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The following bouts are included:

Frank Mir vs. Roberto Travem, Pete Williams, Ian Freeman, David "Tank"
Abbott, Wes Sims, Wes Sims II, Tim Sylvia, Mario Da Cruz, Dan
Christison, Antoni Hardonk, Brandon Vera, Brock Lesnar I, Minotauro
Nogueira I, Brock Lesnar II,  Cheick Kongo, Shane Carwin, Mirko CroCop,
Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira II

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Biography
Born into a martial arts family, a young Mir learned the basics of combat from his father's
Kenpō karate school in Las Vegas. While watching the first Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC) event, UFC 1: The Beginning, Mir was not yet convinced of the benefits in learning
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: "I was fourteen watching the first UFC with my father and everyone was
getting taken down and choked out by this scrawny Royce Gracie. I could not believe it was
happening! My dad wanted to learn what they were doing right off the bat, but I defended
what I already knew. I thought I could adjust for it. I felt I could defend against jiu-jitsu
instead of being humble and trying to learn it." His father convinced him to begin wrestling,
on the basis that it could help him avoid submissions; however, "I was covering up a
weakness rather than fixing one," Mir suggested. Despite losing his first seven wrestling
matches, Mir went on to win the state heavyweight wrestling title in 1998.[3] In 2004 after
defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC 48: Payback Mir received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from
Ricardo Pires after only 5 years of training.

Mir worked as a bouncer at the Spearmint Rhino strip club in Las Vegas before entering the
UFC,[4] and continues to work as Director of Security there while pursuing his UFC career.[5]
In addition to fighting, Mir also is a color commentator for World Extreme Cagefighting.


MMA career
Mir met UFC matchmaker Joe Silva at a school Silva was visiting. Silva saw potential in Mir as
a future UFC fighter and suggested that he first prove himself against some fighters in the
mixed martial arts community. Mir would make his professional MMA debut against Jerome
Smith at HOOKnSHOOT: Showdown on July 14, 2001. Mir won the bout by judges' decision
after two rounds. He won another match by submission at IFC Warriors Challenge 15. After
these events, Silva proposed a match up between Mir and Roberto Travern, a new UFC
fighter; Mir accepted the offer.[citation needed]

Mir defeated Roberto Travern by armbar at 1:05 of round one at UFC 34: High Voltage on
November 2, 2001. The submission earned Mir the "Tapout of the Night" award.

Mir's next match in the UFC was against Pete Williams and took place at UFC 36: Worlds
Collide on March 22, 2002. Mir submitted the veteran Williams (who had never been
submitted before) with a shoulder lock (that has since been named after Mir[6]) in only 0:46
in the first round.

He faced Ian Freeman, at UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall, held in London, England on July 13,
2002. Despite several leglock attempts by Mir, Freeman achieved side control at around four
minutes into the first round, landing numerous elbows and punches on Mir's head. After
Freeman separated, the referee signaled an exhausted Mir to stand back up. A time out was
called due to an apparent cut on Mir's face, and the referee stopped the fight when a wobbly
Mir had difficulty standing up.

On June 26, 2003 Mir fought Wes Sims at UFC 43: Meltdown. Mir won by disqualification at
2:55 of round one after Sims stomped down on Mir's face after slamming his way out of
Mir's armbar attempt. They would rematch at UFC 46: Supernatural on January 31, 2004.
Frank Mir won by knockout at 4:21 of round two.


Heavyweight champion
On June 19, 2004, Mir faced Tim Sylvia for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at
UFC 48: Payback. Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 50 seconds into the first round
when Mir's armbar visibly broke Sylvia's right forearm. Mir trapped Sylvia’s right arm in an
armbar attempt. When Sylvia tried to pull out of the hold, Mir jerked back harder and Sylvia’s
radius bone snapped about 3 inches below his elbow. Sylvia repeatedly claimed his arm was
not broken, even touching it and moving it around to show he was O.K. Sylvia was taken to
the near by hospital where an x-ray showed that his arm was in fact broken.

With this TKO win Mir became the new UFC Heavyweight Champion and later received his
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black-belt for his performance in the fight.[7]


Motorcycle injury
On September 17, 2004, Mir was knocked off his motorcycle by a car. The accident caused a
break in Mir's femur and tore all the ligaments in his knee. The bone had broken in two
places but the injury did not end Mir's career as a fighter. Major surgery was needed to
repair the bone in his leg. An interim heavyweight title was created whilst Mir was recovering
from the injury, which Andrei Arlovski won. On August 12, 2005, the UFC learned that Mir
was not able to fight Andrei Arlovski in October as scheduled, thus Mir was stripped of the
title after 14 months, and Arlovski was promoted to the undisputed UFC heavyweight
champion.[8]


Return to the UFC
Mir recovered from his motorcycle accident and fought Márcio Cruz at UFC 57: Liddell vs.
Couture 3 on February 4, 2006. In a shocking upset, Mir was defeated by the relative
newcomer in the first round by TKO due to strikes. Initially, referee Herb Dean called for a
break to check a large cut on Mir's face. Mir was given the opportunity to continue, and did
so.

Mir returned to the Octagon on July 8, 2006 at UFC 61: Bitter Rivals and faced Dan
Christison.[9] Mir had gained a considerable amount of weight since his last appearance and
quickly became exhausted. Mir won by unanimous decision after three rounds, the judges all
scored the bout 29-28.[10]

Mir next faced Brandon Vera at UFC 65: Bad Intentions. Mir was unable to mount any
significant offense against Vera, and lost by TKO at 1:09 of the first round.[11]

Frank Mir was scheduled to fight Antoni Hardonk at UFC Fight Night 9 on April 5, 2007, but
had to drop out due to a shoulder injury.[12]Mir recovered from the shoulder injury and
fought Antoni Hardonk at UFC 74 and won via kimura in 1:17 of the first round.[13]

Mir fought Brock Lesnar at UFC 81 on February 2, 2008. Early in the first round, Lesnar took
Mir down and, while striking from Mir's guard, landed a couple of illegal punches to the back
of Mir's head, drawing a foul and a one-point deduction from referee Steve Mazzagatti.[14]
They were stood up and Mir was given a brief recovery period, but Lesnar quickly took Mir
down again. When Lesnar escaped an armbar attempt, Mir caught him with a kneebar,
causing Lesnar to tap out at 1:30 of the first round.[15]


The Ultimate Fighter Season 8
Spike TV on May 12, 2008 announced that the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira and former champion Frank Mir would be the coaches for the eighth
season of The Ultimate Fighter.[16]

The season, which premiered on Spike TV on Sept. 17, returned to the two-weight class
format. It featured light heavyweight and lightweight fighters.[17] Production on season
eight began in late May, with the entire cast announced in September.[17]


Interim Heavyweight Champion
Frank Mir fought Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92 for the UFC Interim Heavyweight
Championship.[18] Frank Mir won in the second round via TKO due to strikes, showing
much improved striking by knocking Nogueira down twice in the first round, and once in the
second. He also scored a Judo-trip takedown in round one.[19] Herb Dean stopped the
match at 1:54 of the second round.[19] Nogueira's loss marked the first time he had lost a
fight by TKO.[20] In a post fight interview, Mir credited his improved striking to a drastic
improvement in conditioning.[21] Frank Mir's victory over Nogueira set in place a re-match
with the UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar for the Undisputed Heavyweight
championship.[22] However, Mir has stated, that in his opinion, holding victories over former
Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92 and current UFC
Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at UFC 81 is enough to recognize him as the owner of
the ‘real belt’.[23]


Personal life
Frank and his wife Jennifer have two children together, Isabella and Kage, while Jennifer has a
son, Marcus, from a previous relationship who Mir helped raise and is in the process of
formally adopting .[24] The couple is expecting their third child, a girl, in June 2009. [25]
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