UFC QUOTABLES: Frank Mir on his UFC 119 fight with Mirko Cro Cop - "I guess a sh***y win is better than a sh***y loss."

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
















"I guess a sh***y win is better than a sh***y loss. Other than that, I'm really pissed off about my performance... I got really frustrated because with pushing him against the cage, I drilled so much on what to do from there, and I was making mistakes I wasn't making a month ago that I thought I had corrected. So halfway through the fight, I'm actually bitching to myself. ... I think that was part of my problem. I needed to clear my mind more... Without a single takedown, I was able to stand up for two and a half rounds with Mirko and get the knockout. I guess that's a bonus. That's the only positive I can take from this. At least I can rest easy knowing I didn't go to decision... I didn't huff and puff one time, and in the past, I've always sort of been known for (bad) conditioning. That wasn't a factor at all. I felt in great shape the whole time."

-Frank Mir talks about his performance against Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 119 in Indianapolis at the post fight press conference. (Transcribed by MMAJunkie.com)

Penick's Analysis: This was one of the worst main event fights in UFC history. Through fourteen minutes, both fighters seemed like they were engaged in a sparring match, and neither fighter wanted to do much of anything else. The fact that Mir caught Cro Cop gave some type of finish to the fight, but Mir is right to get on himself for that performance, because it wasn't good. But Cro Cop is back to another bad performance along the lines of his fight against Junior Dos Santos, and retirement talk will creep back into the conversation in the coming weeks.

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