Former UFC heavyweight champion and current Bellator heavyweight Frank Mir has faced his fair share of big challenges over the years, and this past week he faced his latest – a 20,000-calorie burger. Mir and his family paid a visit to the Heart Attack Grill at Neonopolis off Freemont St. for a dinner with a difference, and met his match in the form of the frankly ridiculous “Octuple Bypass Burger.” After taking his essential medication – a shot of Fireball – Mir received his order, a towering creation that boasts a staggering eight beef patties, 16 slices of cheese, 40 slices of bacon, two tomatoes and one onion, all somehow constructed and housed in just one burger bun. In total, it weighed in at a hefty 19,964 calories and even Mir, who weighed in at an even 300 pounds on the restaurant’s electronic cattle scale (you eat unlimited food for free if you weigh 350 or more) knew he was facing an uphill battle to take this opponent down. “My initial thought is I’m probably not going to finish this, but I’m gonna go down swinging,” said an intimidated-looking Mir, before he got down to business and made a start on attacking the task at hand
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