Kelvin, if you dislike Mir, leave that aside for a sec. Wouldn’t you feel disrespected if someone downgraded your accomplishments with excuses? Not that Nog really did do that but, can’t really blame Mir for feeling this way. Mir is actually speaking some truth. Nobody really goes into a fight hundred percent. As of matter of fact, Mir was actually trying to pull out of that December bout, because he had a back injury in training and a few undisclosed injuries, but he was talked out of it.

What is different about that fight than Nogueira other fights? He does gets hit a lot. His head movement is not good. Reaction time is slow. it was evident when he fought Randy, Mir, Sylvia, and Herring. He was dropped by all those guys accept for Randy. I believe if Nog got hit by Shane or Brock, he would been done as well.

My thing is this, if you step in the octagon or football field, or basket court, you’re basically saying you’re confident enough that you can perform to the best your abilities and produce positive result, and if you come off on the wrong end of the stick, it’s because it was not your day. So at the end of the day, Frank Mir was better man that day. If they fought again, it could be close cause like i said, Nog’s has some flaws when it comes to striking defense.

Also, if Nog;s staph infection is the reason for his loss
Than Shogun’s knee injury played a role in his loss against Forrest Griffin
Tim Sylvia’s bad back limited him in his fight against Randy
Tito’s bad back didn’t allow him to perform to his best abilities in his last few fights