Carwin on Mir: Terrible Human Being or Mentally Unfit

Gotta love some pre-fight smack talk. We have a little bit already for the March bout between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin at UFC 111.

Frank Mir recently said about Brock Lesnar that he wanted “to break his neck in the ring” and that he wanted “to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries”. Mir is absolutely obsessed with avenging his loss to Lesnar, but first he has to get through Carwin. Mir has since apologized, But Carwin had this to say to MMABay:

“I did not see the interview so I can’t comment on what he might have said. I can tell you that any athlete wishing death upon a competitor is either a terrible human being or mentally unfit to fight. That type of talk and if it ever happened will take this sport backwards. Frank has been a part of the stone ages of MMA and it makes no sense why he would want or make comments that might damage a lot of the good he has participated in adding to this sport over the years.”

“Brock is a heel in the ring but at home he is a human, husband, father and friend to many. Wishing death or harm upon him doesn’t serve any purpose. I will do my best to make Frank’s dream of fighting Brock come true, unfortunately for them it will be a three round fight as I plan on winning both of those belts.”

I’m sure Carwin believes he will beat Mir, but the truth is Mir has never been bigger or stronger, and possibly never  better as a complete martial artist.

The other truth in this is that Carwin has never got in the cage with a fighter of Mir’s caliber. His toughest opponent has been Gabriel Gonzaga, now an afterthought in the UFC heavyweight division. And by the time Carwin and Mir do battle it will have been over a year since Carwin fought last in the UFC.

Shane Carwin seems like a nice guy and an ambassador for the sport. But I think his time is over come UFC 111.