Frank Mir Shoots Down Retirement Talk, Will Fight Again
As seen in the main event of UFC Fight Night 85, Mark Hunt dropped Frank Mir with a right hand and walked off as the fight was called. Following the event, there’s speculation that Mir might retire from MMA.
Mir shot down any speculation about him retiring from MMA during the latest episode of his Phone Booth Fighting podcast.
“”I fought Mark Hunt, and I got caught with a shot that he threw,” Mir said. “That’s kind of like getting caught by a submission by me. It’s kind of a list of guys. Had he pulled guard and armbarred me, maybe I would have thought about retiring.””
“It happens,” Mir said. “I got caught. It’s nothing against him. He did a great job. I made a mistake, and he’s really good at it. The margin for error with Mark Hunt is a lot smaller than it is with some of the other heavyweights where you can get caught with a shot and maybe recover.”
Mir explained that he never got into MMA to prove people wrong or win titles or awards, he got into MMA because he likes all aspects of it. From the training to the lifestyle to getting better.
“I didn’t have anything to prove to begin with to anybody else,” Mir said. “I didn’t start out doing this because I wanted to win awards or titles. I like martial arts, I like training, I like the lifestyle. I want to constantly get better. Why not just keep fighting? Until I get told that I can’t anymore, then I’ll move on.”
Mir (18-11) is currently on a two-fight losing streak. In his last six bouts, he’s 2-4. He was knocked out in the first round by Josh Barnett at UFC 164 and then lost in a three round war to Alistair Overeem at UFC 169 by decision. He rebounded with a first-round KO of Antonio Silva in February of 2015. He knocked out Todd Duffee in the first round at UFC Fight Night 71. He lost to Andrei Arlovski at UFC 191 by unanimous decision. He was knocked out in the first round by Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 85.
Mir will be out of action for the next few months. His next opponent and fight is not known as of this writing.
