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Organizers of the 34th annual Oktoberfest Zinzinnati are hoping that the grand marshal of this...

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Organizers of the 34th annual Oktoberfest Zinzinnati are hoping that the grand marshal of this year's chicken dance will really pack a punch: Mixed martial arts fighter and former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin of West Chester Township, a graduate of Harrison High School and the University of Cincinnati, will lead this year's dance at noon Sept. 19 on Fountain Square. The chicken dance has been led by a celebrity since 1994, when Crown Prince Luitpold Von Bayern of Bavaria helped the event draw 48,000 people, enough to qualify for the Guinness Book of Records as the World's Largest Chicken Dance. The record held until 1997.