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Heavy did it again, this time Pat Barry gives a little intro and it’s on, the best of the UFC 115 fight weigh ins from last night.  Nothing extremely revealing, you can just get a feel of the fighters shape and additionally a little commentary from Rich and Chuck before their fight.

And the list grows… Earlier this week we posted Gilbert Melendez’s Girlfriend Keri Taylor as a new addition to the hottest girlfriends and wives of MMA, and guess what pops up?  A Mens Fitness pictorial of Rich “Ace” Franklin’s wife Beth Franklin.  Well, we did mention her in our first post, but we never showed her off quite the same way that Men’s Fitness has.  So, here are some of the highlights of the Men’s Fitness article, follow up with the pics that you came here for.

You and Rich have been married for eight years now. Where did you two meet?
We went to high school together, but didn’t start dating until we were getting our Master’s degrees. Rich only weighed 155 lbs as a senior in high school but by the time he entered college he looked a lot different.

How much of your day is planned around Rich’s training and fight schedule?
All of our plans revolve around what time Rich has to be at the gym each day. His training is always the first priority. I am a very independent person, so I keep myself busy while he trains. The closer it gets to fight time, the more hectic his schedule becomes, and the more I rely on my girlfriends to help occupy my time.

Being the wife of an MMA fighter has to be stressful, but what are the some of the positive aspects of being so closely connected to the sport?
The best part about being an MMA wife is getting to travel to new places. We have flown to Vegas more times than I can count, and have also visited cool places like Germany, Ireland, Maui and Alaska.

This average Joe Camera man wanted to see how he, an average guy from the street, would do against Rich Franklin, a trainer professional beat down expert.  So, the contest was, let’s see how long the Average Joe could hang with Rich Franklin.  As you will see, he gets neck cranked in a matter of seconds.  Pretty sick crunch.  He’s got balls to get back up again.

Dan Henderson states that he was pretty pissed off about his loss to Anderson Silva.  He thought that he landed some pretty hard shots and thought he would knock him out, but Anderson’s chin approved to be better.  Regarding his upcoming fight against Rich Franklin, he knows that it will be a challenge standing up with Rich, he’s dangerous on his feet and it will be a chess match.  Dan fights well in the clinch and can open up a lot of opportunities, this is something that he can dominate Rich in and will be sure to find himself working the clinch with Rich.  Dan additionally feels that he has more tools than Rich.  Rich is limited to one dimension, stand up, while Dan can handle it all and plans on dominating him in all areas.

The UFC just announced that they will kick off the year of 2009 in Dublin, Ireland.  Man, these guys are really shakin and moving.   Just last month we talked about how the UFC is expanding globally into the Asian and European markets and this just confirms it… The event will take place at The O2 Dublin on January 17th 2009.  The headliner for the night will be Rich Franklin versus Dan Henderson as well as Mark Coleman vs Shogun Rua. Newsletter presale tickets are available October 19th at 9AM in Ireland and the UK.  Use password Dublin to get in.

Matt Hamill appears to be extremely excited for tomorrow night’s UFC 88 fight against Rich Franklin. He has been training very hard for this fight, is in the best shape of his life and is very thankful for the opportunity to fight Rich Franklin. Matt thinks that fighting Rich will be the perfect test for him.

Rich Franklin sees the fight as a difficult fight for him due to his friendship with Matt Hamill. In response to people asking him what his thoughts are about this being a must win fight, Rich doesn’t see it as a must win situation. Rich states that Matt has helped with him his wrestling in the past and thought to himself in the past, I feel helpless, what would I do if I had to wrestle this guy?

Chuck Liddell talks about how he had to walk away from his previous fight with Rashad Evans due to a severe injury.  But now he’s more than ready for his upcoming UFC 88 match with Rashad, watch Chuck get ready for his fight with Rashad and check out Matt Hamill and Rich Franklin getting ready for their UFC 88 with this preview of UFC 88 Countdown.  Got me pretty siked up.

You know that sweet Hummer that Rich Franklin got from the UFC for participating on The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike? Well if you got the dough ($80,000), it could be yours. Rich Franklin’s Hummer is currently for sale on ebay, with no bids – 4 days to go. Some people are questioning his financial stability… I say that’s bull.  Maybe he no longer has use for it. The gas mileage sucks, why not go green?