Rich Franklin Gets Tattooed After Losing UFC 126 Bet With Forrest Griffin

[VCURamFan]

Holy crap, I can't believe he's going through with it!!

This one's gonna leave a mark.

Prior to their UFC 126 co-main event fight, Rich Franklin and opponent Forrest Griffin joked about the loser getting tattooed. At least it seemed like a joke.

But don't ever say Rich Franklin isn't a man of his word. True to his promise, Franklin -- who lost the fight via unanimous decision -- visited a tattoo shop on Friday to begin the process of getting inked.

In a UFC-produced video that was released before the fight, Griffin said the loser should have to get "a big, flaming dragon tattoo, or something just hideous."

Franklin's manager JT Stewart told MMA Fighting that Franklin did indeed get a dragon on his back.

"I tried to talk him into getting Forrest on his ankle. He said no," Stewart told MMA Fighting.

Neither Franklin nor Griffin had ever previously had any tattoos before making the bet.

Franklin's record dropped to 28-6 with 1 no contest with the defeat, but while the memory of the loss fades, the ink will be there to remind him.

In the meantime, the popular former UFC middleweight champion is in talks with film producers for his next acting work while waiting for his next assignment from the UFC.

let no man say he isn't a man of his word.

[JavierDLC]

LOL that's Awesome!! You have to love Rich!

I love Rich! All around good guy!! That's great he kept his word! A mans bond is his word!

[Llamafighter]

He should have got a griffin!
seriously that is very cool of Rich to holdup the bet.

love rich!,love forrest!...it's really cool that the pair of them were goofy enough to make such a bet!,rich is a class act to uphold the bet,i bet forrest would've been in the tatt parlour to,if he had lost!.

Originally Posted by Llamafighter

He should have got a griffin!
seriously that is very cool of Rich to holdup the bet.

I see what you did here.... and I say plus juan!

[J.B.]

He should have went the Steve O route for a back tattoo

[VCURamFan]

Rich's words:

"My 'Henna' Tattoo. Ok, nobody said it had to be REAL:-) Oh, and Forrest said he would pay for the removal so he owes me a bar of soap!"