Carwin: ANY athlete wishing death on a fighter is a terrible human being
Late last week on WXDX radio with Mark Madden Frank Mir made a now notorious statement about nemesis Brock Lesnar,…
Late last week on WXDX radio with Mark Madden Frank Mir made a now notorious statement about nemesis Brock Lesnar, which he later apologized for. “I want to fight Lesnar. I hate who he is as a person. I want to break his neck in the ring. I want him to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries. That’s what’s going through my mind.”
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When asked to comment by mmabay.com, Mir’s next opponent, Shane Carwin, had this to say:
I did not see the interview so I can’t comment on what he might have said. I can tell you that ANY athlete wishing death upon a competitor is either a terrible human being or mentally unfit to fight. That type of talk and if it ever happened will take this sport backwards. Frank has been a part of the stone ages of MMA and it makes no sense why he would want or make comments that might damage a lot of the good HE has participated in adding to this sport over the years.
Brock is a heel in the ring but at home he is a human, husband, father and friend to many. Wishing death or harm upon him doesn’t serve any purpose. I will do my best to make Frank’s dream of fighting Brock come true, unfortunately for them it will be a three round fight as I plan on winning both of those belts.
