After landing a few leg kicks, Frank Mir is clipped by a straight punch, getting punched through the mat.. Herb Dean steps in.
From what I saw, the HW champion of the UFC dominated his opponent using the most basic of boxing fundamentals.
True Bogo......but without his great takedown defense he wouldn´t use it... And that takedown defense in the first minute was essential to the fight become a standup match...
Exactly. There is no referee to break the fighters when they clinch. The fight keeps going and going. The strong takedown defense was key to JDS being able to implement his plan of boxing Mir.