Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos has issued the latest scouting report on Frank Mir, who fights the Brazilian bomber in the main event of UFC 146: “Dos Santos vs. Mir” on May 26, 2012 from the MGM Grand Garden Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
And I wouldn’t call it flattering.
“Cigano,” who was asked to switch up his training camp when his original opponent, Alistair Overeem, flunked a pre-fight drug test, isn’t buying into any of Mir’s pre-fight bravado.
In fact, he’s doing a little trash talk of his own, telling USA Today that Mir can only dream of being faster than him and also has a tendency to crumble when the going gets rough.
Those comments, after the jump.
“He previously said that he was faster than me. That’s only in his dreams. Mir’s boxing is reasonable. It’s OK. He takes advantage sometimes, just from the fact that he’s left-handed, but he’s really just pretty average with his boxing. All heavyweights hit hard. But compared to othe
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