Franklin. |
| 0:41.5 | Today we have Rich Franklin joining our show. |
| 0:44.4 | Rich is a legendary mixed martial arts fighter, former UFC middleweight champion, and he's fought and beaten some of the best guys in MMA history. |
| 0:52.5 | Guys like Chuck L. Wanderley Silva, Evan Tanner, and Ken Shamrock. |
| 0:56.7 | He's currently the VP for One Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion. |
| 1:01.0 | Rich, thanks so much for coming on our show today, man. |
| 1:03.7 | Hey, thanks for having me on. |
| 1:05.1 | How are you today, Justin? |
| 1:06.4 | Awesome, man, awesome. |
| 1:07.9 | So yeah, man, just to give you a brief intro, but can you tell our listeners, for those who may not be as familiar with who Rich Franklin is, just kind of a little more about your background and how you kind of got into fighting? |
| 1:20.6 | I got into fighting kind of by accident, really. Born and raised in the Midwest, Cincinnati, Ohio grew up and graduated from high school here |
| 1:29.6 | in Cincinnati. |
| 1:31.5 | Attended college in Cincinnati was studying to be a teacher, taught high school in Cincinnati |
| 1:35.9 | for four years, full-time, worked for three years part-time. |
| 1:40.0 | But during all that, it was my senior year in high school, I got involved in martial arts, and I trained the whole time I was in college. |
| 1:46.7 | I'm just one of those people that anything I do, if I get involved in something, |
| 1:51.0 | I either put 100% in or I don't bother with it at all. |
| 1:54.6 | And so I spent pretty much every free moment the entire time I was in college, in the gym training. |
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