After defeating Antonio Minatauro Nogueiro to win the UFC Heavyweight championship Frank Mir was set to unify the title against Interim champ Brock Lesnar at UFC 98. Reports from MMAWeekly.com indicate that Mir underwent surgery last week to repair an injury to his meniscus.
The surgery could possibly delay the May 28th showdown between the two UFC Heavyweights. When asked by yahoo sports reporter Kevin Iole about Mir's injury Dana White said "I'm not too worried about it now. If that were the situation, I'd know about it. I honestly don't know right now. I haven't talked to Frank and I haven't talked to Lesnar and if that's the situation, I'm not going to make any statements until I talk to everybody."
Later, in an interview with The Fit Show on Bodybuilding.com Mir himself confirmed the injury and suggested the possibility of moving the fight back to the summer in order to fully heal his knee. Mir stated "Hopefully (we can fight in) the summertime. It was May 23, but I needed to get a scope done to my knee, so I got it done immediately last week. It would be rushing it to try and fight that soon because I can’t really train for four to six weeks as far as sparring and wrestling and the real forms of training. Obviously I can hit the treadmill, but that’s usually not a good idea to be getting in shape for a fight on a treadmill.”
No official word has been released by the UFC regarding Mir's injury or if the fight date would be changed.
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