Frank Mir Will be "a Lamb to the Slaughter Here"

The UFC Heavyweight Champion unification title fight between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar has been postponed due to a knee injury that Mir sustained training for the bout last week.

The rematch between Mir (12-3) and Lesnar (3-1) was originally scheduled to occur on May 23 at UFC 98. However, in lieu of Mir’s bum wheel, the donnybrook will now transpire as the main event of UFC 100 on July 11 in Las Vegas.

In their initial bout, and Lesnar’s debut with the promotion at UFC 81: Breaking Point, the 2000 NCAA heavyweight champion from the University of Minnesota demolished Mir, 29, until the mixed-martial-arts veteran managed to secure a kneebar that forced Lesnar, 31, to submit at 1:30 of the first round.

Since losing his inaugural foray in the UFC, Lesnar, who was invited to play in NFL Europa as a defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings, has become a dominant force in the octagon.

“The Next Big Thing” silenced the majority of his naysayers when he savagely pounded UFC legend Randy Couture in November to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion after only his fourth professional fight in the cage.

Despite the native of South Dakota’s freakish physical abilities, Mir refuses to believe that Lesnar is a worthy adversary, and he boldly predicts that he will “expose just how raw” the former three-time WWE champion actually is.

Lesnar, a machine that can bench-press 500 pounds, squat 700 pounds, and run the 40-yard dash in 4.75 seconds, snickered when he was informed of Mir’s remarks.

“You know what I like about this sport?” Lesnar asked rhetorically. “We can talk all we want, but then the fight comes, this shit is for real.”

Vince McMahon’s WWE is absolutely fake and Dana White’s UFC is undoubtedly legitimate.

Mir capitalized on Lesnar’s inexperience last February and he was the fight's clean victor. However, Lesnar has proven to be a quick learner, and Mir is in for, what the former Golden Gopher labeled, “a rude awakening.”

Mir should enjoy the next few months because, come July, as Marcia Donnelly once said on The Wire, he will be “a lamb to the slaughter here.”

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