Frank Mir Not Really Sorry For Brock Lesnar Comments
Although Frank Mir apologized for his recent death comments targeted towards UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, he doesn’t really feel sorry about what he said.
Mir has never shied away from speaking his mind in the past, and is a bit suprised at the reaction he has received.
“When I got called in and they told me, ‘Listen man, this is an issue,’ I kind of had a smirk on my face the whole time,” Mir told SI.com. “I was like, you’re kidding, right? This is a joke, right? I’ve heard people say that this is to the death. I’ve heard people say about an opponent, ‘I’m going to kill him.’ I’ve heard Brock say he was going to put his hand up my rear end to pull out a horseshoe. I didn’t hear anyone get too upset about that.
No one’s been able to explain it to me yet. I thought we understood that what we say on camera is part of the entertainment aspect of our sport and we kind of get a little artistic license. It’s not like I said this to my neighbor, that if his dog shows up in my yard one more time I’m going to kill him. That would be bad. That’s a problem. I didn’t understand it, but hey, it came my way, I said it, and I can’t cry about it now. I’ve just got to deal with it, I guess.”
While Mir wants nothing more than to have his rubber match with Lesnar, he needs to first worry about his UFC 111 opponent Shane Carwin. The two are set to fight for the interim heavyweight title on March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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