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00s MMA Murilo Bustamante vs Rich Franklin prime vs prime

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Murilo Bustamante vs Rich Franklin

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Murilo Bustamante
Team Brazilian Top Team
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)


Championships and accomplishments

MMAFighting
2002 Middleweight Fighter of the Year
PRIDE Fighting Championships
2005 PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Runner Up
Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC Middleweight Championship (1 Time)
One successful title defense


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Rich Franklin
Team Team Extreme/The JG MMA and Fitness Academy Evolve MMA
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)

Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC Middleweight Championship (One time)
Two successful title defenses
Knockout of the Night (One time) vs. Chuck Liddell
Fight of the Night (Two times) vs. Wanderlei Silva (x2)
Record for most significant strikes in a UFC Middleweight Championship bout vs. David Loiseau
Sherdog
Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame
 
Bustamante, but close fight.
 
Franklin but ya know im skewed due to my love for ACE
 
Rich knocks him out

Too well-rounded, Bustamante wasn't as good as Lutter on the ground and Rich shut down Lutter's BJJ effortlessly and finished him.
 
Prime vs. Prime? Rich was never submitted and had a god tier gas tank. Murilo gets busted on the feet when he can't get the fight to the ground.
 
Rich knocks him out

Too well-rounded, Bustamante wasn't as good as Lutter on the ground and Rich shut down Lutter's BJJ effortlessly and finished him.

Well obviously not many fighters can compare to the Michael Jordan of BJJ on the ground, but I agree, I’ll take Ace.
 
Rich knocks him out

Too well-rounded, Bustamante wasn't as good as Lutter on the ground and Rich shut down Lutter's BJJ effortlessly and finished him.

what??? busta wasnt as good as lutter? lmfao.... this gotta be one of the dumbest thing Ive seen in sherdog in a long ass time, and Ive been here for 11 years.
 
Bustamante was low-key robbed by the judges vs Chack Liddell and Decision Dan Hendo, and gave Rampage all he could handle on a very short notice fight, I'm pretty sure he could beat up a maths teacher.
 
Rich knocks him out

Too well-rounded, Bustamante wasn't as good as Lutter on the ground and Rich shut down Lutter's BJJ effortlessly and finished him.

I remember Lutter had Rich in a tight armbar before he gassed.

I agree that Rich deserved much more credit, beat some tough guys and probably deserved the decision against Hendo. It's a shame most fans remember the two Anderson losses and forget his wins.
 
Bustamente is one of the most underrated fighters in the history of the sport

Franklin is a baaaad matchup for him though
 
Busta was a talented gentleman but the p4p great talks back in the day were overblown.
 
Rich knocks him out

Too well-rounded, Bustamante wasn't as good as Lutter on the ground and Rich shut down Lutter's BJJ effortlessly and finished him.
Bustamante would K I L L Lutter...................
 
what??? busta wasnt as good as lutter? lmfao.... this gotta be one of the dumbest thing Ive seen in sherdog in a long ass time, and Ive been here for 11 years.

You should Quit trying to shoehorn in your time on sherdog which you pride yourself on, into every conversation.

Lutter was better on the ground. Who did Bustamante beat? He fought a couple of good fighters, ALL of whom beat him. This thread's an insult to Franklin who is one of the best MW's of all time.
 
Franklin but ya know im skewed due to my love for ACE
Up until he retired all my non mma fan friends would only ask about him when we discussed some fights. Just about everyone likes Ace.
 
Rich knocks him out

Too well-rounded, Bustamante wasn't as good as Lutter on the ground and Rich shut down Lutter's BJJ effortlessly and finished him.
I don't know about effortlessly. He had to rely on a last second athletic escape from a near fight finishing arm bar.
 
what??? busta wasnt as good as lutter? lmfao.... this gotta be one of the dumbest thing Ive seen in sherdog in a long ass time, and Ive been here for 11 years.
People overrated the fuck out of Lutter because of that stupid Goldberg comment. No way in fuxking hell Anderson submits Busta. Also that guy has no idea about BJJ.
 
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