Originally posted by: JunkieDog
Date: March 19, 2010 at 09:07 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/mirs-plan-to-make-285-abondoned.23524/
Brown_Pride said:
Pretty solid self-analysis on Mir's part. Still don't like the fact that he's talking about Lesnar only weeks before his fight with another powerhouse wrestler. Just win your fight with Carwin, Frank, before you start thinking about a potential 3rd fight with Brock.
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If Mir was able to hit a very solid and cut 285, have the cutting technique down pat to where he could drop to 265 for the weigh ins and be back to 280 or so the next night while suffering no ill effects.... AND maintain the speed, agility and flexibility to go along with the same skill set he had at 245.... don't kid yourself, that's what he'd be doing. He's found that it's not going to be possible and that he doesn't NEED to be there. Like a lot of us have been saying all along, all he needs to do is
close the gap
enough to where his jitz skills aren't squashed by the superior size and strength of Lesnar.
About all the posts re: Mir supposedly over looking Carwin while thinking too much about what's AFTER that... I'd venture to guess that none of you have ever competed at a level beyond high school, have you? I know from first hand experience and from personal friendships with guys who have competed at a very high level (D 1 wrestling, D 1 football, pro baseball) the fact that Mir spends so much time and energy on Brock is not only not unusual, it'd be completely dishonest of him to pretend otherwise! Now, if he built THIS training camp around the premise he was fighting Brock NEXT, that'd be one thing. To think that he IS..... well, that's just plain foolish. For one thing, everyone involved with his camp wouldn't let it happen. It's hard enough to toil in the background for little to no reward, think they want him to LOSE to boot, because they were part and parcel to his delusions?? I seriously doubt it, man.
It's not like MIr is calling these reporters up and offering up answers to questions they haven't even asked him yet. He's doing what he always does, answers the questions asked of him, with truth and candor. What, it'd be better to hear him saying "well, I haven't actually thouht about Brock in two months. Not since we signed the contract for Carwin. Now, when and if I get by Shane, I'll take some time off and regroup, then maybe if DW tells me that Brock is my next opponent, then I'll start the initial stages of figuring out how I'll deal with....etc..etc...etc..."???
Yeah, sure. If you like people lying to you that's what you'd want to hear!
