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Frank Mir 'talks a lot of bulls**t' - Dos Santos

ESPN staff
July 13, 2011
Junior Dos Santos destroyed Shane Carwin © Getty Images
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The UFC's No. 1 heavyweight contender Junior Dos Santos has finally bitten back at Frank Mir, who recently claimed he hits harder than the Brazilian.

Dos Santos is preparing for the biggest fight of his life when he takes on champion Cain Velasquez for the heavyweight title. Cigano has only lost once in his MMA career, and in his last outing he became the first man to outclass Shane Carwin on his feet.

However Mir, who lost his fight to Carwin, is convinced he hits harder than Dos Santos, who is widely regarded to have the best hands in the heavyweight division. Mir points to moments like UFC 107, when he clubbed Cheick Kongo to the mat, but Dos Santos finds the American's claim amusing.

"Look… when a fighter begins either to lose, or not to get satisfactory results, what does he do to promote himself? He talks. And it is what he's doing," a laughing Dos Santos told Fighters Only.

"Frank Mir is a guy who likes to talk a lot, talks lots of bulls**t and I don't believe he hits harder than me. He certainly may hit hard - he is a heavyweight, a former champion and it is not to be underestimated - but he also is very talkative.

"And regarding revenge for Nogueira's loss [to Mir], it's not even a factor. I think I would fight Mir any day - if he qualifies himself to face me because, thanks to God, I am a bit ahead of him.

"But if one day he qualifies, I will fight him with pleasure and will give 100 per cent of myself to win the fight and he would feel who would hit harder."

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