Mir Back in the Hunt

Frank Mir’s crushing defeat of Cheick Congo this Saturday has thrust him back into the hunt for the heavyweight title.  Consider that Congo was considered the striker and Mir nearly KO’d Congo with his first shot.  Then Mir choked Congo out taking just 12 seconds over a minute to end the fight.

There are currently two top contenders, [Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez] that most fans would like to see fight Brock Lesnar for the title.  Shane Carwin was set to be Lesnar’s next opponent since he’s the number one contender.  That fight has been put on hold while Lesnar deals with a private medical condition that could put him out of the fight game for good.

Dana White has said that a decision will be made in the next six to eight weeks if there will be an interim title until Lesnar can return to the cage.  If so, it makes sense that Carwin would fight Velasquez for the interim championship.  But, the fact that when Velasquez fought Cheick Congo the fight went to a decision, might make a great argument to make the interim title fight Carwin vs Mir!

Truth be told, I don’t care who gets the interim title.  I’d just love to see Mir enter the octagon against a healthy Brock Lesnar for a third time!