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WINNING MIR OVER 1 HR A DAY, HAHN LIFTS HIM UP Saturday, July 4, 2009 - by Steven Marrocco - MMAWeekly.com Getting Frank Mir to listen is no easy task. If you don’t have an intelligent argument, you’re not getting anywhere.
The current interim heavyweight champion had been in the game five years when he found Ken Hahn. He had settled into a routine: train for fights when they were booked, work the Spearmint Rhino at night, read a lot, hang out.
It wasn’t serving him well. He had made it back from the motorcycle accident that threatened his career, but after several lackluster performances in the Octagon, fans were ready to write his talent off as a casualty of inactivity.
“I think after the accident I got back in the gym, and the people around me were all about making money and showing up for fights just to get in shape, and I kind of approached it that way, and obviously, with not very successful results,” said Mir on a Thursday teleconference promoting his rematch with Brock Lesnar at UFC 100 next Saturday.
“I would never be in the gym learning anything extra, or improving on anything, it was just like you have a fight in eight weeks, you have to show up for this many hours and this is what’s required of you. It’s very monotonous and very much like a job and I lost my enthusiasm for training.”
A lot of people underestimated Mir before that last fight with Lesnar. They don't seem to be doing that this time. Guess it's apparent now that, no matter how strong and aggressive you are, it only takes one tiny mistake with a practitioner like Mir to find yourself in trouble.
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A lot of people underestimated Mir before that last fight with Lesnar. They don't seem to be doing that this time. Guess it's apparent now that, no matter how strong and aggressive you are, it only takes one tiny mistake with a practitioner like Mir to find yourself in trouble.
that was a good move, Mir looked not ready until he grabbed a hold of Lesnar
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There was a time that Mir was ranked #2 just behind Fedor
Was that before his pre-motorcycle crash days?
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