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Frank Mir Reacts To Failed Drug Test With Strange Explanation

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Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir returned at UFC Brisbane to face fellow legend Mark Hunt in the UFC Fight Night 85 main event. It wasn’t to be Mir’s night, as he fell by one punch knockout to the heavy handed ‘Super Samoan,’ but the 36 year old’s troubles didn’t end in the octagon that night. As well as having to consider his future options after such a crushing and one sided loss, Mir was this week notified of a potential USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) violation. The test results indicate he failed a dope screen on the night of the fight against Hunt.

It’s well known that Mir was a user of testosterone replacement therapy when TRT was the ‘in thing,’ but until this point he’s never actually failed a drug test, and his physique against Hunt in Brisbane would argue against the results of this test. Of course it’s not all about looks, but you could point out that Mir looked perhaps more out of shape than in his entire career in Australia. Here’s his statement to fans on Facebook:

So the word is now out that it was anabolic steroid metabolites that were found in Mir’s system, and he spoke during the phone booth podcast yesterday to give his reasoning. Thanks to BloodyElbow.com for the quotes:

“I couldn’t tell you a single restaurant I remember eating at. I even remember calling James and saying ‘do you remember where we ate?’ I had to write down all of the places we went. And even if I could figure it out; let’s say someone could document where I went. You’re telling me USADA are gonna go down, and, on my behalf, try to test all the different meats to see if, well, you know, kanagaroos are wild and this guy wanted to beef em’ up so he bought something that was very abudnant – in the study that I did – oral turinabol could be bought in powdered form.

You put it on the food and you bulk up your livestock, and you could sell it into the stores because now you get more bang for your buck. An animal that takes two years to reach maturity, you know, muscle weight, now in four months he’s bigger than he’s ever gonna be and you slaughter him. It’s a common practice. I don’t know, I’m not pointing the finger any where, I’m just saying there’s so many loopholes for me to sit there and go ‘where did it come from?’ Hell man, I don’t know, I really don’t. All I know is that I didn’t willingly take anything.”

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Four Possible Opponents For Mark Hunt’s Next Fight

Mark Hunt put in another top notch performance at UFC Fight Night 85, so what’s next for the heavy hitting ‘Super Samoan?’ The heavyweight division wouldn’t be the same without Mark Hunt, and he proved it once again with a thunderous knockout win against Frank Mir in Australia. The two mixed martial arts legends collided

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Mark Hunt put in another top notch performance at UFC Fight Night 85, so what’s next for the heavy hitting ‘Super Samoan?’

The heavyweight division wouldn’t be the same without Mark Hunt, and he proved it once again with a thunderous knockout win against Frank Mir in Australia. The two mixed martial arts legends collided in the UFC Fight Night 85 main event last night (Saturday March 19, 2016), but it was a purely one sided affair. For ‘The Super Samoan,’ it was just about finding the opening to land one fight ending strike.

That opportunity came in the opening round, with less than three minutes transpired, as Hunt launched a spectacular right hand that bounced off Mir’s head. As the ex-UFC heavyweight champion flopped to the canvas, the New Zealander walked off like a gangster. Another one punch KO under Hunt’s belt, and now a range of potential big fights await him.

So what’s next for Mark Hunt? We’ve picked out five possible opponents for the fan friendly ‘Super Samoan’ to battle next, check it out:

Winner of dos Santos vs. Rothwell

Another former UFC heavyweight champion in Junior dos Santos will tangle with Ben Rothwell at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 86 on April 10. Now might be the right time for Hunt to avenge his spectacular knockout loss to ‘Cigano,’ but that would all depend on ‘JDS’ getting past ‘Big Ben’ next month. Rothwell could also be a great fight for Hunt if he beats dos Santos, with either fight being worthy of headlining a Fight Night card, or perhaps a co-main on a pay-per-view.

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Reporter Asks Mark Hunt If He’s In Shape, Watch His Response

The guy asked what kind of shape Mark Hunt was in, Hunt’s reaction is priceless… Former K-1 world grand prix champion, Pride FC veteran and current UFC heavyweight contender Mark Hunt is perhaps the most likeable character in modern mixed martial arts. ‘The Super Samoan’ doesn’t just have a fan friendly style with his one

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The guy asked what kind of shape Mark Hunt was in, Hunt’s reaction is priceless…

Former K-1 world grand prix champion, Pride FC veteran and current UFC heavyweight contender Mark Hunt is perhaps the most likeable character in modern mixed martial arts. ‘The Super Samoan’ doesn’t just have a fan friendly style with his one punch walk off knockouts, he’s also one of the humblest men you’ll ever come across in the fight game. He meets former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir at this weekend’s stacked UFC Fight Night 85 card, and does so in front of a crowd that will be heavily on the New Zealander’s side.

In Mir, Hunt faces an accomplished and highly dangerous grappler who can also strike with significant knockout power, but the one shot ability of ‘The Super Samoan’ has seen him create highlight reels of many dangerous men over the years. One question that is ever hovering when Hunt is concerned is the shape he’s in. Against Stipe Miocic and Fabricio Werdum we saw the popular kickboxer go down in horrific losses, these defeats also displayed possibly the worst shape the heavyweight striker has appeared in during his UFC run.

Over the recent months we’ve seen numerous pictures of Hunt training in Thailand with the likes of John Wayne Parr, and his physique, although covered by tees and vests, has looked far more trim and muscular. Now, during an interview with our good friends down under Submission Radio, ‘The Super Samoan’ finally reveals what shape he’s in for tomorrow’s (Saturday March 19) bout against Frank Mir. Check it out, the stripping begins at around the 4:00 mark:

There’s more great content from Submission Radio on the next page, make sure you stick with us here at LowKickMMA for more cool fight coverage and news this weekend!

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Watch Mark Hunt & Frank Mir’s Awkward Staredown In Australia

Top-ranked heavyweights Mark Hunt and Frank Mir are headed for a pivotal clash in the main event of this Saturday’s (March, 19, 2016) UFC Fight Night 85 from the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Brisbane, Australia, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a little fun with one another in the build-up to the fight. That

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That was the case at Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 85 Media Day staredowns, where ‘The Super Samoan’ definitely took the edge off by removing his shirt when he noticed that he and Mir somehow showed up in the same clothes, inciting a bit of humor in a time that is supposed to be tense.

Check out the video from our friends Submission Radio right here:

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Frank Mir Issues Harsh Warning To Mark Hunt

Mixed martial arts heavyweight legends collide at UFC Fight Night 85 this weekend (Saturday March 19) in Brisbane, Australia as Mark Hunt and Frank Mir go at it. Both men have storied careers that ran parallel but never crossed over paths until this point, with Mir as the former UFC heavyweight champion and poster boy

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Now with the two finally set to meet for the first time in their illustrious timelines, we’ve seen quite a jovial rivalry up until this point. An extremely rare complimentary trash talk video can be seen at the end of this article, but has certainly been overshadowed by Frank Mir’s most recent comments. Check out what the heavyweight submission specialist told MMAJunkie.com during a recent interview. It’s chilling.

“I love leg locks and heel hooks and kneebars. They’re complex and hard to avoid. I feel like if we get down to the ground, defending his legs is going to be very difficult, especially because his main concern is getting up – not worrying about his feet.”

“I have the hip drive that when I grab something, it’s not going to be uncomfortable. He’s going to have to make the decision of it he wants to continue fighting or go ahead and lose that fight. When I say continue fighting, I mean if he taps, he can continue on (with his career). Kneebars and heel hooks at his age could take him out of competition for an extremely long time.”

“Even when we’re striking, I feel very comfortable that I’ll be winning the MMA aspect of the standup fight,” Mir said. “That’s because there’s takedowns involved. Mark can’t just come in and throw a four-piece combination and a low kick. He has to be worried about me grabbing his leg and taking him down and fighting his way back up. It changes the striking aspect. For my striking, I’ve learned to adapt it right off the bat for MMA. Even my jiu-jitsu, I adapt it very much for MMA.”

“I’ve finished fights from my feet, I’ve finished fights with my ground-and-pound, and I’ve finished fights from my back with a submission, from top with submission,” Mir said. “You name it, and I’ve finished a fight that way. Mark can’t the same thing. If he hasn’t finished the fight by knockout or TKO, how can he finish the fight?”

So, in short, the message from Mir is tap and you can continue fighting, if not, it may be the end of Mark Hunt’s fighting career. So much for the fun and games we were first seeing between these two legends of the game.

In closing, we could well see the end of either man’s career on Saturday down under, as a loss at this stage, particularly a brutal finish, could well mark the conclusion of their long stints as mixed martial artists. Let’s hope not.

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