Tough talk: Mir wants rematch with Lesnar to 'break his neck in the ring'
Las Vegan irritated at heavyweight's antics after July bout
By
ADAM HILL
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
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The postfight antics of Brock Lesnar after his unceremonious disposal of Frank Mir at UFC 100 in July sparked conversation about sportsmanship in mixed martial arts.
Recent comments by Mir during a radio interview aren't likely to do much good to the sport's image either.
Mir, who is 1-1 against the currently sidelined heavyweight champion, said he would like to fight Lesnar for a third time, and didn't hold back on what he'd like to do to the former professional wrestler.
"I hate who he is as a person. I want to break his neck in the ring," Mir said Friday in an interview with Mark Madden on WXDX-FM in Pittsburgh. "I want him to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries."
After Lesnar defeated Mir in July, he got in the Las Vegan's face and made an obscene gesture to Mir and the crowd. Lesnar then took the microphone and disparaged Mir and the Ultimate Fighting Championship's sponsors before making a comment about bedroom plans he had with his wife later that evening.
Mir said in the interview that those actions still irritate him seven months later.
"His very being bugs me just because I've seen a lot of children out there who look to athletes and martial artists as role models, and it just makes me cringe," he said. "I sit there and go, 'Man, I lost to this guy the second time around, and now people think that's the way to be -- be big, obnoxious and angry.' That's not right."
Mir acknowledges the feeling probably is mutual.
"We have anger toward each other. Everything I stand for he despises and dislikes, and I can tell you I truly do not like him as a person whatsoever," he said.
Mir will fight Shane Carwin for the interim heavyweight title on March 27 in Newark, N.J. The winner is the next likely opponent for Lesnar, who expects to be able to return to action sometime in the summer. He has been out since that July victory over Mir after a bout with diverticulitis.
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