I can see hamill taking this one, just because he’s always improving and really if he does take Rich down, its giong to be hard for rich to get back up if hamill takes the mount and grounds and pounds him.. but then again never count rich out(except against Silva lol)

common hamill pull the upset.

Hamill is one step up from a “can” for Franklin. This really is a big jump for Hamill to fight at Franklin’s level. If the dude isn’t carefull in this fight not even will his westling help him when he’on his back geting his face pounded in while on his back.
Can Rich pound Hamill down to 185s?

you all are in for a rude awakening if you think franklin is gonna kill hamill. for one bisping shouldn’t even have been the victor in his fight with him hamill pounded his ass and bisping is one of the ucf’s bigger fighters with the way they promote him . hamills wrestling is gonna get the better of the striker , and hamill can strike just as well on the feet , franklin is mighty strong tearing thru everyone except anderson silva and hamill shows alot of heart and great skills and i see this being a great fight my prediction , i could see this going the distance , hard to pick a winner they both got good skills .

Hamill beating Rich would be unexpected..

For some reason I think the UFCs dream match would be Franklin vs Liddell at 205 for PPV revenue atleast.

I think Liddell is pushing so hard for a title shot cause he knows Rampage might get locked up, so he can defend the belt a few times, and retire right before Rampage gets out haha.

“Everyone thought Tim Boetsch was gonna kill me…”
Huh??

I like Matt, sans this quote. He is a wrestler who has tried to make his style more exciting, rather than just LNP. This fight is going to be a good one!

As of course a hardcore Rich Franklin fan this is how I see the fight happening

Matt Hamill works his striking to a takedown and ground and pound with minimal damage and he wins round 1 10-9.

Round 2, Matt Hamill is gassed and starts to get sloppy and Rich stops the takedowns, and starts working his striking game, and then punishes Matt in the 2nd round. 10-9.

Round 3, Matt Hamill is still gassed and still is going for the takedown, gets sloppy and Rich Franklin stops the takedown with a knee rocks Matt Hamill, gets in full mount on a tired sloppy matt Hamill and finishes the fight from Mount.

Winner: Rich Franklin Round 3 Strikes.

But this is a tough fight for Rich, he really has not fought a tough wrestler in the UFC like Hamill, and its 20 pounds above his regular weight class, and Hamill could easily outweigh Franklin by 10-15 pounds come fight night.

can hamill take a punch?? rich hits hard
has hamill every fought a southpaw
it will be a brutal knock out first round

As likable as Rich Franklin is, you just can’t help but pull for Matt Hamill to win, due to the challenges he must have endured to reach this level of competition.

Hamill will know where his place is in this match up. Franklin isn’t washed up yet and he still seems to have that fire in his eyes. hope he does well at 205. but I’m pretty sure somewhere down the road, Rich will lose again to the division’s top-tier fighters.

At least, he’s got respect for Franklin. Either way, I’m really excited to see this fight! I’ll cheer whoever wins this one cuz they’re both good men.

And they’re gonna represent MMA well, don’t y’all think eh?

That’s too bad for Franklin Anderson Silva is competing at 205

Franklin does well against wrestlers and bjj guys, but he loses against good strikers i really don’t think he would beat someone like Cote.. Rashad vs Franklin would be nice after this fight

I still hope we get to see the long awaited hendo/franklin match-up. thats a fight alot of people have thought of since the old pride vs ufc days. i still dont see how joe silva has’nt already made this happen.

Just remember, Rich won’t be as strong and dominate at 205 the way he was at 185 (before Anderson Silva). I think Matt Hamill will give Rich Frankin alot of problems and will win.

Matt is going to be way to strong for Rich he will get pounded in this fight bad.

Rich by TKO in the first…yup..you read it here first!!

I’m a huge Ace fan, but, this is not going to be as easy as some people think! I have to go 50/50 on this one! Matt has improved alot since he got ripped off in the Bisping Scam!

Franklin all the way. Matt is not ready to take on somebody of Franklin’s caliber. Matt has cardio issues and Franklin will outwork him.

Good point Rob! Matt better get a hold of his cardio to stand a chance.