New Heavyweight champion???

fearless_ufc_fan · 08-22-2005, 12:34 AM

If im not mistaken, Frank Mir and Andrei Arlovski have never fought to unify the Heavyweight Title....can anyone tell me why they are saying AA is the 'NEW' UFC Heavyweight Champion????

[Danny] · 08-22-2005, 12:36 AM

UFC gave it to him considering Mir wont be able to defend it for a long time from injuries.

fearless_ufc_fan · 08-22-2005, 12:45 AM

So i guess Mir's injuries were more serious than most people thought

angryjonny · 08-22-2005, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by fearless_ufc_fan

So i guess Mir's injuries were more serious than most people thought

No just the people who thought that didn't know what happened. He was lucky to come out of the accident alive. He got side swiped by a senior citizen. With him being on a motorcycle this is no minor fender bender and it basically destroyed his leg. It is unknown whether he will ever compete again.

[Danny] · 08-22-2005, 01:06 AM

Well this is from his trainer/manager:

"I want to clear few things: Frank wanted to fight Arlovski, l am the one that did not let him fight, he wouldn't be ready in october, l wanted to get him in his best shape to take Arlovski, so after warning Frank about the risk of the UFC do what they did, l called Joe Silva and told him about my decision and asked him to postpone Frank's return to December.

Joe was not happy and said that would not be possible. I understand the UFC position but l also want them to understand that we are not happy with that. Medical clearance was never the issue, Frank is recovered, their decision is for some other reason. Frank will be ready in december and we hope the UFC will have someone to fight him at that time.

Thank you all!
Ricardo Pires"

DrumzCT · 08-22-2005, 01:17 AM

Very very interesting. See if MMAWeekly gets anything on this soon

angryjonny · 08-22-2005, 01:19 AM

Of course he wants to be ready but I doubt he will perform the way he used to. Fighters come back prematurely all the time. Hopefully this isn't the case. I know a guy personally who broke his femur years ago and it still troubles him. The UFC could have postponed the fight for December. Tito held out for 14 months and there was no reasoning behind him. Frank has a legit issue and I think they would have been happy to oblige with postponing the fight. There was just talk that he wouldn't be ready then. Hence the reason his title was stripped. I could be wrong though. Maybe Mir isn't normal.

[Danny] · 08-22-2005, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DrumzCT

Very very interesting. See if MMAWeekly gets anything on this soon

I got it off of Subfighter.com

Thrash13 · 08-24-2005, 03:16 PM

That is good to hear. I hope Frank does come back in December. Then he can get a win or two under his belt, and he will surely be the #1 contender again if that is the case.

He might have to go through Sylvia and Buentello though before he gets Arlovski. Those 3, along with Mir, would be the heart of the heavyweight division from what I can see..

the_dishwasher2001 · 09-01-2005, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by fearless_ufc_fan

If im not mistaken, Frank Mir and Andrei Arlovski have never fought to unify the Heavyweight Title....can anyone tell me why they are saying AA is the 'NEW' UFC Heavyweight Champion????

for one mir stays hurt as the champ you have a certain time frame to defend the belt mir isnt meeting the time limit aa should be the champ hes been destroying challenger after challenger

SmashingMachine · 09-02-2005, 03:13 PM

I agree with decision to give AA the belt. It is only fair to him, and the other heavies. I don't think Frank and his group wanted to step back into the ring against a Hot AA right now. He needs some tune up fights first.