Mir: ‘Cro Cop’ can win it with one liver kick
“The Nogueira fight I was very motivated for also just for the reason being some of the things that was…
“The Nogueira fight I was very motivated for also just for the reason being some of the things that was said afterwards with his staph infection and injury or whatever was a lot of excuse for why the fight you know, took place the way it took place,” said Frank Mir recently.
“That in itself gave me motivation to do so to engage Nogueira. But it’s still just something we’ve already done. And in the back of my mind I kind of knew it was like well, if I go there and I don’t knock him down four times in seven minutes let’s say we go out there and I beat him soundly but I win on a decision people are going to always see you slipping.”
“With Cro Cop it’s like wow, this is a fresh new slate for somebody who possesses his own dangers and the ability to you know, that’s always intrigued me to the idea that if I make one mistake the fight could end.”
“I can go out there … beating Mirko for fourteen minutes and 59 seconds, and if I drop my hands for a second or I make a mistake and he puts his shin across my liver and I take a knee and the fight is over with one maneuver. That is intriguing to me. You have to not make a mistake.”
“I still think that I’m still, I’m building up,” Mir commented about his place in the heavyweight division currently. “I think that a win over Mirko is a very – would be a very high profile and noticeable win, but as far as moving me up, I still think that Cain Velasquez is obviously is up to the top of the list, having the first match up with Brock.”
“I think that Junior dos Santos is heavy on their heels, and then I think the rest of the heavyweights are going to fall around that middle area. I think I’d put myself in that area.”
“If Mirko has his choice he’s going to want to keep the fight on his feet and exchange strikes there more so than to try to engage with a submission fight with me.:
“I feel comfortable in all aspects of the arena of fighting right now. As far as comfortable to where I’m relaxed enough to allow him to fire off one of those kicks at my body or my head, no, no, no. A healthy sense of fear is always what keeps you sharp.”
Frank Mir faces late replacement Cro Cop at UFC 119 in Indianapolis this Saturday night.
