Mir out of UFC 98

[cowboyronnie]

A planned rematch between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir for UFC 98 on May 23 that would have unified Lesnar’s UFC heavyweight title and Mir’s interim UFC heavyweight has been canceled.

Multiple sources have confirmed to FiveOuncesOfPain.com that the UFC was recently informed by Mir’s camp that he has been unable to train recently due to a back injury that could require surgery.

There is no word as to whether Lesnar will remain on the card against a new opponent or if he will be taken off the card entirely.

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[cowboyronnie]

Mir had actually re-developed into a legit fighter since the first win. Had you asked me a year ago whether I wanted to see a re-match, I would have said hell no. But now Mir was actually the #1 contender.

[Cammo101]

I wonder if they are going to pull Lesnar from the card. Nog and Randy are signed to fight, Carwin and Gonzaga go tomorrow, and Cain is not ready. Who does that leave Lesnar to fight? Junior dos Santos maybe? I wonder what Tim Sylvia is up to?

[cowboyronnie]

Kongo?

Dos Santos would have to be out of his mind.

Winner of Carwin vs Gonzaga has 8-9 weeks. If it's over quick, that could be doable.

[Cammo101]

Kongo?

Dos Santos would have to be out of his mind.

Winner of Carwin vs Gonzaga has 8-9 weeks. If it's over quick, that could be doable.

I think Kongo fights on the next card. He definitely has a fight coming up. Either Gonzaga or Carwin winning decisively and without taking much damage is the UFC's best case scenerio.

Sylvia, Rothwell, or Werdum would be ok on short notice. Plugging random guys into main event title fights can be tricky though.

[CPT]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The heavyweight title unification bout between champion Brock Lesnar and interim champ Frank Mir at UFC 98 on May 23 remains on despite arthroscopic surgery performed on Mir’s right knee earlier this week.

Fiveouncesofpain.com initially reported Friday that the bout was off because of a back injury sustained by Mir. It later corrected that to say it was a knee injury. And then MMAWeekly.com reported Mir had knee surgery.

UFC president Dana White said after the weigh-in for UFC 96 at the Nationwide Arena that he knew nothing of an injury by Mir. Mir and manager Dean Albrecht did not return messages.

“I don’t know anything about it, so I honestly couldn’t tell you anything about it,” White said of Mir’s injury and the report that the fight was off. “I’m not too worried about it now. If that were the situation, I’d know about it. I honestly don’t know right now. I haven’t talked to Frank and I haven’t talked to Lesnar and if that’s the situation, I’m not going to make any statements until I talk to everybody.”

But a source in Las Vegas close to Mir said his knee began swelling excessively last week after a workout. After an examination, Mir had arthroscopic surgery to “clean up” the knee.

Mir won the interim title from Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92 in December despite a training camp that was filled with injuries. Mir’s back was bothering him and he received frequent treatment on it in an attempt to enable him to compete.

An alternative would be to push the title bout back to UFC 100 on July 11 in Las Vegas, but White said because he had no information, he couldn’t comment.

Sounds like it's still on for now.

[Cammo101]

Sounds like Mir needs to get Dana on the phone.

[Chach]

That's because they wanted to make the big announcement during the show. UFC 100 is going to be the biggest PPV of all time. They are going to have THE two biggest names fighting on that card. BJ Penn said he wants to fight later in the summer, what are the chances that he's open to the July date? They will have Lesnar and GSP going and if they could get Penn, who would get an extra month by fighting at 100, that would be an insane card. Henderson and Bisping will likely be the 3rd big match but what sort of insane show would that be? mahalo
~Chach~