News Frank Mir retirement thread

[Deleted member 587672]

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Look. This is sat in worldwide MMA with a few replies.

It should be here.

Frank was Zuffa from early HW action and evolved with the landscape.

Had some cracking fights. Not toooo many stinkers fortunately but a massive part of HW history.
From his early career, painful looking submissions to a few highlight reel k.os.
Even his losses were pretty dramatic.
I hope post-fighting landscape works out well for him. It is a long history for a career.

Maybe his daughter will do well.
She is in good hands.

 

[jeff7b9]

Mir was pretty consistently entertaining, win or loss.

I love the "kill or be killed" type and Mir is arguably as good an example of that as you can find.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

 

[EYEKICKFACES]

The original Big Frank.

 

[Rank Squatter]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

Spoiler

Kangaroo Meat
Narcissist
Brock Lesnar

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

 

[JustOnce]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

Never liked Mir. But mad respect to the guy for his mma career, and best luck to him after retirement.

 

[Dorkman]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

Nah there was plenty of folk who didn't care for him. I've always been a big fan, but some people found him smug or cocky.

 

[Tweak896]

Honestly some of these veterans retired years ago, they just continued longer than they should've. Mir lost his chin and really got wobbled from anything later on. Wish he retired awhile ago for his own health, but he's a grown man and has to live with his choices.

 

[Fioretti]

Very underrated fighter and resume, in my opinion. Big hespect.

 

[Kryptt]

Took a bit for me to become a fan of Mir but must say I'm fond of him as an individual (little that I know) and appreciate his career and contributions greatly.

Also much hespect for him fostering the next generation (Bella) and his desire to make MMA a better space.

 

[Jonesisnatural]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

Mir is notoriously a dick lol

 

[VAfan]

he was still fighting??? i literally can't believe that, thought he retired like five years ago.

 

[sonhow]

Dude had some highlights

 

[DOOD LOVE]

He smashed his leg in that horrible motorcycle accident and still went on to compete which is pretty wild to think about.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

Definitely one of the great HW grapplers. And he proved it again and again.

I was never a fan but the guy was a great fighter regardless

 

[dethmanrulz]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

 

[HaulParris]

I hope he focuses on coaching his daughter and not on politics



It's a free country, he can do what he wants, but seeing him in a suit, next to Tito, at a political convention, it's just fooking gross.

 

[Karelinator]

It would be hard to find someone that doesn’t like Mir

hespect

He was one of most disliked fighters on SD as far as I remember, lol. Or at least mildly disliked, not Jon Jones, War Machine etc. grade, of course.


But yeah, he's one of JBG finest, no doubt, so respect.

 

[GrantB13]

Was always a fan with tons of frustrating losses to watch but the wins were usually big. It's definitely time though. I'll have to remember to tune in.