Lorenzo : Velasquez vs Mir in the works

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  1. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    According to UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta, former UFC heavyweight champions Frank Mir (16-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) and Cain Velasquez (9-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) are on a collision course, while familiar foes and former light heavyweight champs Forrest Griffin (18-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) and Tito Ortiz are in line for a trilogy bout.

    Fertitta revealed the planned matchups overnight via Twitter.

    No date for either fight was revealed.

    Mir currently boasts a three-fight win streak that includes a gruesome submission win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at this past December's UFC 140 event. Mir's run also includes a May 2011 decision win over Roy Nelson, as well as a September 2010 knockout of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic.

    Mir, who won the UFC's heavyweight title in 2004 before a motorcycle accident forced him to vacate the belt, also won an interim title in 2008. He's 7-2 in his past nine fights, but both losses have come to wrestling stylists in the form of Shane Carwin and Brock Lesnar.

    Meanwhile, Velasquez looks to rebound from a November loss, in which he surrendered the UFC title to Junior Dos Santos at the UFC's first-ever FOX-televised event. The defeat was the first of Velasquez's career, a run that included nine-straight wins to open his career, including seven fights in the octagon.
     
    thewinfella, Feb 17, 2012
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  2. leejunfan777

    leejunfan777 Guest

    Frank is about to get destroyed
    he got rocked against big nog's stangup & big nog got destroyed by cain's standup
    seems logical
    perhaps not
    i guess mir's fanboys will think otherwise
     
    leejunfan777, Feb 17, 2012
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  3. Primate

    Primate Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And Mir dropped Kongo, but Kongo rocked Cain multiple times.
     
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  4. Primate

    Primate Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Anyways, is it just me or is Lorenzo taking a much more public role lately?
     
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  5. greathamza

    greathamza Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He is getting out there more as of lately
     
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  6. Tuffnutz

    Tuffnutz ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Getting ready to get rid of Dana. :yep
     
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  7. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    RIP Frank Mr
     
    thewinfella, Feb 18, 2012
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  8. timmyjames

    timmyjames PTurd curb stomper Full Member

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    I was thinking that too.
     
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  9. mckay_89

    mckay_89 Haw you! Full Member

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    I'd rather Mir v Werdum and Cain v Bigfoot to be honest, more interesting fights.
     
    mckay_89, Feb 18, 2012
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  10. timmyjames

    timmyjames PTurd curb stomper Full Member

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    mir werdum would be a great fight
     
    timmyjames, Feb 18, 2012
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  11. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Gonna go out on a limb here (see what i did there LMAO) and say if this fight ever materialized, Velasquez would get the W
     
    Beouche, Feb 18, 2012
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  12. horst

    horst Guest

    Agreed. These are both much better fights. Mir vs Cain is yet another easy-to-predict formulaic fight, much like Brock vs Overeem. Obviously Cain will smash Mir up in a kickboxing match, there is no other possible outcome unless Mir lands a Hail Mary, but he won't.
     
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  13. AJAX

    AJAX war sonnen! Full Member

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    I think most agree, but the reason must be to get the next #1 contender. Mir has won 3 straight and Cains former champ so winner would likely get shot. Nobody else right now stands out. Werdum only has 1 win and Bigfoot isn't near a shot yet.
     
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  14. Anarchy99

    Anarchy99 Babalu will KILL You! Full Member

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    ****! If Mir made it a grappling match I'd say Mir all day BUT Mir will have wayyyy to much confidence in his Kickboxing and get caught by a barrage.
     
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  15. rusty nails

    rusty nails Tszyu for PM!! Full Member

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    im a massive mir fan but cain is the worst possible matchup out there for him. this will be a demolition
     
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