Mir was going to get ****ed up badly. I've said it before, but I thought he'd become more experienced, he FREEZES in bad positions. He was in the process of getting ****ed up ala Carwin. If Mir puts strikes on you or locks a sub then he is good but if you put him in a bad spot and more times than not he'll freeze and the win becomes routine. Carwin, Barnett, Lesnar etc are good but he gets held and beat up for so long that eventually he has to risk moving in a way that could get him caught in a sub etc but he doesn't. He just freezes and gets beat up.
I've always said Mir is just good enough to be able to win, but not good to actually win, at least the last while. He will always have people saying he could win if he did this, came in like that, etc, creating interest, but he won't win. Not against fighter's on their way up. Ever again. He'd beat Couture right now though
Mir was a "killing machine" until Ian Freeman beat the shite out of him, which was before he got seriously injured on his motorbike. Mir has been over-hyped and overrated since he first entered the UFC. That said he has always fought the best and never pulled a sickie..Dana will probably give him one or two more, then advise him to retire gracefully (ala Chuck).
I'm curious to know how many people actually believe that it was a premature stoppage vs Barnett. I'm shocked that Dana lashed out about it too. One thing MMA and UFC have prided themselves on is not letting their fighters take the repeated punishment to the head. I thought, it was the refs goal to stop the fight as soon as a fighter loses consciousness? How can you "intelligently defend yourself", if you're lights go out? And is there any argument that Mir was knocked unconscious? His body went limp and he dropped. Just because he woke back up quickly, does not negate the fact that he was asleep for a couple seconds
