From Teacher to MMA Legend : The Journey of Rich “Ace” Franklin

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From Teacher to MMA Legend : The Journey of Rich “Ace” Franklin
At UFC 115, Rich Franklin proved that nice guys can finish first. A little more than a decade ago, Rich Jay Franklin II was a mild-mannered high school math teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio. Had the fight bug not bitten him, that would have been the end of this story; his life would have amounted to nothing more than PTA meetings and grading papers. Fortunately for us, that fight bug bit him hard …

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