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Rich Franklin vs. Dan
Henderson is a battle between two great former
champions who are both looking to get another chance
to wear a world title around their waist and pride
is on the line as they want to show that they are
still among the very best fighters in the world.
Franklin recently took his first light-heavyweight
fight in more than three years and defeated
Matt
Hamill via third-round TKO at UFC 88. Aside from two
losses to current middleweight champ Anderson Silva,
Franklin has won his past 12 fights all but two via
stoppage.
A middleweight bout between Jeremy Horn (80-18-5 MMA,
6-6 UFC) and Rousimar Palhares (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC),
and a light-heavyweight fight between Tomasz Drwal
(14-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and UFC newcomer Ivan Serati
(10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) Will attract some Betting action
at UFC 93.
Horn give's the UFC Octagon another shot, after
coming of a streak of two losses. He most recently
suffered submission losses via guillotine to Nate
Marquardt and Dean Lister following his return to
the organization. After a stretch of 13 victories in
15 fights (including a first-round TKO loss in a
title fight with Chuck Liddell at UFC 54), Horn has
now lost four of his past six fights.
Palhares (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), fought throughout
Brazil before earning his ticket to the UFC earlier
this year. He defeated Ivan Salaverry
with a first-round submission during his
UFC debut
at UFC 84, but his five-fight win streak was snapped
in September with a unanimous-decision loss to
Dan
Henderson at UFC 88.
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UFC 93 Main event:
205 lbs.: Rich Franklin (24-3) vs. Dan Henderson
(23-7)
Main card (Televised):
205 lbs.: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (16-3) vs. Mark
Coleman (15-8)
185 lbs.: Denis Kang (31-10-1) vs. Alan Belcher
(13-5)
170 lbs.: Marcus Davis (15–4) vs. Chris Lytle
(26-16–5)
185 lbs.: Rousimar Palhares (8-2) vs. Jeremy Horn
(80-18-5)
Under card (May not be broadcast):
205 lbs.: Andre Gusmao (5-1) vs. Antonio Mendes
(15–3)
155 lbs.: Nate Mohr (8-5) vs. Dennis Siver (12-6)
205 lbs.: Ivan Serati (10-2) vs. Tomasz Drwal (14-2)
170 lbs.: Thomas Egan (3-0) vs. John Hathaway (9-0)
UFC 93 Results
Dan Henderson
defeated Rich Franklin in a hard-fought split
decision to win the main event at UFC 93 in Dublin.
Henderson will now be one of the coaches on Season 9
of The Ultimate Fighter, and will fight the
other coach, Michael Bisping, this summer.
Henderson did most of his damage with two accidental
fouls: An accidental head butt in the first round
opened a major gash on Franklin's forehead, and an
accidental eye poke with 37 seconds left in the
third round caused Franklin a lot of pain.
The main card and
undercard results are below:
Main card:
Dan Henderson beats
Rich Franklin by split decision.
Marcus Davis beat Chris Lytle by split decision
Alan Belcher beats Denis Kang by second-round
submission (guillotine)
Rousimar Palhares beat Jeremy Horn by unanimous
decision.
Shogun Rua beats Mark Coleman by third-round TKO
Undercard:
Dennis Siver beat
Nate Mohr by third-round TKO (strikes)
Tomasz Drwal beat Ivan Serati by first-round TKO
(strikes)
Eric Schafer beat Antonio Mendes by first-round TKO
(strikes)
Martin Kampmann beat Alexandre Barros by
second-round TKO (strikes)
John Hathaway beat Thomas Egan by first-round TKO
(strikes)
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