UFC heavyweight contender Frank Mir recently spoke to ESPN about his excitement on the upcoming year inside the Octagon.
Why is he excited you ask?
As previously reported, UFC will be absorbing the Strikeforce heavyweight talent roster in 2012. The former UFC champion discusses his thoughts on the subject, which you can read below courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
“We don’t have the type of depth that the other weight classes have and I think it’s only a benefit to move them (Strikeforce heavyweights) over to us. I guess I have a bad taste in my mouth because of what happened when I first started my career. I had to always hear about, ‘Oh, you guys are good, but the PRIDE guys would kick your butt.’ There is no comparison and then that frustration of not being able to get to them. And then when Nogueira came over and Mirko, ( I ) got a hold of them. ‘Yeah, but there is still Fedor.’ I don’t want to hear that. I want to know that anybody that is in the division, it’s like if you think you can beat me, ‘Hey Joe Silva, is he clear?’ Okay, cool, let’s fight. Now we can solve it you know? That whole unattainable thing just drives me insane.”