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Frank Mir Still Will Fight Out His Contract if UFC Doesn’t Release Him

February 23, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Frank Mir spoke with MMAjunkie about his desire for a release from his UFC contract and more. Some highlights are below:

On wanting his UFC release: “I think that Bellator and WSOF – Bellator, especially, I think the fact that they have those open contracts to where they allow their guys to fight as long as you’re not a champ and be able to compete in other areas. I think that’s a great thing, because the UFC really wants to lock people down and not let you fight, which, if you need to make a name for yourself and you want to be out there, I guess is a sacrifice you have to make. But I think it hurts you as martial artist and that’s what I want to be, a good martial artists. I want to be able to compete in other things. I have a very strong interest in doing kickboxing matches, because I want to test stand-up in just a stand-up round, where taking the shot and putting the fight on the ground is not an option. I think that would really test my skills and ability, and make me have to rise to become a better martial artist.”

On what he’ll do if he doesn’t get released: “When I get done with the suspension I’ll just fight out my contract and be able to move other places afterward.”

On trying to prove that he didn’t do anything wrong regarding his anti-doping violation: “I guess because of being a USA citizen, I’m very much into ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ and they’re very much the ‘guilty until proven innocent’ approach. Which, again, I understand. I’m not happy being on this side of it, but their only function in the world is drug testing. That’s why they have very much of a, they have all the power on their side, with none on the side of the athlete. That goes why that they’ll never be able to work for the NFL, but the players’ union wants it to be much more equal and they don’t have that.”

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