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Rich Franklin vs Evan Tanner | MMA Bout | UFC 42 | Pankratia

Events
UFC 42
Rich Franklin vs Evan Tanner

Rich Franklin vs Evan Tanner

UFC 42

EVENT COMPLETED

EventUFC 42

American Airlines Arena,

Bout Information

UFC · Light Heavyweight · MMA

Fighter comparison

Rich Franklin

VS

3x5

KO/TKO

R1

02:40

ET

Evan Tanner

Lost

/

Nationality

/

29-7-0

Record

32-8-0

/

Nickname

/

51

Age

55

185.4 cm

Height

182.9 cm

83.9 kg

Weight

83.9 kg

193 cm

Reach

188 cm

/

Leg Reach

/

MMA

Martial Art

Boxing

/

Gym

/

After

Won
vs Edwin Dewees
UFC 44
Sep 26, 2003
Won
vs Jorge Rivera
UFC 50
Oct 22, 2004
Won
vs Ken Shamrock
The Ultimate Fighter 1
Apr 9, 2005
Won
vs Evan Tanner
UFC 53
Jun 4, 2005
Won
vs Nate Quarry
UFC 56 Franklin vs Quarry
Nov 19, 2005
Won
vs David Loiseau
UFC 58 Franklin vs Loiseau
Mar 4, 2006
Lost
vs Anderson Silva
UFC 64 Silva vs Franklin
Oct 14, 2006
Won
vs Jason Macdonald
UFC 68 Couture vs Sylvia
Mar 3, 2007
Won
vs Yushin Okami
UFC 72
Jun 16, 2007
Lost
vs Anderson Silva
UFC 77 Silva vs Franklin
Oct 20, 2007
Won
vs Travis Lutter
UFC 83 SERRA vs ST-PIERRE 2
Apr 19, 2008
Won
vs Matt Hamill
UFC 88
Sep 6, 2008
Lost
vs Dan Henderson
UFC 93 FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON
Jan 17, 2009
Won
vs Wanderlei Silva
UFC 99
Jun 13, 2009
Lost
vs Vitor Belfort
UFC 103 FRANKLIN vs BELFORT
Sep 19, 2009
Won
vs Chuck Liddell
UFC 115 Liddell vs Franklin
Jun 12, 2010
Lost
vs Forrest Griffin
UFC 126 Silva vs Belfort
Feb 5, 2011
Won
vs Wanderlei Silva
UFC 147
Jun 24, 2012
Lost
vs Cung Le
UFC Fight Night Franklin vs Le
Nov 10, 2012

Before

Won
vs Chris Haseman
UFC 38
Jul 13, 2002
Won
vs Elvis Sinosic
UFC 36
Mar 22, 2002
Won
vs Homer Moore
UFC 34
Nov 2, 2001
Lost
vs Tito Ortiz
UFC 30
Feb 23, 2001
Won
vs Lance Gibson Jr.
UFC 29
Dec 16, 2000
Won
vs Valeri Ignatov
UFC 19
Mar 5, 1999
Won
vs Darrel Gholar
UFC 18
Jan 8, 1999

After

Won
vs Phil Baroni
UFC 45
Nov 21, 2003
Won
vs Phil Baroni
UFC 48
Jun 19, 2004

Won

vs Robbie Lawler

UFC 50

Oct 22, 2004

vs David Terrell

UFC 51

Feb 5, 2005

vs Rich Franklin

UFC 53

Jun 4, 2005

vs David Loiseau

UFC Fight Night Loiseau vs Tanner

Oct 3, 2005

vs Justin Levens

UFC 59 Sylvia vs Arlovski

Apr 15, 2006

vs Yushin Okami

UFC 82 Silva vs Henderson

Mar 1, 2008

vs Kendall Grove

The Ultimate Fighter Finale Team Rampage vs Team Forrest

Jun 21, 2008