UFC Fight: Frank Mir Wants BrocK Lesnar To Die In The Ring

UFC fighter Frank Mir's longstanding grudge with former wrestler Brock Lesnar shows no signs of dissipating, and in a radio interview last week, Frank Mir raised the stakes by saying that if he gets a third fight with Brock Lesnar, he'll be motivated by a desire to break Brock Lesnar's neck and see him die in the ring! That might not sound like a big deal at first, but the problem is that he didn’t say it in the “Dude, you're totally dead” kind of way that B.J Peen did.

During a radio interview with former WCW commentator Mark Madden, he stormed: "I want to fight Brock Lesnar. I hate who he is as a person”. Frank Mir said it in the extremely detailed and very literal way, as in, "I'd rather go ahead and say what's on my mind than to sit there and come up with some PC 'Oh, the guy is a great fighter and I have a lot of respect for him.' If I don't mean it, why is it even coming out of my mouth? ... I want to fight Lesnar. I hate who he is as a person. I want to break his neck in the ring. I want him to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries. That's what's going through my mind."

Those comments are disastrous, and they don't reflect the good sportsmanship that Frank Mir usually stand up for. Perhaps Frank Mir is just trying to play up his rivalry with Brock Lesnar, but he says he truly hates Brock Lesnar, whom he beat in 2008 and who beat him in 2009.

In the Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar UFC fight galnce, Brock Lesnar retained his UFC heavyweight title in dominating fashion and avenged his only loss with a dominating second-round stoppage of Frank Mir at Las Vegas. The former collegiate wrestling champion easily threw his more experienced opponent to the ground early in each of the two rounds and rained punches to the head of his over matched foe.

In the second round, the blows were too overwhelming, and referee Herb Dean had to step in to rescue the semiconscious Frank Mir. Brock Lesnar improved to 4-1, while Mir dropped to 12-4. Brock Lesnar used his superior size and strength to keep Mir pinned to the mat in each of the two rounds. The UFC heavyweight champion was able to land numerous hard punches on Mir and opened up an assortment of cuts and bruises on his arch rival, who had submitted Brock Lesnar in his first UFC bout nearly 18 months ago.

Four days after scorning it, Frank Mir joined the bandwagon of cookie-cutter responses. The former heavyweight titleholder raised hackles with officials at the Ultimate Fighting Championship after saying he would go into a fight against Brock Lesnar with death on his mind. Now the company has forced Mir to eat his words in a press release issued today by UFC:

"I would like to apologize to Brock, his family, the UFC and the UFC fans for my stupid remarks. I respect Brock, all the other fighters, and the sport of mixed martial arts. I'm sorry that I stepped out of line." Frank Mir apologized in an interview.

Perhaps now Frank Mir can simply focus on his real fight. He faces Shane Carwin at next month's UFC 111 show for an interim heavyweight belt. On the other hand, Brock Lesnar can wait.