{"id":83866,"date":"2014-01-28T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T20:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=83866"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:11:58","slug":"ufc-169s-frank-mir-says-win-or-lose-retirement-not-an-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-169s-frank-mir-says-win-or-lose-retirement-not-an-option\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 169&#8217;s Frank Mir Says Win Or Lose, Retirement Not An Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-169s-frank-mir-says-win-or-lose-retirement-not-an-option\/frank-mir-wins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81401\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81401\" title=\"Frank Mir Wins\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Frank-Mir-Wins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Frank-Mir-Wins.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Frank-Mir-Wins-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Frank-Mir-Wins-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If former UFC heavyweight champion, Frank Mir, drops his UFC 169 contest to Alistair Overeem this weekend, many will likely call for his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>The former champion has dropped his last three fights and pretty much put all hopes of a title run in the far off distance.<\/p>\n<p>But for Mir, he still wants to fight on.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/mma\/post\/_\/id\/20336\/win-or-lose-mir-wont-retire-at-ufc-169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto<\/a> Mir Explained why:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I kind of know no matter what it&#8217;s not going to be my last fight. I&#8217;m still younger than a lot of the guys in the division.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There are two ways I would consider retirement. One is losing to guys who are not top-level competition. The other is if I started losing where it&#8217;s like, &#8216;OK man, you were knocked out viciously and staring at the rafters.&#8217; I won&#8217;t endanger my health.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry if those three losses aren&#8217;t killing my ego. Let&#8217;s see, the losing streak started with Junior dos Santos, the No. 1 heavyweight in the world at the time. Then I lost to Cormier in a pretty boring fight and then to Barnett, which to me was a no-contest because the fight had a very controversial stoppage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Look at who I&#8217;ve fought. I should retire? Wow. 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