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Mixed Martial Arts (Official Thread)

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The top-heavy Lesnar is an inch taller, with an arm reach of two inches longer. More important, he had 20 pounds on Mir's lean, 245-pound frame.

"I didn't think it would matter that much," Mir says of Lesnar's heft. (Mir had beefed up with weights, dumbbells, a lot of high reps, cardio and attribute balancing.)

Mir wrongly assumed Lesnar's game plan. Lesnar had trash-talked Mir's standup fight game, so Mir thought Lesnar would fight in standing positions. Not so.

"When he didn't come after me, that really threw me off," Mir says. "He didn't land any punches on his feet, did he?

"I didn't expect him to run," Mir says. "He ran like a lightweight. ... It's my fault. I should have trained that he would be intimidated from the standup" fighting position.

Instead, Lesnar went for pinning Mir on the ground and punching him in the face. Mir knows he got "rocked pretty hard in the first round."

Mir didn't want to lose round two the same way. So he came out swinging and kicking. Lesnar back peddled to avoid hits.

"When I chased him, that's what changed my game plan," Mir says. But, "I basically was (within) a half-an-inch of catching him."

Mir threw a "Joe Frasier" hook, barely grazing Lesnar, he says. Mir caught Lesnar with a knee and elbow, but Lesnar spun away.

In the end, Mir couldn't stop Lesnar from trapping him on the ground, pinning his hands and punching Mir in the face until the fight was stopped.

"I knew he was hurt, but he had good leverage, with my shoulder against the cage," Mir says.

"I made a stupid mistake," Mir says, while saying "my hat's off" to Lesnar and his coaching staff for executing a winning game plan.
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DOUG ELFMAN: UFC 100: Lesnar's boorish behavior bothers Mir - News - ReviewJournal.com
 
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Bucks21;1497972; said:
Someone else has said this but the winner of Carwin and Velasquez will probably get the next title shot but Cro Crop could get one too if he beats his next guy.
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Probably Junior dos Santos. Carwin should be able to test his chin, but it would be interesting to see Brock face a kickboxer like CroCop or Overeem if he does indeed join the UFC.
 
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bigballin2987;1497849; said:
DOUG ELFMAN: UFC 100: Lesnar's boorish behavior bothers Mir - News - ReviewJournal.com
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In the full inteview he also says he'll beat Lesnar if he gains 10lbs..sure.
Something else he said before the fight.

?Most of my partners who are 190 to 210 (pounds) actually hit harder,? Mir said, adding that having Lesnar hit him in their first fight was ?Kind of like having your baby sister on your back and all over you, and you?re just saying, ?Get off me.?

Mir says a lot of things

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He didn't say much there
 
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I don't particularily care for Lesnar either, but I like the fact that he's more of a throwback fighter from the early days of the UFC. I really don't think I see much of a difference between Lesnar and Severn or Frye. Those dudes were wrestlers and all they tried to do was toss their opponent around the ring and brawl with them.
 
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powerlifter;1502774; said:
Barnett failed a drug test(steroids)...No fedor/barnett. Looks to be Vitor Belfort (200lber) fighting Fedor..SHIT
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Shitty news. Barnett has Fedor's number one contender for the last couple years, and it looked it was finally going to happen.

And Vitor isn't even 200 right now, he is a middleweight and was dieting to get to 185. They want him to get to 206 to fight Fedor which shouldn't be a problem. Dana was actually talking about bringing him back to fight Anderson. Vitor's got hands like a mother fucker though.
 
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bigballin2987;1503442; said:
Shitty news. Barnett has Fedor's number one contender for the last couple years, and it looked it was finally going to happen.

And Vitor isn't even 200 right now, he is a middleweight and was dieting to get to 185. They want him to get to 206 to fight Fedor which shouldn't be a problem. Dana was actually talking about bringing him back to fight Anderson. Vitor's got hands like a mother fucker though.
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so in your opinion does Vitor have a chance against Fedor?
 
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brodybuck21;1503801; said:
so in your opinion does Vitor have a chance against Fedor?
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Vitor definitely had a punchers chance but Fedor probably would have taken him to the ground and tapped him out. It would have been a more intriguing fight than matt lindland.
powerlifter;1503851; said:
Early rumor of today is that Affliction 3 is cancelled all together..Will post links if I see anything confirmed...once again..SHIT
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Cancelled.

- BREAKING NEWS: AFFLICTION "TRILOGY" CANCELLED - MMA WEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more
 
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brodybuck21;1503937; said:
does this mean Fedor is more likely headed to UFC? (affliction is seperate correct?)
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Could be. Dana also has a big announcement later today, so who knows. The problem with getting Fedor to the octagon is that Fedor wants to also continue competing in other martial arts, especially sambo, and Dana won't allow it.
 
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bigballin2987;1503940; said:
Could be. Dana also has a big announcement later today, so who knows. The problem with getting Fedor to the octagon is that Fedor wants to also continue competing in other martial arts, especially sambo, and Dana won't allow it.
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thanks for the feedback. Do you agree with Dana on that?
 
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