När det kom på tal att den forne tungviktsmästaren Frank Mir skulle gå match mot Fabricio Werdum i Brasilien var han allt annat än intresserad av att acceptera matchen. Anledningen var att han inte riktigt känner sig bekväm med vad han tror fansen kan ställa till med.
”Werdum is a greatly improved fighter with phenomenal stand-up and I think his jiu-jitsu is some of the best in the world. The guy is awesome. The only reason why I at first said, ’hmmm, maybe not a good idea’ when I found out he wanted to fight in June in Brazil. I was like, ’Ah, I don’t know if that would be such a great idea, I don’t know if I’m gonna be that well received there.’ I’d have to go there for a whole week with my family, my wife and my children. I don’t think I’m in (Chael’s) boat yet, but at the same time if I go to a restaurant and someone is a Nogueira fan, what are they gonna do to my food? Brazilian fans, fans in general, can be kinda crazy and I’ve received quite a few crazy Emails. Google translate is a phenomenal thing but it kind of makes you cringe a little bit when you see what people wanna say.”, menar Mir i intervjun ovan.
Mir är nu istället inbokad på UFC 146 som hålls hemma i Las Vegas den 26 maj där han kommer att ställas mot Cain Velasquez.
