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Rich Franklin vs Evan Tanner

UFC 53: Heavy Hitters

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Middleweight

Rich Franklin

“Ace”

Rich Franklin

🇺🇸 United States

win

VS

Evan Tanner

Evan Tanner

🇺🇸 United States

loss

KO/TKO · ROUND 4 · 3:25

Current profile tapeFight totals ↓

Rich Franklin	TALE OF THE TAPE	Evan Tanner
W W W W	Last 5 fightsNewest first · supplied history	W W W W L
United States	Country	United States
29–7–0	MMA record	32–8–0
36	Age	52
73 in	Height	72 in
76 in	Reach	—
185 lb	Weight	186 lb
Southpaw	Stance	Orthodox

Tape uses current supplied profiles, not measurements reconstructed for the bout date.

Fight totals

Rich Franklin	FIGHT STATISTICS	Evan Tanner
97 of 272	Significant strikes	25 of 95
104 of 279	Total strikes	27 of 99
0	Knockdowns	1
0 of 0	Takedowns	1 of 5
1	Sub. attempts	1
1	Reversals	0
1:15	Control	0:47
79 of 245	Head	15 of 71
11 of 18	Body	9 of 23
7 of 9	Leg	1 of 1
82 of 241	Distance	22 of 87
15 of 26	Clinch	3 of 8
0 of 5	Ground	0 of 0

Round by round

Round 1

Rich Franklin	FIGHT STATISTICS	Evan Tanner
20 of 75	Significant strikes	5 of 25
20 of 75	Total strikes	6 of 28
0	Knockdowns	1
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 0
0	Sub. attempts	1
1	Reversals	0
0:26	Control	0:11
13 of 64	Head	4 of 22
5 of 9	Body	1 of 3
2 of 2	Leg	0 of 0
20 of 68	Distance	5 of 23
0 of 2	Clinch	0 of 2
0 of 5	Ground	0 of 0

Round 2

Rich Franklin	FIGHT STATISTICS	Evan Tanner
16 of 62	Significant strikes	9 of 31
17 of 63	Total strikes	10 of 32
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	1 of 1
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:00	Control	0:36
13 of 54	Head	6 of 22
2 of 5	Body	2 of 8
1 of 3	Leg	1 of 1
14 of 58	Distance	9 of 31
2 of 4	Clinch	0 of 0
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 3

Rich Franklin	FIGHT STATISTICS	Evan Tanner
37 of 82	Significant strikes	7 of 26
42 of 87	Total strikes	7 of 26
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 2
1	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:37	Control	0:00
33 of 78	Head	4 of 18
2 of 2	Body	3 of 8
2 of 2	Leg	0 of 0
29 of 73	Distance	5 of 22
8 of 9	Clinch	2 of 4
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 4

Rich Franklin	FIGHT STATISTICS	Evan Tanner
24 of 53	Significant strikes	4 of 13
25 of 54	Total strikes	4 of 13
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 2
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:12	Control	0:00
20 of 49	Head	1 of 9
2 of 2	Body	3 of 4
2 of 2	Leg	0 of 0
19 of 42	Distance	3 of 11
5 of 11	Clinch	1 of 2
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

UFC profile statistics and overall MMA records have different coverage. A dash means unavailable, not zero.

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