Former UFC Middleweight Champion, UFC Hall of Famer, and current ONE Championship Vice President Rich Franklin catches up with Mike in this episode. They cover career milestones, their strategies for fighting each other, the ONE Warrior Series, Rich's new podcast, and even people that Rich looks like!

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Timestamps:
2:25 Fighting Yushin Okami
8:55 Fighting Forrest Griffin
11:44 Rich's strategy for fighting Mike
15:05 Who is the biggest win of your career?
20:07 From teacher to the Hall of Fame
23:10 Xyience commercial
30:12 When did you decide to become a professional fighter?
35:30 Do you think you were ahead of your time?
40:32 The wild wild west days of MMA
45:28 Cutting weight
47:48 Would you ever fight again?
55:56 What's it like being a VP at ONE Championship?
57:50 The ONE Warrior Series
1:00:03 The Franklin Speaking Podcast
1:03:00 Bloodsport - Is Frank Dux the real deal?
1:06:07 The impact of UFC 249 on live sports + thoughts on quarantine
1:28:54 The concept of fear
1:33:50 Who are the up and coming fighters?
1:37:51 Why hasn't Rich been to AKA Thailand?!
1:42:28 Rich gets mistaken for Forrest Griffin and Jim Carrey
1:46:34 Best fans in the world

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Host: Mike Swick
Guest: Rich Franklin
Produced & Directed by: Mike Swick
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Music Producer: Benny Youngbaht
Music: Danny Bunnathong
Artwork: Simon Netherton

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