If Mir and Nogueira have their way they will meet at UFC 107. There has been a lot of talk between the two fighters as of late. Following Nogueira’s wonderful performance against Randy Couture, Mir began focusing on the fact that people are discrediting Frank’s win back at UFC 92. From MMAJunkie.com:
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in December?
“I heard that Rogan is making a lot of excuses for certain fighters for why they performed badly,” Mir said. “That’s always disheartening to me just for the reason being that every fighter has reasons why we don’t perform at 100 percent. I think as fans we don’t want to hear heroes or warriors ever sitting and complaining that they almost died from staph or anything else. I think that’s pretty sad and pathetic.”
...
“I had a staph infection,” Nogueira said after UFC 102. “I was in the hospital for seven days just like 20 days before the fight. The day I came out of the hospital I tore my meniscus in my left [knee].”
Following Brock Lesnar mashing Mir’s face it seemed that Frank was falling out of the upper levels of the UFC’s heavyweight division. It’s amazing how far a little trash talk can bump you. Aside from Lesnar, Nogueira is probably the hottest name in the division right now and it looks like “Nog” is ready to get it on in December:
“Nogueira didn’t want the information about his injuries to come out, and that’s proof that he wasn’t making excuses,” Soares said. “If Mir really thinks he was making excuses, then let’s get in there and go in the octagon in December.
In all honesty it’s a must-book fight for the UFC. As long as Lesnar handles Shane Carwin at UFC 106 then they’ll be promoting either the rubber match of a trilogy (Mir/Lesnar) which is always an easy sell, or the great story of the always exciting Nogueira as he tries to conquer yet another giant. The UFC heavyweight division has gone from one of the weakest around to a division with a ton of hot match-ups featuring legitimate superstars. It’s a great time to be a fan.
See More:
