Rich “Ace” Franklin, the former UFC middleweight champion, will face off with Jason MacDonald at UFC 68. As any fighter knows, this will be a very difficult fight for MacDonald. Jason is coming off two wins, (recently Jason defeated Chris Leben in UFC 66) and Franklin recently lost his belt to Silva at UFC 64. Franklin knows winning this fight is very important if he wants to remain a top competitor in the UFC.

According to MMAWeekly, MacDonald said that he wanted to fight Kendall Grove next. “That’s the fight I’m looking for is Kendall Grove," he said. That fight will have to be put on hold for now. A win over Franklin would instantly put MacDonald in line for a title shot.

A spokes person at Sherdog.com spoke to MacDonald’s manager, Mark Pavelich, who said the UFC’s Joe Silva has been so impressed with MacDonald that he included a signing bonus and a new four-fight contract as part of the offer to fight Rich Franklin.

Comments (2)

MMAbuzz said:

Amazing It's amazing how two minutes can change your life. Rick Franklin was "the man" and then he got in the octagon with Silva and boom.....he's somewhat of a has been now.

January 06, 2007

Oakley said:

Not really They just wanna open up this Jason kids eyes and give ace a easy win imo

January 08, 2007