Mir: JDS avoids the ground ‘like poison’
Frank Mir appeared on Inside MMA ahead of his main event vs Junior dos Santos later this month. The fighters…
Frank Mir appeared on Inside MMA ahead of his main event vs Junior dos Santos later this month. The fighters are now trading charges. JDS recently accused Mir of lacking courage when things get tough, and now Mir says it is the ground that his opponent is afraid of.
“The only difference I feel with dos Santos is that dos Santos is the better boxer, you know, quicker hands. He just isn’t as multifaceted as Velasquez is. As far as, when you fight dos Santos, I don’t think it’s any secret: he has no chance of winning the fight if it goes to the ground. The only time that I’ve ever seen him take a shot is if he’s pretty handily winning the fight and I think he just does it just for maybe a change of pace, to throw something out there.
“But as far as when you see people engage him, he’s a throw-punches-and-run kind of guy. He doesn’t wanna sit there and get grabbed and taken down and he’s not gonna fight that battle. If he was capable of doing it, we probably would’ve seen it already.
“Fact is, he avoids it like it’s poison.”
Frank Mir fights Junior dos Santos in the main event of UFC 146 on May 26 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
