Rich wanted to be sure that we posted his “Franklin Equation 4″ because it contains many important thanks. If you want to get the “Franklin Equation” you can sign up on richfranklin.com or americanfighter.com by simply entering your email. Rich writes:
Many of you know I spent 4 of the past 8 weeks in Seattle, preparing for Travis Lutter. Before leaving Cincinnati, many of my coaches and teammates put a tremendous amount of time into my training. You can view the pictures of Paul, Waylon and Khetag helping me prepare if you go to my website at www.richfranklin.com.

Those pictures do not reflect the amount of time Neal Rowe and Mike Ferguson also put into my fight preparation.

Thank you also to Rob Radford, Matt Hume and Joe Jamieson for the amount of effort channeled into getting me ready, after I arrived in Seattle. Matt plotted a schedule from Day 1 through Fight Day. The fight ended up unfolding exactly as he said it would. Thank you to AMC for the hospitality and amazing training environment provided to me.

A special thanks to Brad, Karos and Mario for the daily training and drilling, drilling, drilling. These 3 men in particular were completely unselfish with their time and talents.

Fans often ask me what I think about as I walk towards the octagon and enter. I never really have a good answer. However, this time, in Montreal, I particularly remember what I was thinking. I approached the octagon and acknowledged my wife, Beth. I then automatically looked for my father, who often sat nearby in the front row. But, of course, he wasn’t there. During my Seattle training, I was largely able to keep my mind off my father’s recent passing.

While my corner men removed my shirt and warm-ups, and Stitch put Vaseline on my face, the emptiness created by my dad’s death made it difficult for me to focus on my task at hand. Although the training phase helped to keep my mind off of him prior to the fight - it’s those involuntary thoughts that catch you off guard.

I hugged my corner men a little tighter than usual.

Keep Striving, Rich Franklin