Frank Mir plans on doing a little education at UFC on Fox 7. The former UFC champ plans on educating Daniel Cormier not only in the Octagon, but also by letting Cormier know what weight class he belongs in.
Mir spoke to Sherdog about his upcoming fight with Cormier and, as usual, didn’t show the slightest drop in confidence.
“I think he’s in the wrong weight class,” Mir said. “So far he’s been successful at it, so it’s one of those things that I have to help him out with and show him this isn’t the weight class for him and he can drop to 205.”
Cormier has hinted in the past at dropping to light heavyweight, but he seems perfectly fine with taking out another former UFC champion prior to making any changes in weight. Dropping to light heavyweight has always been a discussion point with fans, as Cormier is routinely the smaller man in the cage.
Yet, the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix winner has managed to use his lack of size to an advantage, focusing on speed and precision.
Cormier will be the smaller man once more as he takes on Mir, who has tipped the scales at 265 pounds in the past and completely changed his physique following the loss to Brock Lesnar at UFC 100. However, Mir doesn’t believe his weight will be his biggest advantage at UFC on Fox 7.
“Size won’t matter as much as I think reach is more important; my reach is 79 inches,” Mir said.
By comparison, Cormier‘s reach comes in at 71 inches. Along with the four inches of height advantage for Mir, Cormier will certainly look to get inside.
Even though Mir believes size won’t be the be-all and end-all difference in the fight, the former UFC champion does think it will wear Cormier down.
“If he wants to throw me around, he’s going to do that to someone who outweighs him by 40 pounds…Moving around with a guy bigger than you is very fatiguing.”
However, Cormier isn’t just a one-trick pony with his wrestling. We’ve seen his stand-up prove dramatically and he even owns a TKO over Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Still, Mir isn’t intimidated by the fight being contested on the feet.
I think his striking looks the way it does because he’s not afraid of being taken down…If he wants to strike, I’ll out-strike him on the feet; I’m not worried about the takedown. I’ve already acknowledged he’s a better wrestler than me. So if he takes me down, I’m a better jiu-jitsu guy, so I’ll just break his arm.
Mir continued with the grappling talk, believing that he has more room for error than his opponent.
“If I make a mistake, he picks me up and slams me; that’s one thing. If he makes a mistake, you know he’s visiting an orthodontist to fix his arm.”
Well, I don’t know if Cormier has any dental issues, but at least Mir gave it his all in the latest round of trash talk between these two.
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