“I don’t know if he’s ever really lost his step. I just think the fighters now in the UFC are just a little bit more aggressive than the fighters in PRIDE…I think Cro Cop has a good sprawl, he has a good double underhooks. I think if I were to try to just drop and shoot on him, he would stop my shot. I think standing up with him is actually the route to go at first and then eventually when you work in the clinch, going to the ground is obviously a lot easier to do with him than Nogueira.”
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir (13-5) was a guest on The MMA Hour on Monday to speak about his upcoming UFC 119 main event fight against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? on Sept. 25 in Indianapolis. Mir had been scheduled for a rematch against Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira but the Brazilian was forced to withdraw so he could have surgery for his hip and knee.