Frank Mir says a staph infection had nothing to do with his previous victory over "Big Nog"
Posted on November 30, 2011, 04:27 PM by Joey Santosus
"I won the last fight, which took place three years ago in Las Vegas, because I was the better fighter on the night. After the fight there were all sorts of excuses that Nog was hurt, that he had a staph infection but I personally don't think his staph infection played much part in the fight itself, or the result at the end of it all. I think I would have beaten him in the exact same manner, TKO in a couple of rounds, staph infection or not... Me punching him in the chin repeatedly had nothing to do with a staph infection, believe me." - For more from Frank Mir, visit Sportsnet.ca
Staph infection or not, "Big Nog" was destined to taste defeat at UFC 92.
At least, that's according to Frank Mir, who insists that his 2008 victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had less to do with any infection and more to do with the punches that were delivered to the Brazilian's chin. Following the match-up, in which Mir became the first fighter ever to stop "Minotauro" via strikes, reports surfaced revealing that Nogueira had been hospitalized with a severe staph infection just a short time ahead of the bout.
Now scheduled to settle their differences at UFC 140 in Toronto, Mir is confident that he'll successfully put an end to Nogueira's "excuses" once and for all. But, what do you think LowKick'ers? Will history repeat itself at the Air Canada Centre, or will Nogueira finally make a believer out of Mir?
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Mir looks very confident, hope Nogueira surprises him. That would be funny tosee Big Nog winning by TKO, just to bring Mir back on earth.
I hope Big Nog can win...his win over Schaub was one of the best moments in MMA this yr imo but if i have to put money on this fight I have to go with Mir, he seems faster than Nog n has better technical striking, n his TDD should b good enough to keep Nog standing got Mir via 3rd TKO or decision
Mir can act ****y all he wants, but the truth is ANY time someone is hospitalized for a week, only 2 weeks before a fight, it's going to make a difference in the fight.
Would he still have lost the fight? Who knows. But it's obvious that your performance is going to be severely affected by losing that much training and preparation so close to the fight.
Newly built Bionic Super Nog has other plans
The guy has ever been in such a medical condition i guess....last time i was for more than 2 weeks....lost 10 kilos and all my muscular strength...
Nog was vomiting and couldnt eat for a week up to the fight. He was exhausted you could tell, he's one of the best heavyweights techincally and I franks ego is bigger than his talent tree. Nog tko bet my lowkick account on it
i see your lowkick account
and i raise my hot or not account !!!
Looking back on Nog's Pride days, I actually have to agree with Mir on the chin punching thing. Nog knows how to block a punch, but he's always been more worried about hooks, because that's what most people throw as their power punches. Nog's always had a good enough chin to eat a few straights. I think Mir was counting on that, because he was sending them straight down the pipe the whole fight. Getting punched in the chin about 100 times by Mir is enough to send anyone to the mat.
Edit: ...with the exception of Roy Nelson.
NOOOOOOGUEIRRAAAAAAA
FRANK MERRRRRRR
... MURRRRRRRR
I dunno Frank, just about everybody I know who watched that fight pretty said something along the lines of 'Why did Nog look so sluggish?"
Going into the first fight, Big Nog had never been knocked out before. Now, he has been knocked out twice. So his athleticism and conditioning will probably be better this time around, and his skills have obviously not declined at all. But he will never have the iron chin he once had, and I think Mir is faster and more athletic as well as being bigger and more powerful. I also think he has better standup, so I see a repeat performance.
I think Mir's going to do him worse this time out.
I'd love to see someone take it to the ground early. A BJJ war between Nog and Mir while both are still fresh would be epic.
No, but I'm quite sure him having staph played a part in him looking so slow, lethargic, and overweight.