Comments on: The Biggest Star to Emerge out of UFC 92? Try Frank Mir’s Striking Coach

By: darkmetal

darkmetal — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:25:17 +0000

C’mon guys, ARN looked pretty soft coming into the fight, you must agree. This against a guy who is usually criticized for his own flabbiness. If you come to a fight looking like Jack Black ala “Nacho Libre”, it is “nacho” going to be your night.

I firmly believe that this will be a wakeup call to Big Nog, and expect him to come in to battle next time.

By: neijia

neijia — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:04:36 +0000

Nog looked like he looked against Fedor. His striking has never seemed impressive. He relies to much on the bjj rope-a-dope later rounds strategy.

I thought Mir looked *better* than premium K-1 strikers. The gap between his hi/lo and lo/hi combos was maybe .2 seconds. Once a low kick landed, a left overhand would land and vice versa. Also, he would lead with a long, drilling, uppercut that seemed to land at will. I think Mir went back to his karate toolbox.

By: mmastation

mmastation — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:03:38 +0000

I couldnt believe that fight. I gave Mir absolutely 0 chance of winning, let alone finishing this fight and I think I finally picked my jaw up off the ground when the main event started.

Mir showed an amazing improvement in his standup and my hats off to him, he proved all of us haters wrong.

By: john

john — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:50:07 +0000

NOG didnt look slugginsh he was slightly rocked at the beginning of the 1st round, which probably took a toll on him and MIR just never stopped, as for some of you saying it looked like Nog wasnt on his “A” game i say bull $hit, when has Nog never been on his “A” game Mir came to fight and he was the better fighter. give Frank his credit he put a beating on a Legend who deserves all the respect in the world,give credit to Mir………..BTW i still hate Rashad “the showboat” Evans

By: mike wolfe

mike wolfe — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:49:12 +0000

Mir’s stand up was astonishing, especially in contrast to his past fights. But he impressed me even more with his intelligence. He knocked ‘Nog down twice, and resisted the urge to stay on the ground with him. Making ‘Nog get up and fight was exactly the right strategy, and it’s exactly what Mir has said repeatedly when calling WEC fights. He’s always been analytical, and maybe watching all those fights helped him put together the right game plan for ‘Nog. Now let’s see how he deals with Lesnar, who is much quicker and wants to be on the ground.

By: john_gee

john_gee — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:15:18 +0000

I HAD A BET WITH MY FRIEND FOR THIS FIGHT. I THOUGHT MURR HAD NO CHANCE IN HELL OF WINNING. SO NATURALLY I BET ON A-NOG. I’M NEVER COUNTING OUT MURR AGAIN. THE BET WAS I WOULD LET MY FRIEND CUT MY HAIR ANY WAY HE WANTED. CHECK OUT THE PICS ON MYSPACE.COM/ALBA69

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:33:46 +0000

OR we could see mir fall like a sack of bricks a la randy couture

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:04:39 +0000

My regret with the Mir fight is not putting some money down on him. However, I don’t want entertainment to turn into a financial dealing, so I am not too upset about it.

All of you haters need to stop making excuses. I too thought Nog looked a little soft, but that doesn’t take away Mir’s victory. Nog was the one who showed up to the fight, and it was Nog who trained for it. Anything that wasn’t 100% for him was his own fault.

In addition to his striking, he showed a lot of calm & maturity by not following Nog to the ground. I had at first thought it was a devious plan by Nog to get Mir in his guard by falling easily, but as we saw, if it was his plan it did not work out well for him.

Mir surprised everyone, even his fans. My call for his win was not a TKO, for sure.

By: Jay K.

Jay K. — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:37:38 +0000

It blew my mind like everyone else’s that Mir had won! I truly thought he was going to gas when he was jogging around the Octagon prior to the fight. I was shouting “No, no, NO! Mir, slooow down, the fights about to both begin and be over for you!

TRUE DAT!!

Boy was I wrong!

By: chris

chris — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:05:14 +0000

mir looked awesome i couldn’t believe my eyes i was hoping he’d win but i never expected that. for all of you making excuses shame on you. never underestimate people you would think people would realise that with all the upsets in the part two yrs.

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:46:59 +0000

Mir is one of my favorite fighters.. has been since the first time i saw him fight.. but i’ll be the first to say that his striking as always been.. slow [especially after the accident of course]

the dude throws very slow, very choppy leg kicks, that not only don’t do damage, but normally get him taken down [maybe that's his plan]

same for his body kicks..

and when you actually see the punches, they miss..

But, last night he showed VAST improvement in the standup.. now, i don’t think he could’ve really been threatened by Nog, but i didn’t think he’d do that..

very glad to see this improvement, i hope it only gets better..

He truly has been reborn.

By: Tom Hodgson

Tom Hodgson — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:17:13 +0000

Right there with you Cuban. Give the man a fucking break. He came back from being told he would never fight again to finish a man who even Fedor couldn’t finish. That’s like being told you have cancer, three months to live, then beat it and climb Mount Everest. Mir has been my favorite heavyweight throughout his career and watching him put Nog to the canvas 3 times last night made every single cent of that $45 worth its weight in gold. Thank you Mir, thank you.

By: CubanLinx

CubanLinx — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:09:49 +0000

its so funny reading all of these comments by the people thinking Nog would easily win, now they’re making exscuses for him. c’mon guys, gimme a break.

By: Cathedron

Cathedron — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:43:29 +0000

It looked to me that Nog might have been rocked early on in that fight. Mir was just so dominant in the striking. Every exchange seemed to edge Nog out and do a little more damage. I guess that’s to be expected. Mir’s a big guy. His punches have to hurt (now that he knows how to throw them).

By: joykiller

joykiller — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:33:52 +0000

Dude, I am a little surprised. I was hoping that minotauro would win.

But anyways, Mir did a great job and his striking was really impressive. There’s no doubt that Lesnar is in real troubles now.

I do hope that Mir can beat Lesnar, and become a true MMA Champion. He is no longer the one-dimensional figther that he was.

By: darkmetal

darkmetal — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:31:16 +0000

jj beat me to the punch. Mir looked improved in striking, it’s true, but Nogiera looked like he had just awakened from a 10 hr nap after a giant meal of Yankee potroast chased with about a gallon of egg nog.

I will give Mir credit for coming to fight, which it seems Nogiera didn’t. I just think Nogiera (a guy who I actually like better than Mir) might have taken Mir too lightly in this fight, and he paid for it.

Does anyone think that Brock Lesnar will slowly lumber around taking shots from Mir in their upcoming fight? Seriously. Mir got lucky last time they met, and he should not get too cocky like he did after beating Nog and stating “You have MY belt” to Lesnar.

By: jj

jj — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:09:40 +0000

Not to take anything away from Mir, but Nogueira didn’t seem himself last night.

Did anyone notice Nog was sluggish? Nog is usually a great boxer, but didn’t have anything to offer standing up last night.

I think it’s funny that Mir was just as surprised that he won as everyone else. I had my doubts that Mir was ever going to rise to the levels he had attained before his accident. My hats off to him though, he could have taken an easy way back but took difficult fights that had me questioning whether he would make it or not.

Now the UFC really needs to get this interim belt crap cleaned up and give us one true champion.