{"id":112535,"date":"2014-09-16T05:01:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T12:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112535"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:32:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:32:02","slug":"frank-mir-uncertain-about-future-in-the-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/frank-mir-uncertain-about-future-in-the-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Mir Uncertain About Future In The Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-169-results-overeem-batters-mir-en-route-to-unanimous-decision-win\/frank-mir-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84582\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Frank-Mir-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Frank Mir Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Frank-Mir-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Frank-Mir-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Frank-Mir-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frank Mir&#8217;s legacy in the Octagon is safe, but that doesn&#8217;t mean Mir is ready to hang the gloves up just yet.  Mir hasn&#8217;t been in the Octagon since February, when he went the distance with Alistair Overeem in a valiant effort that saw him lose a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>The loss extended Mir&#8217;s losing streak to 4, continuing a trend that hadn&#8217;t seen him pick up a win since December of 2011 when he defeated Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via Kimura. <\/p>\n<p>After the win over Nogueira, Mir lost to Junior Dos Santos, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett, and most recently Alistair Overeem.<\/p>\n<p>Mir spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafightcorner.com\/2014\/09\/15\/frank-mir-uncertain-ufc-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFightCorner<\/a> about his future in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI really don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m kind of just taking time off and weighing that out.  That&#8217;s a decision that me and my family are still trying to &#8211; we haven&#8217;t come to a conclusive idea yet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the months since his last UFC appearance, Mir visited Colombia and Argentina to build the sport of MMA, where it otherwise wouldn&#8217;t exist.  <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Anytime I can use an opportunity to help direct anybody in the right direction as an example for anybody, good or bad, I take advantage of it.  My father actually was born in Cuba. I&#8217;m first generation. He came over when he was a child. At 9-years-old he came over through Miami via plane (laughs).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s one thing the [UFC] is helping do, to get awareness out there.  Just a couple of weeks ago I was out there in South America helping to develop gyms and schools to develop young fighters in MMA communities. That way it gives them someone to rally behind.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you think we will ever see Frank Mir in the Octagon again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Mir&#8217;s legacy in the Octagon is safe, but that doesn&#8217;t mean Mir is ready to hang the gloves up just yet. Mir hasn&#8217;t been in the Octagon since February, when he went the distance with Alistair Overeem in a valiant effort that saw him lose a unanimous decision. 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