Franklin threw the first blow of the fight with a right leg roundhouse kick to the inside of Silva’s right thigh that unfortunately missed.
Franklin followed up his initial attack with a right hand jab to the head and another right leg roundhouse kick to the inside of Silva’s thigh that landed, although with not much force.
Franklin kept up the pressure on Silva by once again launching another attack with a two punch combination to the head followed by yet another right leg roundhouse kick to the inside of Silva’s right thigh that landed again, but with little force and no effect on Silva.
Franklin steps forward and throws a right hand jab to the head that falls short and the follows up with a four punch combination to the head of Silva, none of which find their target.
Franklin ends up pivoting off the fence and forces Silva back against it for several seconds before eventually forcing Silva down to the ground.
Once down on the ground, Franklin attempts to pass Silva’s guard but is unable to do to Silva launching a kicking defense from the ground in order to keep Franklin back.
Although Franklin still attempts to get Silva back down on the ground by wrapping both arms around Silva’s left leg.
Silva manages to maintain his balance while standing on his left leg for several seconds, until Franklin lets go of Silva’s leg and forces him back against the fence.
Franklin attempts a kick with his right leg but Silva counters with a beautifully executed left leg turning back kick to the midsection of Franklin that landed solidly and momentarily stopped Franklin in his tracks.
Franklin continues to press the attack by launching a three punch combination with the last punch, a right hook to the jaw, landing solidly but with no visible effect to Silva.
Silva continues to press the advantage by forcing Franklin against the fence where he grabs Franklin’s neck with his left hand while throwing several punches to the head. Silva even manages to throw and land a knee strike to the midsection of Franklin.
Franklin, who appears dazed, hangs onto Silva and forces him back against the fence and remains in a standing clinching position while delivering a single knee strike to Silva’s midsection.
Silva reverses position with Franklin and delivers his own knee strike to Franklin’s midsection.
Silva gave a very impressive display of “Bobbing and weaving” while standing in one spot avoiding several more punches and even a kick thrown by Franklin.
Silva continued to stalk Franklin and landed a spinning back fist which landed on the side of Franklin’s head. It would have been very effective, except it landed at the end of the blow and with the forearm rather than the back of the fist.
Silva continues throwing punches and ends up getting Franklin in a Muay Thai clinch where he lands a beautiful knee strike to the midsection.
Silva on the other hand, countered this attack with a left hand clinch around Franklin’s neck combined with a knee attack to the body and a punching attack to the head. Silva landed several blows before grabbing Franklin’s head and neck with both hands and delivering a knee strike to the head with his left knee, and then following up immediately with another knee strike to the head with his right knee.
You allowed Silva to get in close and clinch and strike which is what caused you to lose against Silva the first time.
MY PREDICTIONS: Silva: Anderson Silva is going to retain the middleweight championship for years to come.
Franklin: Rich Franklin needs to go back to the drawing board and forget about Silva and the title until after he has had at least 5 or 6 more substantial fights against quality opponents in order to get his mind right for the octagon and a possible rematch with Silva.
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