UFC 111 Aftermath: The Blueprint To Beat Frank Mir 2.0 Has Been Cast

Wrestling is where frank goes wrong. he has devastating submissions and probably the best boxing skills in the ufc HW division besides maybe dos santos. he is one of the only ufc HW that can knock you silly on the feet and pull off crazy submissions….. but his kryptonite is his wrestling. if mir was a good wrestler he would probably be the champ right now but he focus’s to much on boxing and jujitsu and as of recently strength. where as if he wants to beat carwin lesnar and cain ( assuming he doesnt get lucky with a punch before a take down or clinch) he isnt going to do very well. if he does the 80/20 rule and trains 80% wrestling and 20% everything else hes already good at we would have a monster on our hands. mir 3.0 maybe? but in reality i think mir as open minded as he claims to be i think he is to stubborn to work on what appears to be his only weakness and the only way he losses, from a wrestler getting him stuffed against a cage. strength wasnt the probelm on saturday it was mirs wrestling technique. he should have had his head facing the arm that was locked up brought his hips in closer to carwins and try to keep carwin off balance. mir seemed too relaxed and didnt seem to try to improve his position. i hope he learns from his mistakes finally so we can see more exciting fights from him.

I’d be interested in JDS vs. Mir for two reasons:
1. Because SOMEONE has to test JDS’ ground game in the UFC…
2. I’m interested in seeing what would happen if Junior dos Santos DOESN’T follow the “wrestleboxer” anti-Mir blueprint and instead gets into a long-range shootout.

I’m sorry but that’s a big reach imo, nothing that Carwin or Lesnar did against Mir was similar at all. Carwin took a play out of the Couture playbook and fought unlike alot of his other fights. It was very smart and devestating but nothing like what Lesnar did by taking Frank down and working from the half guard to the surprise of many who thought that he wanted nothing of Mir from the top. The only similarity was a brilliant gameplan that led to win, I don’t see either men doing the same thing in a rematch with Mir since he himself is a very smart fighter who is always looking to improve.

one thing that im worried about since i am a mir fan is that he will lose focus and show up to his next fight out of shape and not well trained. after this lose. i hope this lose drives him further to get better at wrestling and he should hook up with couture and train with him. he has great hands and submissions and if he was with couture he would have great wrestling. i dont think he should give up on strength training though. he should continue to work with phillipii

I’m opposed to Mir vs Dos Santos because I don’t want Mir to be seriously hurt and to jeapordize his career. I think he deserves a slightly easier fight, like Mir vs the winner of Nelson/Struve.

Meanwhile, I’m really annoyed by the UFC decision to have bench Velasquez in anticipation of a title shot. The ONLY sensible match-up for JDS right now is against Cain. Anything else is a serious drop in competition for Junior.

Both are coming off losses. Both are out of the title mix. A win puts one of them back in.

Mir will either validate his UFC 92 win, or Nogeira will prove it was the result of him showing up at less than 100%.

JDS makes no sense for Mir. MIr’s lost 2 of his last 3. JDS is undefeated. Mir should have to earn another W before taking on a title contender on the clilmb.