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Frank Mir Is Excited to Face Javy Ayala at Bellator/USO Salute the Troops

December 12, 2018 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Frank Mir spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with Javy Ayala at Bellator and USO Present: Salute the Troops. Highlights are below:

On his excitement in facing Ayala: “Look, Javy Ayala is explosive. He has a talent to him. He really does. Does he have a lot of holes in his game? He does. Obviously, his grappling is an area that, it’s no secret, I’m going to try and put him in that area and see how he responds. But, that being said, Sergei Kharitonov is a much better striker than Javy Ayala. They fight each other 100 times, you can’t get me to bet on Javy Ayala in that fight. They fought, Javy Ayala turned his lights off. He put him in a seizure. He landed that big (expletive) right hand. So that’s nerve-raking, and you can’t sleep on this guy, so I was like, ‘What can I do?’ I’m like, ‘I bet you if I had my daughter in the corner – now let’s see if you’re going to whoop my ass in front of my child.’”

On his children getting into MMA: “I’ve accomplished great things in my life to this point. A lot of people would say, ‘You’ve done enough. Why risk getting hit in the head more or going out there and taking losses.’ That’s not why I’d be getting in a fight anyways. I love martial arts, and it’s a passion for me. It’s my religion. Now my children – and right now Bella, the heaviest – has that same passion, so it’s something now that – once I knew she wanted to be a fighter, I started preparing myself. Last December is when it hit me.”

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