Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Forrest Griffin
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 26 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500
Rich Franklin
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 37 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Forrest Griffin
Distance 85.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 10.6%)
Rich Franklin
Distance 79.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Forrest Griffin
Head 77.1% (norm 78.5%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 9.7%)
Rich Franklin
Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Griffin L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Franklin L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 605 / 1860 | 32.5% | 41.5% | 596 / 1575 | 37.8% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 113 / 187 | 60.4% | 70.8% | 151 / 226 | 66.8% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 78 / 140 | 55.7% | 72.9% | 109 / 169 | 64.5% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 469 / 1686 | 27.8% | 39.2% | 559 / 1608 | 34.8% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 121 / 202 | 59.9% | 72.0% | 198 / 253 | 78.3% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 206 / 299 | 68.9% | 82.1% | 99 / 109 | 90.8% | 83.3% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Griffin L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Franklin L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 340 / 1044 | 32.6% | 40.6% | 247 / 877 | 28.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 48 / 73 | 65.8% | 68.8% | 120 / 169 | 71.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 107 / 179 | 59.8% | 70.4% | 48 / 88 | 54.5% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 420 / 1196 | 35.1% | 37.7% | 231 / 879 | 26.3% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 39 / 56 | 69.6% | 72.9% | 109 / 162 | 67.3% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 36 / 44 | 81.8% | 83.1% | 75 / 93 | 80.6% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Franklin has more cage time on record.