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Friday, March 09, 2007

Frank Mir out, Justin McCully in.

Announced today, former heavyweight champion Frank Mir will not be competing in the next Ultimate Fight night on Spike April 5th. Reports are that he is out due to injury. Although Mir is a big name fighter, I for one am glad he won't be competing and will be replaced by Justin McCully. Frank Mir has lost two of his last three fights while the relatively unknown is McCully has won his last three fights. I wonder if Mir will ever fight in octagon again. I've never been a huge fan of Mir's and I think it is time for the UFC to move on and try to bring the division back to life with newer, hungrier fighters. With the likes of Couture, CroCop, Brandon Vera, and Andre Arlovski in the Heavyweight division Frank Mir might serve best as a "gate keeper" for future up and comming fighters.

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