Filed under: News , UFC Brock Lesnar Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir was invested in his fight with Antonio Silva in part because of what might happen next in his career if he won. Mir (17-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC) said a potential third fight with ex-champ Brock Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) served as motivation before he knocked out Silva (18-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in the first round of UFC Fight Night 61’s headliner. “I think it would be a huge, big fight,” he told MMAjunkie at the post-event press conference at Gigantinho Gymnasium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. “I think it would be something that would catapult my name even higher up.
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Frank Mir: Possible rubber match with Brock Lesnar was motivation for Antonio Silva – MMA Junkie