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Frank Mir shares interesting insight when comparing his situation with Jon Jones’
When it comes to the UFC’s decision to make a last minute moving of UFC 232 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, it effects a whole lot more than just the person that it was moved for. The reason for the move is because of the event’s headliner, the returning former light heavyweight champion Jon […]
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Frank Mir wants rematch with Javy Ayala to determine if he should continue fighting
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir (18-13 MMA) is looking to book a rematch with Javy Ayala in order to determine his future in the fight game. Mir suffered the first submission defeat of his storied mixed martial arts career to Ayala at Bellator 212 in Honolulu earlier this month. The 39-year-old was forced to […]
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Frank Mir issues emotional statement after stoppage loss to Javy Ayala
Last Friday night, in the co-main event of Bellator’s first card in Hawaii, former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir experienced a brutal loss to Javy Ayala. Though Mir started strong in this fight, he was swarmed in the second round, and ultimately forced to tap out to strikes. After the fight, it was revealed that […]
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Frank Mir suffered alveolar ridge fracture during submission loss to Javy Ayala
Javy Ayala picked up the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career at last night’s Bellator 212 event, stopping former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir in round two. After a strong opening round from the Mir, Ayala was able to turn the tide in round two. Javy was able to split Frank open with […]
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MMA Community reacts after Frank Mir is forced to tapout due to strikes
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir returned to action in the co-headliner of tonight’s Bellator 212 event in Hawaii against Javy Ayala. Frank Mir made his Bellator debut this past April, suffering a first-round TKO loss to Fedor Emelianenko. The former UFC heavyweight tile holder has gone 2-3 over his past five fights, scoring wins […]
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Bellator 212 Results: Javy Ayala taps Frank Mir while standing (VIDEO)
A heavyweight bout featuring former UFC champion Frank Mir taking on Javy Ayala served as the co-headliner of tonight’s Bellator 212 event in Hawaii. Frank Mir made his Bellator debut back in April, where he suffered a first-round TKO loss to Fedor Emelianenko. The former UFC heavyweight champion has gone 2-3 over his past five […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Javy Ayala sees fight with Frank Mir as ‘opportunity of a lifetime’
Bellator recently announced they will be heading to Hawaii on back-to-back nights on December 14 and 15. While both cards will feature title fights, another fight that is a rather interesting one is former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will be taking on Bellator veteran Javy Ayala on the first of the two cards. Javy […]
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Bellator honors troops with second event in Hawaii featuring Primus-Chandler rematch, return of Frank Mir
On December 15, Bellator will touch down in Honolulu, Hawaii with Bellator 211. The card will be headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between Hawaiian champ Ilima-Lei MacFarlane, and co-headlined by a middleweight scrap between former UFC champ Lyoto Machida and former Bellator champ Rafael Carvalho. Amazingly, this stacked card is not all that […]
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Frank Mir to make ACB in ring debut at August UK event
Former UFC champion and MMA legend, Frank Mir will be getting his wish. After making his Bellator debut last month in a short but thrilling loss to Fedor Emelianenko in the Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix, Mir stated after the loss when speaking on his podcast, Phone Booth Fighting that he wanted to fight for Absolute […]
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MMA Community reacts to tonight’s Bellator 198 Frank Mir vs. Fedor Emelianenko fight!
MMA Community reacts to tonight’s Bellator 198 Frank Mir vs. Fedor Emelianenko fight! Legendary mixed martial arts heavyweight fighters and former world champions Frank Mir and Fedor Emelianenko squared off in the headliner of tonight’s Bellator 198 event with the winner moving on in Bellator’s Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament to face Chael Sonnen. Although the […]
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Bellator 198 Results: Fedor Emelianenko KO’s Frank Mir (VIDEO)
Bellator 198 Results: Fedor Emelianenko KO’s Frank Mir A highly anticipated heavyweight fight between former UFC champion Frank Mir and former PRIDE champion Fedor Emelianenko served as the headliner of tonight’s Bellator 198 event. The winner of tonight’s main event between Mir and Emelianenko will inch closer to winning Bellator’s Heavyweight Grand Prix, meeting Chael […]
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VIDEO | Frank Mir worries Conor McGregor is undoing the work of Liddell, Couture, other MMA legends
Pretty much everybody has an opinion on Conor McGregor‘s recent rampage in Brooklyn, during which the Irish star infamously threw a dolly through the window of the UFC 223 fighter bus, injuring several fighters set to compete on the card. As it turns out, former UFC heavyweight champ and current Bellator MMA star Frank Mir […]
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir is now a fight promoter
Though Frank Mir’s UFC career is over, he’s managed to stay very busy in the mixed martial arts world in other roles. He is, of course, one of the participants in Bellator’s exciting heavyweight Grand Prix, as he’s set for a first-round matchup with Fedor Emelianenko in late April. He’s also an MMA commentator, regularly […]
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VIDEO | Frank Mir Looking Forward to Tough Fight with ‘Phenomenal’ Fedor Emelianenko
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir finally has a chance to fight one of the very best fighters of all time. Bellator has turned back all the clocks to the ol’ glory days of MMA when the grand prix tournament was still king. They’ve also brought in fighters that have never gotten a chance to […]
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VIDEO | Frank Mir Wanted to Fight Fedor Because He’s Hunting ‘Big Game’ in Bellator
Fans have wanted Fedor Emelianenko in the UFC for many, many years and it just never happened. Despite him being one of the greatest of all time, we never got to see him against arguably the best competition in the world’s biggest fighting organization. While we can’t turn back time and do it in Fedor’s […]
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VIDEO | Frank Mir Believes Fedor is Still ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Despite MMA’s Evolution
The bells of nostalgia are calling and have summoned a Bellator heavyweight grand prix that will drop early next year. Among all of the UFC veterans and MMA legends involved, former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will take on the illustrious Fedor Emelianenko. Despite being far removed from his prime and experiencing some devastating losses, […]
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BREAKING VIDEO | Fedor to Fight Former UFC Heavyweight Champion in Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix
Amidst all the chaos happening in the MMA world right now, Bellator dropped a huge bombshell yesterday that they’ll be putting on a heavyweight grand prix to crown their first heavyweight champion in four years. With all the names participating in the bracket, nearly every match-up is an opportunity to see bouts that we were […]
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BREAKING | Bellator Will Crown a New Champion with Heavyweight Grand Prix
The grand prix is the pinnacle of combat sport. It is the most difficult tournament format and has the potential to produce absolutely chaotic results. That chaos is why that, for the most part other than Japan’s RIZIN, the creation of an MMA grand prix is few and far between. However, there is a man […]
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir is no longer a free agent
Another big name from the UFC is apparently heading over to Bellator. Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir has agreed to terms with Bellator MMA, according to an article released on Tuesday from Ariel Helwani for MMA Fighting. Mir’s agreement with Bellator comes shortly after the former UFC heavyweight champion was granted a release last […]
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Frank Mir negotiating with two promotions, wants Fedor Emelianenko
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir has been absent from the Octagon for over a year now. After having a 2-fight win streak snapped by Andrei Arlovski at UFC 191, Mir looked to bounce back as he faced Mark Hunt at ‘UFC Fight Night: Australia’. Unfortunately for Mir, the fight was rather one-sided as Hunt […]
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Frank Mir explains why Daniel Cormier was so hurt by last night’s outcome
Daniel Cormier suffered a heartbreaking third-round knockout loss to bitter rival Jon “Bones” Jones in the main event of UFC 214 last night in Anaheim, California. Shortly following the conclusion of last night’s UFC 214 main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir took to Twitter where he shared his thoughts on why Daniel Cormier […]
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New free agent Frank Mir seeking fights with Fedor Emelianenko, Brock Lesnar
Former UFC heavyweight champion and long-time heavyweight contender Frank Mir is now a free agent. After failing a USADA test – and failing to prove the failed test was not his fault – he and the UFC agreed on an amicable divorce. Now that he’s free to fight elsewhere, Mir is setting his sights on […]
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Frank Mir to lock horns with Chael Sonnen in grappling match
Though Chael Sonnen is currently spearheading his own submission grappling league in Submission Underground (SUG), he is also staying busy on the competitive grappling circuit through his involvement in other promotions. This September, for example, he was supposed to compete under the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) banner, where he was expected to battle American […]
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VIDEO | Frank Mir won’t let USADA ban end career, wants to fight in Japan
Earlier this month, news broke that former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir had been slapped with a two-year ban from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. His suspension stems from an in-competition test, conducted after his knockout loss to Mark Hunt. Mir tested positive for metabolites of the banned substance dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. Initially, it was Mir’s plan to combat […]
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Frank Mir says his feelings have been hurt under new UFC ownership
It has been a rough year for former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. After testing positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT) in March 2016, which is on the banned substances list, Mir just recently was given his sanction from USADA that has him banned from competition for two years. Mir is eligible to fight again in April […]
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Frank Mir receives two year ban from USADA, issues statement
Last night, news broke that former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir had been slapped with a two-year ban from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. His suspension stems from an in-competition test, conducted after his knockout loss to Mark Hunt. Mir tested positive for metabolites of the banned substance dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. USADA broke down their investigation of Mir’s […]
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Frank Mir hopes to return to the Octagon in 2018, still wants Lesnar trilogy fight
In April of 2016, it was announced that Frank Mir had been notified of a potential USADA violation, and that he could be facing up to two years on the shelf as a result. In the face of this lengthy suspension, Mir seemed to be seriously considering retirement. In the months since this USADA violation […]
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VIDEO | Frank Mir’s kids smash in wrestling tournament
When your father is a former UFC champion, it seems that training in some sort of discipline in MMA will just come naturally. It seems to be the case with the children of former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Mir posted a few videos to social media showcasing his talented kids, Isabella, Kage and […]