Daniel Cormier vs Frank Mir

by Dr. Octagon, J.D.

Daniel Cormier is actuallly older than Frank Mir. I always think of Mir as super old because he’s been in mixed martial arts for so long, but Cormier is a former Olympic wrestler, so he didn’t get into the sport until late.  Can’t wait for this fight.

Announcer Joe Rogan keeps on talking about how good Mir’s conditioning is and how great he looks. He looks the same as always and when you’re as big as Mir, it’s probably hard to develop some cardio at age 33.

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Round 1: Mir coming through with kicks, Cormier just backs up. Mir throwing a head kick. Cormier comes forward punching and ties Frank up against the cage. Cormier landing punches from the clinch a la Shane Carwin. He lands a punch and cranks the neck. Cormier kicks and punches.

Cormier is holding Mir against the cage and lands a heavy knee. He’s just grinding the larger Mir into the fence. Cormier ands two shots to the body. Knee to the body. Cormier is landing a lot of nice shots from the clinch. He’s kneeing Frank’s body. Cormier is really quick with those shots in the clinch. Frank looks tired already. Nice elbow from Cormier.

Cormier eats a big right from Mir. He grabs onto Mir and shoves him against the cage again. Cormier working the body. Mir is punching, but there isn’t much behind it. Cormier backs up and punches. Cormier kicks, slips, and Mir grabs his neck, but Cormier gets out. Big leg kick from Cormier knocks Mir off balance. Mir comes forward striking, but Cormier avoids it.

Round 2: Mir with leg kicks. Cormier throws a leaping kick. Mir is backing up. Cormier shoves him against the fence. Cormier landing kicks to the body from the clinch. Mir looks fucking gassed. Cormier steps away. Cormier lands a left and shoves Mir against the cage again.   Elbow from Cormier. Mir lands a left. He tries to grab Cormier’s head, but he’s sweaty as fuck.

Cormier shoves Mir into the cage again. Cormier teeing off on Mir’s belly tat. Uppercut from Cormier. Another savage pair of uppercuts from Cormier. Mir clinches, eats two puches. Cormier lands a right. Nice bodyshot from Cormier. The fighters clinch, referee Herb Dean breaks them up.

Round 3: Herb Dean wipes the sweaty beasts off. Cormier says he wants to fight, because he knows Frank is tired. Frank is throwing big kicks. Cormier gets a hold of him, pushes Mir against the cage, and works his body some more. Cormier lands another pair of punches. Frank lands a kick to the body. Cormier can probably take a lot punishment to the midsection.

Frank Mir lands a big kick and then a knee that looked like it went right to the cup. Cormier doesn’t give a fuck. He knows Mir is tired, walks through the low blow, and pushes Frank against the cage. Frank kicks the body again. Cormier lands another pair of shots and pushes Mir against the cage. Herb Dean separates them. Frank lands another kick to the body and comes after Cormier, but then he clinches up and Cormier turns him around.

Cormier is working the body again. The rotund fighter has way better cardio and dumps Mir on his ass with a single, lets him up, then punches him again. Mir’s got nothing left as Cormier mashes him into the fence. The crowd boos. Herb Dean finally breaks them up. Mir coming forward.  He needs a knockout, but he’s not working hard enough.

30-27 for Cormier on all cards.