Cung Le vs Rich Franklin
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Cung Le and Rich Franklin met once (2012). Cung Le won in 2012 by ko.
SOURCE·Cung Le and Rich Franklin — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Cung Le | Rich Franklin | |
|---|---|---|
| 70″ (177.8 cm) | Reach | 76″ (193 cm) |
| 69.7″ (177 cm) | Height | 73″ (185.4 cm) |
| +0.45% | Reach advantage | +4.1% |
| 9–3 | Record | 29–7 |
| 89% | Finish rate | 86% |
| 6 | Longest unbeaten run | 11 |
| 12 | Recorded bouts | 37 |
| Southpaw | Stance | Southpaw |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Cung Le | Rich Franklin |
|---|---|---|
| Wanderlei Silva | L | W |
| Wanderlei Silva | L | W |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Cung Le
Rich Franklin
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 12 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
9–3 Rich FranklinThe same, from the other corner — 37 bouts and the cohort Franklin is ranked inside.
29–7 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
900 BOUTS