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UFC QUOTABLES: Frank Mir says Shane Carwin is more dangerous for him than Brock Lesnar

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Mar 14, 2010 - 10:20:59 PM

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I think he's very similar to Brock Lesnar. He's somebody that's strong, and he's a good wrestler. But I think that Carwin, in a lot of ways, is actually more dangerous for me... Brock and Carwin are both better wrestlers than I am. Most likely, they'll both be able to take me down. Most likely, they'll both be able to win the fight if I get stuck against the cage on my back with my head jammed up. But with that being said, with Lesnar, on my feet, I have no real anxiety about standing there and boxing. He's knocked people over because he clubs people with his hands, but he's not really a knockout artist. Carwin has actually knocked people out... In a fight with Lesnar, the goal is to keep it on the feet, and I'll win the fight. With Carwin, if I say just keep it on my feet and I fall asleep on him while looking for the shot, I can easily go to sleep if I get caught. He's shown the ability to knock people out. To me, he's a dual threat."

-Frank Mir talks to MMAJunkie.com about the differences between Brock Lesnar and his UFC 111 opponent Shane Carwin.

Penick's Analysis: If Carwin is a more dangerous opponent for Mir he's in a hell of a lot of trouble after the beating that Lesnar gave him last summer. But I get what he's saying here, because Carwin's hands are a proven knockout threat, Mir does have more of a risk in the standup game against Carwin than he does against Lesnar. Still, we don't know how Carwin will be able to do later in a fight as he hasn't hit the midpoint of the first round in a fight yet. It's an intriguing matchup for sure, and it's for the tools that Carwin does have to bring as a challenge to Mir that make it so. This should be a hell of a fight on the 27th.

[Frank Mir art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

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Mark
15 Mar 2010, 10:03

The cynic in me believes that this sudden praise for Shane Carwin is Mir's attempt to once again insult the man who pounded Mir almost to death last Summer. That's all this is; More Brock bashing.