{"id":68498,"date":"2013-09-06T10:24:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=68498"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:51:19","slug":"josh-barnett-mirs-complaints-are-cheapening-my-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/josh-barnett-mirs-complaints-are-cheapening-my-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Barnett: Mir&#8217;s complaints are cheapening my win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BARNETT-MIR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67963\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BARNETT-MIR.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BARNETT-MIR.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BARNETT-MIR-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BARNETT-MIR-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday at UFC 164 in Milwaukee, former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (33-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) defeated another former UFC champion, Frank Mir (16-8 MMA, 14-8 UFC), when referee Rob Hinds stopped the contest at 1:56 of the first round, due to strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The stoppage was considered by many to be controversial,\u00a0as a variety of figures including UFC president Dana White said the bout was stopped prematurely.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Mir definitely thought the stoppage was to soon, stating the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to let us fight, I didn&#8217;t sign up for a tennis match&#8230; I think the fans got robbed. I got screwed over.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em>Meanwhile, in an interview with the Sherdog Radio Network\u2019s \u201cBeatdown\u201d show, Josh\u00a0Barnett added his name to the list of people being screwed over:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI knew that he was right on the edge of being finished even up to 20 seconds before that,\u201d said Barnett. \u201cI could feel it really coming on. I could smell blood. As soon as I hit him with that knee and he just hit the floor, the boost was kicking in. I was just kind of going to absolute rampage all over him, and there was no way he was getting through that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was only controversial because Hinds stepped in right at the moment, right at the first absolute point he could come in there \u2026 to keep him from really getting hurt bad. Frank jumped up and made a huge stink about it, and that\u2019s where the boos came from.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt does cheapen the win to some degree, but also what makes it difficult is that he gets up and says what he wants to say and I can\u2019t just slug him and knock him out again. The problem with that is, the repercussions would be bad. I told him, I go, \u2018Well, I understand why you\u2019re upset and I\u2019d be mad if I felt it was stopped early too.\u2019 \u2026 There was a little understanding on my part, but I was also visibly &#8212; I was incredibly upset myself because I felt like I got robbed of the moment. I did all this training. We get in the ring. We\u2019re not there to be friends. I put this man on his face, and all of a sudden all that time spent getting up to this point, I feel like that\u2019s my time. I get to cash in for all the sacrifices I\u2019ve put in \u2026 and I get denied.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m right in the title contention no matter where I\u2019m at. Everybody knows that I can carry the gold.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Saturday at UFC 164 in Milwaukee, former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (33-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) defeated another former UFC champion, Frank Mir (16-8 MMA, 14-8 UFC), when referee Rob Hinds stopped the contest at 1:56 of the first round, due to strikes. 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