Comments on: Frank Mir forgot a certain lesson about pro-wrestling interviews

By: Richard P

Richard P — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:11:49 +0000

Hopefully no more off the wall comments from Mir. People will use any reason to attack MMA.

By: Richard P

Richard P — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:10:33 +0000

Hopefully Fedor will come back strong

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:18:15 +0000

[...] Former heavyweight champion Frank Mir tells WXDX radio (via FightOpinion.com) about how he would like his trilogy match with current division kingpin, Brock Lesnar, to end if [...]

By: eJiuJitsu » Frank Mir Wants To Break Brock Lesnar’s Neck

eJiuJitsu » Frank Mir Wants To Break Brock Lesnar’s Neck — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:47:47 +0000

[...] has gone too far to the point where the fight shouldn’t even happen. Me? I’m more with Zach Arnold. I think Frank has jumped the shark with this one. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:09:54 +0000

The missed point to Zach’s post isn’t simply a pro wrestling analogy: it’s don’t promise what you can’t deliver. If Mir (who really needs to stop watching New Jack promos it seems) threatens homicide but himself ends up getting TKOed by Brock again, will you ever take anything he says seriously again? Mike Tyson promised to eat organs and nonexistent children but ended up crying in frustration on his stool against Lewis, did anybody ever take him seriously again?

And why do I feel like I am on an eternal treadmill every time I read the posts on this site. Now Unending Story #32: “M-1 is pulling Fedor because somebody on a message board said so” is back. How did that work out the last time? Say what you want about the guy being overpaid or overrated, but he makes good on his deals unless he is injured. And why would M-1 double cross Strikeforce? It doesn’t make any sense when right now they’re the only big(ish) money alternative to UFC and M-1 is getting what they want.

And speaking of ignorantly ignoring past history, why is Rampage going to be any different than any other UFC fighter who disputed their contract and ended up getting what they wanted to close to it? BJ, Randy, Tito, ect. all held up UFC for more money and got it so it’s probably the safest bet you can make. I don’t know why you wouldn’t hold UFC up for more money, honestly.

By: Oh Yeah

Oh Yeah — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:29:13 +0000

In related news, Mir/Carwin has been changed to a debate over who hates Lesnar more. Winner gets to face Lesnar.

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:05:29 +0000

From Sherdog:

“The UFC also announced the return of B.J. Penn (Pictures), who submitted Matt Hughes (Pictures) to win the welterweight title January 2004 but gave up the belt in an ugly fight with the UFC. In an ironic twist, Penn and the UFC were set to go to trial early next month, however, that case, along with one against Wesley Correira (Pictures), was settled prior to tonight’s announcements, according to a release on the UFC Web site.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Its-Official-Ortiz-Shamrock-and-Penn-Return-to-UFC-3662

Penn also filed a motion to prevent the vacated title fight between Hughes and GSP at UFC 50. The courts sided with UFC on that one: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Court-Sides-with-Zuffa-Against-BJ-Penn-2061

Can’t find evidence of the courts siding with Penn on anything he filed.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:10:54 +0000

i haven’t read anything on Rampage signing a new contract… just that the bout agreement was signed for UFC 114 with Rashad Evans…

By: Black Dog

Black Dog — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:33:24 +0000

Mir may have just been talking smack, but bear in mind this is MMA, not pro wrestling.

People get hurt, even die in pro wrestling, by accident…in MMA, someone can get killed.

This is the kind of talk that makes a guy like Lesnar see red. It wasn’t even that Mir said he’d “kill” him…the fact he said he hated Lesnar as a person. Brock won’t forget it, and he big enough, strong enough and mean enough to may Mir pay for it.

Mir made it personal. That fight will be ugly.

By: Mike Rome

Mike Rome — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:38:31 +0000

Above I was referring to the Rampage suit.

The Pride suit is over, the parties had a settlement entered on January 11, 2010. The downside is a lot of stuff will never go public.

If you go through the date by date details of the case you can see they settled pursuant to NRS 17.245, which basically kills further litigation between the parties as far as I can tell, at least on these claims.