Frank Mir out of title fight vs. Brock Lesnar

[Bio]

UFC interim heavyweight champ Frank Mir has suffered an injury that will force him out of an undisputed title fight against champ Brock Lesnar at UFC 98 on May 23 in Las Vegas.

Mir confirmed Friday evening his injury and withdrawal in an interview with BodyBuilding.com at the Arnolds Sports Expo. The injury was first reported by Five Ounces Of Pain.com.

"Hopefully the summertime," Mir said, when asked when he'll fight Lesnar. "It was supposed to be May 23 but I needed some scope done to my knee, so I got it done immediately last week. It'll be rushing to try to fight that soon because I can't really train for four to six weeks as far as sparring and wrestling and the real forms of training. Obviously I can hit the tread, but that's not a good idea, to get in shape for a fight on a treadmill."

MMAFighting.com has learned that the a new main event for UFC 98 will be announced tonight at UFC 96.

 

[slimjones]

Mir is a great opponent for Lesnar and definately needs to be on his A game for that fight so i agree 100% with that decision and i think Mir knows he needs to be as well! Id love to see him pull it again and think he can. He's a tough kid!

 

[MightyJohn]

Its really a shame he gets injuried ALOT and has several times in his career

 

[SacToSD]

So then who is Lesnar going to fight? Josh Barnett? lol

 

[1bigg]

Mir Out of UFC 98

Mir Out of UFC 98; Evans-Jackson In

 

[RONJON]

Mir Out of UFC 98; Evans-Jackson In

Yea that sucks but at least they gave us a good replacement fight

 

[Monossi]

I'll call it "Self Preservation" on Mir's part .......

 

[dapit26]

I'd rather see Evans and rampage fight anyways! We'll still get to see Mir and Brock fight , it's just been pushed back a month. Rampage better get in the gym and start up cardio because he was spent after the fight with jardine. He doesn't have much time either

 

[Ashop]

UFC interim heavyweight champ Frank Mir has suffered an injury that will force him out of an undisputed title fight against champ Brock Lesnar at UFC 98 on May 23 in Las Vegas.

Mir confirmed Friday evening his injury and withdrawal in an interview with BodyBuilding.com at the Arnolds Sports Expo. The injury was first reported by Five Ounces Of Pain.com.

"Hopefully the summertime," Mir said, when asked when he'll fight Lesnar. "It was supposed to be May 23 but I needed some scope done to my knee, so I got it done immediately last week. It'll be rushing to try to fight that soon because I can't really train for four to six weeks as far as sparring and wrestling and the real forms of training. Obviously I can hit the tread, but that's not a good idea, to get in shape for a fight on a treadmill."

MMAFighting.com has learned that the a new main event for UFC 98 will be announced tonight at UFC 96.

thats too bad,,,,thats a fight ive been looking forward to seeing again.

 

[RONJON]

Yea i wanna see the MONSTER now! haha maybe he could fight Carwin?

 

[gungalunga]

The Lesnar vs Mir fight is still going to happen. It just got pushed back to July 11th.