Mir: Heavyweight division best it’s ever been
Frank Mir: “”I think this era right now is the best it’s ever been … Right now there’s guys that are 12th, 13th, 14th, that are great fighters in the heavyweight division.”
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir debuted in the promotion in 2001, and has seen the development of the division so close it bleeds on him, literally. In a recent interview with Damon Martin for FOX Sports, Mir said the division is the best it has ever been.
“I think this era right now is the best it’s ever been,” said Mir.
“I think in the past we always had top level guys but I think it dwindled off after four or five. Right now there’s guys that are 12th, 13th, 14th, that are great fighters in the heavyweight division.”
“I think the top 10 right now is extremely stacked. And I think it’s the most stacked it’s ever been.”
Mir fights fellow former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in the co-main event of UFC 191 on September 5, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Champion : Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Junior Dos Santos
3 Stipe Miocic
4 Andrei Arlovski
5 Travis Browne
6 Ben Rothwell
7 Mark Hunt
8 Josh Barnett
9 Alistair Overeem
10 Frank Mir
11 Antonio Silva
12 Roy Nelson
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Stefan Struve
15 Alexey Oliynyk
