08.07.2017, 09:29
Nach Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, GSP, Shane Carwin, Matt Hughes (okay, der wird nicht mehr zurueck kommen), und einigen anderen, hat nun auch Rich Franklin sich geauessert zu einem moeglichen Comeback, und es nicht ausgeschlossen, wenn es auch unwahrscheinlich sei.
Franklin hatte im September 2015 sein Retirement verkundet, nach dem er 2012 seinen letzten Fight bestritt.Mittlerweile ist Franklin 42 Jahre und hat einen 29-7-1 Record.
“People ask me if I miss my career, and the main thing I miss is not necessarily walking into the arena and all that and having your hand raised, but I miss the brotherhood I had prepping for a fight.
Is it possible I could come back? I mean, anything’s possible. But is it probable? Not likely. I’ve never really been interested in a legends league. Just because once you climb to the top of Everest, you wouldn’t say, ‘Hey, I just you want to climb up Everest and go to base camp.’ It just doesn’t work that way.
But the right kind of matchup and fight could definitely pique my interest. It’s just not probable, so I don’t really want to give anybody any false hope as if I’m coming back.
To look at me, I’m probably actually in better shape with my body feeling the way it feels than I was in my fight career. Now, obviously, I’m not in peak physical condition, because you just kind of maintain that kind of conditioning throughout your life. You have to pick and choose when to peak, but yeah, I keep myself in shape.”
Franklin hatte im September 2015 sein Retirement verkundet, nach dem er 2012 seinen letzten Fight bestritt.Mittlerweile ist Franklin 42 Jahre und hat einen 29-7-1 Record.
“People ask me if I miss my career, and the main thing I miss is not necessarily walking into the arena and all that and having your hand raised, but I miss the brotherhood I had prepping for a fight.
Is it possible I could come back? I mean, anything’s possible. But is it probable? Not likely. I’ve never really been interested in a legends league. Just because once you climb to the top of Everest, you wouldn’t say, ‘Hey, I just you want to climb up Everest and go to base camp.’ It just doesn’t work that way.
But the right kind of matchup and fight could definitely pique my interest. It’s just not probable, so I don’t really want to give anybody any false hope as if I’m coming back.
To look at me, I’m probably actually in better shape with my body feeling the way it feels than I was in my fight career. Now, obviously, I’m not in peak physical condition, because you just kind of maintain that kind of conditioning throughout your life. You have to pick and choose when to peak, but yeah, I keep myself in shape.”