Mir: Future based on performance, not win or loss
Frank Mir: “So that’s really what I’m out there to prove in this fight that I’m really capable of still performing at a high level.”
At thirty five years old, Frank Mir has been in the MMA game a long time, and some have questioned whether or not he should retire. But for Mir, who next fights Antonio Silva, it’s more about his performance in the Octagon, rather than strictly based off whether he wins or loses:
Being 35-years-old, I think more so it depends on performance, even more so than winning or losing. If I go out there and have a win, but it’s still a pretty poor performance – that’s happened in fights before where guys go out there and they’re performing poorly, but they end up catching somebody in a knockout or a submission hold – that wouldn’t be a good thing. That would be more of a time to really think about where I’m going career-wise. Whereas I go out there and have a dominant performance and were to get caught and something were to happen, well I can’t guarantee outcomes, but at least I can prove I’m still a viable fighter and healthy and still able to compete at a high level. So that’s really what I’m out there to prove in this fight that I’m really capable of still performing at a high level.