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[Doggage]

I did a quick search and didn't see anything, so I apologize if this has already been posted.

Source - frankmir.com

"Over the last several weeks I have been focused on my fight last weekend with Brock Lesnar. I basically sequestered myself in training with my training partners and Coaches. My coach for stand up is Ken Hahn of Striking Unlimited, my training partners are Aaron for wrestling and James Horne for BJJ and all round MMA.

I started training about 10 weeks out from the fight and worked on striking and jiu jitsu. I also worked on take down defense against the cage which turned out to not be needed but you have to train all aspects of mma to be ready for a fight. You never know where a fight is going to go. We thought that Brock was going to stand and punch to stay away from going to the ground with me. In one way I was glad he did take me down but I have to tell you, his ground and pound was ferocious. He was so quick, so agile, so strong it wasn’t funny. Actually, during the fight I was thinking and kind of laughing to myself is this guy for real. I mean he took me down passed the guard and as I was transitioning he ended up on my opposite side before I knew it. Very very impressive.

I got to speak briefly with Brock after the fight and told him probably what he already knows, he is going to be a force and perhaps already is. My hat is off to the guy. He brings a lot to the sport. You have not seen anywhere close to the last of him.

I guess you probably want to know about the submission. In jiu jitsu and in MMA you have to keep transitioning. I go for the submission and look to finish. I am not looking for a tap, I am looking for a clear cut submission. When Brock stood up I opened my guard to give him room to do something, he chose to stand above me and go for a huge hammer fisted punch. As he was doing that I decided to maneuver for a leg lock and trip him into the move. It worked. I figure foured my legs rather than scooted up real close to the top of his thighs and extended my legs around his back on purpose so I could keep my legs away from him being able to push or pull out of the submission or grab my leg or ankle. I had it pretty tight, about 80%. A few more seconds and I would have started to hear some popping sounds of his tendons giving way I am sure. No one likes when that happens and since he did tap his knee is fine and he can be training right away. He is an outstanding athlete and seems to be a great guy so I wish him the best and I am grateful that he took the fight. It was an honor to go against such a successful and decorated collegiate wrestler."

[thebwit]

Mir is just all class and my hat goes off to him for it.

[Ramma]

I would rep Mir if I could.


It was a great, solid victory for Mir. I think Brock really needs some experience and needs to fight a LESSER fighter later this year, and maybe have one more fight in december.. but he should spend this year training jiu-jitsu and striking and really look to improve those areas before he thinks of fighting another top 15 fighter.

[2mcgrath]

very classy on mirs part,you gotta like the guy

[peno]

Ya I'm definately a Mir fan after all this. Totally professional he was. Oh my god I just channeled my inner Yoda!

I'm sure that once Brock gets comfortable in his new MMA enviroment he'll be crushing fools. I can't wait. Just keep him away from the black belts for a minute.

[HandofGod]

Mir exemplified that his is a thinking man's fighter and he did all that while he was on his back and a man about a 1/3 of the size bigger than him was trying to kncok his block off. Class act as usual. Lesnar has much to learn but he will be a force once he gets more experiance under his belt. Plus on that note you gotta give it to Lesnar for fighting an experianced fighter such as Mir for his first UFC fight.

[Bran]

gotta love mir. not a lot of fighters that i'd like to succeed more than him.

[valheruking]

Nice to see him give Brock respect, he was giving his all until his inexperience showed and he got caught.

[J-diggler]

I agree Lesnar deffinately needs some more experience but after I watched that fight I was thinking other than Nog I'm not sure anyone else in the HW division would have stayed cool enough to pull of a sub. Dont want to hang from his nuts too badly but I think Mir and Nog are the 2 worst matchups for him in the UFC. Might take him as the fav against he rest if he comes with that same intensity.

[Paytheplayer]

Class act all the way around. I think Brock proved he has the tools to be a top HW once he gains some experience.