F. Mir reinforces Bellator (Photo: Reproduction Facebook Frank mir)
Another fighter with a history in the UFC will fight in the organization's biggest rival. The heavy weight Frank mir announced through social media, and after investigation by the North American website MMA Fighting, that it agreed with Bellator. Former Ultimate champion, Mir intends to fulfill one of his biggest dreams in his new home: facing Fedor Emelianenko, former Pride champion.
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Mir was one of the UFC's biggest names in the last decade, winning the heavyweight title on two occasions. First, in 2004, when he submitted the then champion Tim Sylvia with an armbar. After suffering a serious motorcycle accident, he lost his belt due to inactivity, and returned with mixed results. However, Mir managed to regain the title, on an interim basis, by becoming the first fighter to knock out Rodrigo Minotauro, at UFC 92. A few months later, at the historic UFC 100, he lost the unification duel with Brock Lesnar and then returned to alternating victories and defeats.
He is the second heavyweight to leave the UFC for Bellator in recent months, Roy Nelson he had already done the same, but Mir first amicably left Ultimate before agreeing with the new promotion. He is suspended for doping until April next year and will only be able to debut in his new home from this date. In addition to Tim Sylvia and Minotaur (twice), Frank mir also has significant victories over Mirko Cro Cop, Brock Lesnar, Pete Williams and Antonio Pezão, the latter in his only fight on Brazilian soil, at UFC Porto Alegre in February 2015.
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