FRANK MIR

Francisco Santos Mir III (born May 24, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American mixed martial artist, competing in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion.

His father convinced him to begin wrestling, on the basis that it could help him avoid submissions; however, Frank attended Bonanza High School in Las Vegas, Nevada where he had a record of 44–1. He started wrestling during his junior year and lost his first nine matches but won the state championship as a senior in 1998. He was also on the school's football team that reached the Southern Zone semifinals in 1997 and where he played as fullback and defensive end. He also took up track and field in 1998 where his discus throw of 177 feet, 10 inches is still a Sunset Regional record.

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 by defeating Tim Sylvia by way of a first round submission. 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.

In the post-fight press conference Mir expressed his desire to fight a rubber match with Brock Lesnar.
Mir is scheduled to face Shane Carwin for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship on March 27, 2010 at UFC 111.


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