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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Good morning Beth,
I wanted to congratulate Rich on his ‘hard earned victory’ over Wanderlei Silva. After all the hard work of training is done, it must be very rewarding to get the win. Especially over another accomplished fighter in Silva. And also the hard work of those closest and around him who keep the machine going. They too deserve alot of credit. Hopefully, now you and Rich can have some time to sit back, relax, eat, drink, be merry and enjoy some quiet family time. It probably won’t be too long before the next thing comes.
Anyway, GREAT JOB Rich!
Take care and have a great day!
Mike S.
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Check out the new pictures in the photo gallery. There is new Rich Franklin/Evan Shoman artwork, a few pics have been added to the “Just Hanging Out” group, there is a group showing Rich and his friends playing paintball, and a brand new group of Rich’s training pics have been added as well. http://www.richfranklin.com/photo.php
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Follow Rich simply by signing up for Twitter. His name is “FollowACE”… www.twitter.com
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Hello Mr. and Mrs. Franklin,
I’ve been a long time fan of Mr. Franklin, his fights and thoughts are inspiring. I work with youth in foster care, and they have to fight against so much, bad family decisions, a crappy past, instability in their home life, and so much more that most of us take for granted. I’m always even more motivated to serve them when I get a hit and run or Equation in the email.
Great fight against Mr. Silva, that was an instant classic Also, great work as a talking head on ESPN yesterday.
Ever Striving
Aaron
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Hi, i wrote a while earlier in regard to a question about brain injury and mma. I was curious if rich thinks that being a mma fighter can lead to potential brain injury in the future, such as parkinsons or things of this nature..I train in BJJ and muay thai and have always wondered if top level fighters ponder this thought..and also, beth franklin is one of the most beautiful women i have ever seen…no joke..lol.
Mike Larkin
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
I’m just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy watching Mr. Franklin fight and that the respect he always shows is wonderful to see. I wish more fighters showed as much class and respect as Mr. Franklin does, it would make the sport raise to a new level if they did!
Sincerely, Troy Pettyjohn
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Immediately after leaving the octagon, I return to my locker room and isolate myself with my team for a few minutes. My adrenaline begins to wear off at this point and the pain sets in. If needed, I begin to situate myself with ice and then open the doors to let the press in. They usually interview me while I am icing.
After icing for 15 minutes or so, I go to see the athletic commission and do my urinalysis. From there we head up to the press conference… unless I have to go to the hospital for some sort of examination.
By the time we leave the hospital or press conference it is usually 3 or 4 in the morning. The “Post Fight” party continues with room service in my hotel room with my team. This is the exciting life of a “Superstar” 
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Dear Beth,
Congratulations on your husband’s superb victory over Wanderlei. It was
an outstanding win in which Rich displayed tremendous heart!
My wife and I agree that not only is Rich a top-notch, world class
fighter; more importantly, he appears to be a world class man. Again,
congrats on his win!
Regards,
Mike Cestero
Newtown, PA
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
My mental preparation on fight day begins in my hotel room before I go to the arena. Don’t ask me why, but I always clean my room. It helps me to start feeling organized and ready for the day. Maybe the line of thinking is that if everything is in place in my room, everything will fall into place later in the day as well….
Unlike most fighters who listen to music to get pumped up before a fight, music is not used as motivation for me. I spend the first portion of time in my locker room keeping my mind off the fight. I don’t want to peak too soon in the day.
As the fight begins to approach, I do visualization exercises. I picture myself going through the fight, executing the drills we have worked on. My mental conditioning coach (Brian Cain) gave me audio tracks of locker room sounds and arena sounds during the fight…including introductions by Bruce Buffer.
These things make up my fight day ritual.
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
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