Frank Mir (18-13 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) admits his fighting days may soon be coming to an end – but he’s hoping Javy Ayala (11-7 MMA, 6-4 BMMA) will help him in making his final decision. Mir, who submitted to Ayala strikes at this past weekend’s Bellator 212 event in Hawaii after suffering a fracture to the alveolar ridge of his jaw, says he’s not comfortable making a career decision of that magnitude just yet for one very simple reason: His mouthpiece wasn’t in place during the series of strikes that caused the injury, and he simply can’t be certain how much of a role that may have played. “You start drawing questions whether you should still fight again, but then I have to start counting in how much did the mouthpiece create a factor into the outcome of the fight,” Mir said on the latest edition of his “Phone Booth Fighting” podcast . “Obviously, it was a huge factor in the outcome.” Related Twitter reacts to Frank Mir submitting to strikes vs. Javy Ayala at Bellator 212 The heavyweight matchup was certainly going Mir’s way in the opening frame, with the submission expert getting top position and threatening Ayala’s limbs. But things took a turn for the worse in the second, with Ayala using some dirty boxing to draw blood from Mir and also knock out his mouthpiece
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