Frank Mir is riding high after his arm breaking submission win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 140 and he’s already looking for new challenges. In a recent interview with ESPN 1100 he said that he was ready for the Strikeforce heavyweights to be brought into the UFC.
Yahoo! Sports’ Cagewriter blog has the quote:
“I think it’s only a benefit to move them over to us,” Mir said on the ESPN1100/98.9 FM’s “MMA Insiders” show (9:15 mark). “I guess I have a bad taste in my mouth because of what happened when I first started my career. I had to always hear about ‘oh, you guys are good, but the PRIDE guys would kick your butt.’ And then that frustration of not being able to get to them.”
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“I don’t want to hear that [who’s the best discussion anymore]. I want to know that anybody in the division … ‘you think that you can beat me? Hey Joe Silva, is he clear? Okay cool, let’s fight,'” said Mir.
I’m not sure if any of the Strikeforce heavies are actually in a position right now to challenge Mir outside of Josh Barnett. Daniel Cormier is very talented but I don’t think he has quite the type of game that has always troubled Mir.
Am I missing any potentially great Mir vs. Strikeforce Heavyweights match-ups?