Frank Mir

Frank Mir, a 6'3" southpaw heavyweight with an 18-11 professional record, built his career as a well-rounded grappler with dangerous submission prowess. Across his tenure, Mir averaged 2.02 takedowns per 15 minutes with 40% accuracy and 2.0 submission attempts per 15 minutes, establishing himself as a submission threat in the heavyweight division.

His striking output of 2.18 strikes landed per minute at 47% accuracy reflects his reliance on grappling exchanges rather than volume striking, though he absorbed 3.84 strikes per minute at a 38% defense rate—a weakness that manifested throughout his career. Mir's recent fight record shows volatility: he defeated Roy Nelson via unanimous decision in May 2011 and notched a third-round TKO over Mirko Filipovic in September 2010, but suffered knockout losses to Shane Carwin (round one, 2010) and Junior Dos Santos (round two, 2012), followed by a unanimous decision loss to Andrei Arlovski in 2015.

His mixed recent results and advancing age have left him outside title contention in a heavyweight division increasingly dominated by younger athletes with superior cardio and striking defense.