Quote of the Day 2: Frank Mir Has Self-Esteem
Bloody Elbow —
... coaches previously reads like an A list in the UFC: Liddell, Couture, Ortiz, Shamrock, Penn, Pulver, Griffin, and Jackson to name a few. Most of these guys are surefire Hall of Famers. Do you think adding Mir to this list means that you will be there as well?
Frank Mir: Yeah, I would say I will. Obviously it’s going to depend on my next couple of performances, but I do think my name belongs with those others, absolutely.
-- Frank Mir talking to 5 Ounces of Pain.
UFC's Frank Mir: 'Every Time Kimbo Slice Fights It Sets the Sport Back'
FanHouse —
... Smith Filed under: EliteXC, UFCFrank Mir, the Brazilian jiu jitsu specialist who will be a coach on The Ultimate Fighter this season and will fight for the UFC heavyweight championship in December, is a smart, articulate man who represents the sport of mixed martial arts well. But Mir thinks MMA has an image problem, and he thinks some of the sport's best-known competitors -- including Kimbo Slice -- are the reason for that. He tells Five Ounces of Pain: Let's face it, the public's perception of MMA is ...
Frank Mir Interview
Octagon Buzz —
... reads like an A list in the UFC: Liddell, Couture, Ortiz, Shamrock, Penn, Pulver, Griffin, and Jackson to name a few. Most of these guys are surefire Hall of Famers. Do you think adding Mir to this list means that you will be there as well?
Frank Mir: Yeah, I would say I will. Obviously it’s going to depend on my next couple of performances, but I do think my name belongs with those others, absolutely.
For the rest of this interview, click here.
Frank Mir Critical of Kimbo Slice in MMA
5thRound.com - UFC 106 Play-by-Play Results, MMA News, Fight Rumors —
... champion Frank Mir is one of the classiest fighters in MMA, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not allowed to have his own opinion. Mir of course uses “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series (which happens to premiere tonight) as an example of how the sport should be portrayed by saying, “By having the cameras in the house it acts as sort of a window into the real lives of the people who take the sport seriously.” “Every time Kimbo fights it sets the sport back,” Mir goes on to say in the 5ozofPain interview. “Guys like that just reinforce the idea in the publicâs eye that we ...
Kimbo Slice “sets the sport back” - Frank Mir
MMA Fight Girls Wallpaper —
... Five Ounces of Pain recently interviewed The Ultimate Fight Coach and UFC Former Champ Frank Mir. Among the things said was the outstanding quote; ...
