UFC 119 Preview: Frank Mir Talks Mirko Cro Cop - "I'll Submit Him in the First Round"

This was a great interview.

You every analyze everything, even yourself. No one cares about how you train all you have to do is punch you in the face, Pedepano knows that, Vera knows that, and Carwin knows that.

I like the conversational Mir much more than I like the “I’m a philosopher” Mir.

Good to see alleged rapist Mike Whitehead can still find work.

Looking forward to this fight – even though it doesn’t rank very high in terms of relevance I think it will be entertaining as such.

As a Crocop fan, Sept 25th will be a sad day for me, I’m already planning my eulogy, which I plan to host on this forum. I would appreciate it if people would like to share their Crocop memories here after UFC 119; good or bad, but please be respectful. Frank Mir fans aren’t welcome, their senseless gloating will not be tolerated.
 
R.I.P Mirko Crocop

Sept 1974 -Sept 2010

“I want to shut the mouth of people who say I’m dead.”

Lesnar taps Mir’s butt weakly. Mazzagatti isn’t sure if he is tapping out. Lesnar then bitches about how Mazzagatti is a terrible ref who should never officiate another one of his fights.

Mir is knocked unconscious by Carwin. Carwin gets in several extra shots slamming Mir’s head into the canvas. Mir appreciates how Miragliotta does not immediately stop the fight.

I hope he isn’t training as much as he should. I hope he is taking Cro Cop lightly. I hope he is assuming Cro Cop won’t be at his best.

Cro Cop already had a solid chance before…but Frank Mire openly stating he’s slacking off in training makes this a Croatian Horse of a different color. The odds only slide more and more in Cro Cop’s favor.

But there is the outside chance that Frank Mir is only CLAIMING to not be at 100%, so that win or lose he has something to fall back on…but secretly he may be training his ass off.

I hope he is telling the truth in saying that he isn’t training a lot…and I hope it costs him his consciousness on Sept 25th.

gutted i don’t get to see mir smash nog again. just have to settle with a nice submission. hope cro cop wins his next fight but i cannot cheer against frank.

I want CroCop to win, but honestly, CroCop has not been able to beat heavyweights in the UFC that are at a certain level. CroCop in the UFC lost to Gonzaga, Kongo, and Dos Santos, and I feel that Mir is definitely better than Kongo seeing that Mir beat him, and Mir in my opinion is below Dos Santos and maybe equal if not better than Gonzaga based on strength of record. I don’t think size will be too much of a factor, and mentally, Mir can be hit or miss while CroCop has shown resilience against Barry and took a beating from Dos Santos. Stylistically, if Mir can get this to the ground, he will definitely have the advantage, and the standup is a dangerous place for Mir to be even though CroCop has gotten older.

I hope Cro Cop drops him, then finishes with a choke. Just to make Mir cry in his sleep, forever haunted by his demons.

Mir should be able to sub CroCop but we will have to wait and see.

His chin is his problem. You can’t really train your ability to take a punch. We saw that with Liddell against Franklin, all the training became irrelevant once Chuck’s chin was tapped. Same goes for Frank, his opponent always has a puncher’s , or in this case a kicker’s, chance.

The only thing I can think of is that he speaks with a bit of a condescending tone, as if everything he says is quite obvious.

This is unfortunate because while he is obviously very self-confident, he gives well thought out responses that seem to be truthful.

I have always liked this because it seems like he wants to give the fans credit for being intelligent and able to think for themselves. Why more people aren’t into this guy and less into the fighters using the tired pro wrestling schtick has been endlessly disappointing for me.