Frank Mir will face Daniel Cormier on April 20, 2013 at UFC on Fox 7. And now that the bout is coming closer, Mir starts to exchange words.
For his upcoming bout against Daniel Cormier on April 20, 2013, in San Jose, California at UFC on Fox 7, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir started to train with Greg Jackson in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He changed his training camp, but the one thing that didn't change is his talk in between fights.
Frank Mir was unimpressed with his opponents ability to finish fights. Cormier won a 5 round decision against Josh Barnett and after that he finished Dion Staring by way of TKO in the 2nd round. Although Cormier finish Staring by TKO, Frank Mir says that Cormier can't finish fights unless the referee stops the fight for him.
From his conversation with MMA Fight Corner:
"I pretty much know the guy. He has extremely strong, efficient wrestling. I think he throws his hands pretty fast and without abandon. I don't think he's the most technical boxer in the world, I don't think he even thinks he's the most technical boxer in the world. He's definitely not JDS, but who is? On the ground though, it really showed me, let's face it, if I had the same guy on the ground, fight would have ended pretty quickly. He wasn't able to put the guy away through a lack of finishing abilities, through a lack of finishing moves. So that's one thing that actually surprised me. I thought he couldn't finish Josh because of Josh's abilities, but then I realized 'No, he doesn't really have much finishing ability'. He can catch you with a punch, let's face it, every heavyweight over 200 pounds has that ability to finish a fight if he catches you. But you got to have the ability to finish with the submission, you know definitive ground and pound, where you actually finish somebody off against the cage and it's menacing, not just finally the referee's like 'Well, you know, I guess the guy's had enough. You really can't put him away, let me help end this fight for you.'"
The bout between Mir and Cormier was initially scheduled in Cormier's final Strikeforce fight, but he suffered a training injury and was forced out of the bout.
Who do you got winning this fight?
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