Frank Mir: I hit a lot harder than Junior dos Santos
Posted on May 7, 2012, 02:02 PM by Mike DrahotaWith UFC on Fox 3 in the books, focus will now shift to the possibly epic clash of Heavyweights at UFC 146. The issue of Alistair Overeem's failed press conference drug test and subsequent suspension by the NSAC had dominated much of the MMA news conference in April, now the focus will shift to current title contender Frank Mir. This time last year, Mir was ranked lower than he currently is, scheduled to face Roy Nelson at UFC 130. After having been knocked out by Shane Carwin and then beating Mirko “Cro-cop” Filipovic in what many considered a lackluster affair, a title shot appeared far away for Mir. However, ironically it was at this time that he had the following to say about dos Santos:
“I’m a lot bigger than (Junior) Dos Santos and I hit a lot harder. I’m a taller, longer athlete … quicker; I’ll constantly pepper him with shots when he comes in and make him pay when I do hit him with something. When I hit Cheick Kongo, the punch alone threw him halfway across the Octagon. On the night of the fight, neither one of us are going to pull any punches. If I catch him with something, I’ll try to hurt him with it.” - via fightcove.com
Mir clearly believes that he has what it takes to defeat dos Santos, even in the stand-up game. That topic is up for debate, with dos Santos possessing 10 (T)KOs on his record to Mir's 3. With dos Santos the clear favorite, it would appear that Mir's best chance would be to utilize his world-class BJJ skills to look for the submission. Junior dos Santos only has one loss to his name, a submission by armbar. Is Mir looking to misdirect his true gameplan, or does he truly believe he can best dos Santos on the feet? Who will leave Las Vegas as the Heavyweight champion on May 26?
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frankie....we love ya, but its not how hard you can hit, its how hard of a hit can you take ??
Rocky Balboa: I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. -Rocky Balboa
I believe Frank does hit harder than JDS ,but he is not as fast and accurate as JDS, and he also cant take that many punches :S
But yeah, if he can land a punch or a knee on JDS he will hurt him for sure
It's also about, can you catch your opponent with a hard shot? If Nogueira could catch with his boxing. I think Junior will pick Frank Mir appart till the vicious KO.
I am tired of this kind of Hype
couldent have said it any better ma man
Frank aint no Rocky
Mark Hunt should walk out to that speech.
how much you can take and still moving forward, that's how winning is done !
Arturo Gatti vs Mickey Ward
I agree with you 100 percent ,
he almost got knocked out by Big Nog who is Dos santos training partner
he got raped by Carwin who was destroyed by dos santos
Big nog who almost knocked out Mir got knocked out by cane who woke up to dos santos feet after taking a shot from him.
Brock Lesner knocked out Mir . and cane knocked out lesner.
Mir got knocked out by Vera for God sake... who is fighting for his place in the UFC.
so the odds are pretty much against Mir
so is Logic
i do see Mir winning on the floor but i dont see the fight going to the floor.
I PREDICT A KO... DOS SANTOS VICTORY
MMA mathematician?
I think it's Rich Franklin.
Dos Santos chin hasn't been tested much. All that you said just shows that on any given night , most heavyweights can KO any other HW if theget a clean shot in.
I honestly just think Big Nog surprised Mir. People seem to have a short memory, and can't recall that people were predicting Mir would own Nog on his feet. I think if Mir thought that, considering he roflstomped him the last time they fought. But when a heavyweight surprises you with an early punch to the chin, what are you gonna do?
If Frank Mir makes it out of the first round I'll commit seppuku.
Yes its true, i just check "UFC Undisputed" and game says Mir hits harder than JDS.
You gonna be a champ of mommy Mir, but first gonna do homework ok?
Yeah, but the game also has technique levels for strikes, up to level 3. JDS has like 4 punches at level 3 and Mir.... doesn't.
Frank must be talking about bong hits.
we are not talking about nick diaz here.
Frank is scarry...JDS can not take this for granted....I give 65/35 in Favor of JDS...IMO the biggest treat tho his title is Cain...but Mir is indeed scarry.
Quicker than JDS??? Wow. Frank's gonna get picked apart. After a devastating and demoralizing round 1, he's going to cave to the onslaught in rd. 2
Rd. 2 TKO JDS
thing is, if frank lets his ego decide to stand and trade, he is going down quick. his only real chance is on the ground. or the punchers chance. but we all know that frank does not have explosive takedowns, his way to get it to the ground, if they dont take you down first, is try and clinch wrestle someone ....which as we saw last time, could open him up for another barrage of" wtf is this ?"
I think Mir is stronger in the clinch than JDS. When's the last time you saw JDS do something significant from the clinch?
It looks that Frank comtemplate for a while before making this statement.
what ever ya got to tell your self to win huh Frank
but kiding aside his striknig is better then he gets credit for its crisp and technical but no where near jds skill or power
Mir: flying guillotine
LMFAO! JDS dropped Carwin and Mir got his ass handed to him by Carwin.
I'm interested in what will happen to JDS though if Mir employs the strategy that Carwin used on him. JDS in the clinch might be an x-factor.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry I just saw the headline and stopped by for a quick laugh. I have to go to my alcohol classes now. Bye lowkickers.
Frank has some serious power, especially shown in the Kongo fight, but I don't think anyone hits harder in the HWs more than JDS, even though JDS isn't a huge HW he still packs dynamite in his gloves.
remember to say goodnight Frank.
"Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray to Dana a belt to keep.
If I should get KTFO before I wake
I pray for interim titleship , with my name to validate.
Mir is neither quicker nor more powerful than Dos Santos, but he does have solid technique and hits very hard, so he has some chance in this fight. It's just not a very good chance.
The shame of it is that Mir's excellent ground game is toothless and useless unless he can get his opponent to the ground.
In all this time, I have not seen Mir progress in his takedown ability. Against JDS, unless you are blazing fast in your TD (like Palhares against Belcher) , you won't get a takedown without a setup using your striking, since JDS's footwork is so fast and his TDD is sick.
Striking with JDS is too dangerous for Mir--and the clinch is also dangerous unless Mir is more active in the clinch. Be sure that JDS saw the Mir--Carwin fight where Mir was resting up in the clinch, feeling relatively safe, when Carwin twisted and uppercuts boom-boom-boom-boom--lights out.
Early in the fight, MIr needs to back JDS close to the cage--strike---then duck under a counter, and do a power double-leg Brock on JDS.
Only on the ground are the odds close to favoring Mir.
BTW: This whole article is based on a quote from the time of the Cro Cop fight. Just sitrring it up.
Cigano will win all the way...
This punch drunk bum isn't going to even touch JDS. Junior is on a whole other level compared to mir. If mir can take it to the ground we could have an interesting fight on our hands.
douchebag.
random douchebag
dream on frankie!!!
I wonder if Frank's strategy is to almost get knocked out, and then eat some hard shots and come close tot having the fight stopped, before he can get JDS to the ground and try a submission?
Well, it did work against Big Nog.
I have to admit the comedy in these comments is great; keep it up guys. ;)
JDS TKO Round 2!
Mir by Left High Kick first 30 seconds.
Yeah, cause that worked so well for Cro Cop.
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did he really just say that?
Carwin brutalized Mir, and Dos Santos brutalized Carwin. 'Nuf said.
I don't believe in the triangle in fighting but I was thinking the same thing.
In all fairness, Mir is a much more well rounded fighter than Jr.
Did Brock ever give a response to what his opinion was that Mir is now fighting for the title again? He may be spotted at chuck e cheese's f-5ing retards if mir actually pulls it off.
^ hehe
I reckon Mir is gonna hit Dos Santos hands pretty damn hard with his head and is gonna hit the mat pretty hard after that!