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Cormier and Mir to lock horns on November 3

ESPN staff
September 4, 2012
Daniel Cormier manhandled Josh Barnett in his last outing © Getty Images
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Daniel Cormier, the 2012 Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix winner, will face former two-time UFC champion Frank Mir on November 3 in Oklahoma City.

The three-round fight will be a homecoming of sorts for Cormier, who was an All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State University.

"It feels good to go back to Oklahoma, where I haven't been in almost two years," Cormier told ESPN.com. "I lived there (in Stillwater, Okla.) from 1998-99 until 2010. It's like a second home to me.

"I've got all my people and my family at Oklahoma State. In Oklahoma City I have a lot of great friends. And I have a lot of friends in Dallas, which is a really big place for Oklahoma State graduates.

"I anticipate a pretty decent crowd and a lot of support on my side. So I'm going to go in there and do my thing and Cowboy Up."

Cormier, a native of Lafayette, La., who currently fights out of San Jose, California, will take a professional mixed martial arts record of 10-0 into the cage against Mir.

During his most recent bout on May 19, Cormier defeated former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett by unanimous decision in a lop-sided affair. That victory earned Cormier the Grand Prix title.

Mir (16-6) becomes the first active UFC fighter to participate in a Strikeforce-promoted bout. He looks to rebound from a second-round TKO loss on May 26 at the hands of current UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. Mir is a Las Vegas native and resident.

This article first appeared on ESPN.com

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