Mir: Why I don't want to break JDS's arm |
Frank Mir recently defeated Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and broke the Brazilian legend's arm when he refused to tap from an armbar.
Mir didn't want to break Big Nog's arm, and he doesn't want to break Dos Santos' either. He'll take a win anyway he gets it, but for admittedly selfish reasons, he wants his competition looking good afterward.
"Honestly, I don't like the the fact that Nogueira didn't tap and got an arm broken," Mir told MMAjunkie.com. "He looked very sharp in that fight. I think it would have made me look better had he tapped and went on and had another two or three wins.
"Let's face it: You're only as good as your competition. If he doesn't fight anymore, if he doesn't fight at a high level, then I beat a guy at the end of his career. If he goes and strings together two or three wins, how good do I look?"
"If I grab (Dos Santos) and he doesn't tap, it's going to make me a little upset. I don't want to have to break his arm, but I want to win the fight.
"If he doesn't tap, he's 28 years old. He still could come back and do well. If he injures himself, he's a great athlete, so I don't it's not smart for him. ... If he starts feeling the pressure, come on guys. It's been 10 years. If you don't know what's going to happen by now."
"I got hit by a car, lost the title, had some s----- fights, stayed in it, back against the wall. Dana will tell you himself that he had a conversation with me that he was basically going to let me go if I didn't win impressively against Hardonk. I fought all the way back from that to submit Brock Lesnar to take on Antonio Nogueira for the interimn title. First guy to knock him out. In my past 10 fights, I'm 8-2 and now fighting for the title.
"I don't know what it is. I guess I'm stupid and don't know when to quit."
