Frank Mir and Anderson Silva?
Frank Mir was at the WEC 43 weigh-in and during a Q&A session he said he’d love a chance to fight Anderson Silva at heavyweight. Could we ever see that fight?
Silva has talked about possibly fighting at the heavyweight level in the future and Silva-Mir could be an intriguing bout. If he was going to go to heavyweight, Mir would make good sense. Silva wouldn’t be able to handle Brock Lesnar’s size and the only other heavyweight superfight would possibly be Randy Couture, and I don’t think he’d give Silva any more trouble than Forrest Griffin. In the end though, it doesn't make much sense for Silva to move up to heavyweight, so it's one wish Frank Mir probably won't see come true.
Mir also seemed to talk down a possible rematch with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, saying he’d simply knock him down again. That’s the fight I think makes the most sense for Mir, provided he gets past Cheick Kongo at UFC 107.
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Also, the UFC officially announced the first bout for The Ultimate Fighter 10 finale on Dec. 5. In a bout between rising stars in the light heavyweight division, Matt Hamill will face Jon Jones. I love this fight and cannot wait for it. Jon Jones will be a star someday but Hamill is severely underrated (in my book).
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I think that Mir/Nogueira makes the most sense as well. However, a healthy Nog will beat Mir. Nog was a mess prior to the bout with Mir, but being the guy he is he didn't back out of the fight. He had spent a week in the hospital with staph and also had serious knee problems. If you watched him walk into the Octagon, he looked like he was shuffling instead of entering with ease.
This fight would be good and I think that Nog wins it on the ground and on the feet.
Let's not forget that Mir was on the verge of being dumped by the UFC when he beat Lesnar. And let's face it....Lesnar was very green to submission defense.
Posted by: Javier Ornelas | October 14, 2009 10:43 AM