{"id":118880,"date":"2014-11-13T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T17:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=118880"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:10:29","slug":"frank-mir-vs-antonio-silva-set-ufc-184-la2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/frank-mir-vs-antonio-silva-set-ufc-184-la2\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Mir vs. Antonio Silva set for UFC 184 in L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/frank-mir-vs-antonio-silva-set-ufc-184-la\/frank-mir-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118904\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Frank-Mir.png\" alt=\"Frank Mir\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Frank-Mir.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Frank-Mir-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Frank-Mir-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A heavyweight clash will take place at February&#8217;s UFC 184 event, as UFC officials announced yesterday that former UFC champion Frank Mir (16-9 MMA, 14-9 UFC) will battle Antonio Silva (18-6-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Mir finds himself in a must-win situation, this after dropping 4-straight fights inside the ocatagon. After earning a submission win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 140 in December of 2011, Mir has since suffered losses to Junior dos Santos, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett and Alistair Overeem respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former two-time title challenger Antonio &#8220;Bigfoot&#8221; Silva will also be looking to bounce back in to the win column when he takes on Mir this February. &#8220;Bigfoot&#8221; was last seen in action in September, where he suffered a brutal first-round knockout loss to former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski. Prior the setback, Silva was coming off a draw against Mark Hunt, which many consider to be the greatest heavyweight fight of all-time.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 184 takes place February 28 live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The event is headlined by a middleweight title fight featuring current title holder Chris Weidman taking on #1 contender Vitor Belfort.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you have winning this heavyweight tilt? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heavyweight clash will take place at February&#8217;s UFC 184 event, as UFC officials announced yesterday that former UFC champion Frank Mir (16-9 MMA, 14-9 UFC) will battle Antonio Silva (18-6-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) in Los Angeles. Frank Mir finds himself in a must-win situation, this after dropping 4-straight fights inside the ocatagon. 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