Frank Mir is 2-8 in his last 10 fights and you still believe standing and banging is his best option. That's unbelievable. Do you want to see Frank Mir get killed ? He doesn't have the chin, so slowing the pace and becoming a grinder and more of a grappler would expose him less to the possibility of taking those big shots. Slowing his pace would help him control his stamina better. And once Frank Mir is able to get his opponent on the ground, well, that opponent is in Frank Mir's world. We all can see he wants to fight some more, so why are you so against him fighting smarter?
No not at all.... I agree he should probably look to get back to his roots more... But in order to do that... he has to then: Come into fights in much better shape, probably at least around 250’s... not 264 and having to get down 20+ pounds during camps.. Try to get his cardio to a point where he can engage in a 3 round grappling based fight...
As I said earlier, Frank has never, never been a cardio machin... I might go as far as saying he has a shit gas tank...
How many decisions has frank won? Or even survived to lose ?
Franks a finisher, always has been, always will be...
All I’m saying... If frank isn’t going to do the necessary things to get in proper shape to go 3 hard rounds in a grappling based fight... his next best option is to finish the fight ASAP...
Guys are harder to take down, harder to keep down, harder to submit, etc... and for sure, harder to out strike / KO... But he obviously feels that a quick KO or possible sub off a scramble is his best option.
We may have different opinions- But do you think he would have beat Bigfoot if he tried to slow the fight down, grapple exchange with him? Most likely, he would have tired and been beat to a pulp..
Duffy.?? Eeh maybe.. But he’s a good athlete that is fast and can counter and can stuff TDs.. if he does survive 1st round and a half... Frank is most likely a walking punching bag...
Just my thoughts... don’t necessarily agree with the tactic... But if this is the version of frank that steps into the cage... I can see where his head is at... thats all... and of course I don’t want to see him hurt...
Implying that my thoughts are less ethical or compassionate is not anyway to have a discussion.. or implying that I’m some “let me bang bro” mma fan...
It’s just a discussion man..