Daniel Cormier to fight Frank Mir in Strikeforce this fall

By: Rich Hansen, MMATorch Columnist

In a report by John Morgan of USA Today Sports, Dana White revealed that Cormier's next opponent will be UFC stalwart Frank Mir. In Morgan's report, Dana White was quoted as saying, "There has been a lot of speculation as to who Cormier would fight next, and this is the fight that makes the most sense. The reality is, Cormier is one of the best heavyweights in the world. He just won the (Strikeforce Heavyweight) Grand Prix and beat Josh Barnett. He needs to fight opponents of that caliber, and Frank Mir is that guy."

As recently as last week, Cormier was rumored to facing former UFC and Affliction fighter Tim Sylvia. Those rumors were quickly shot down by White. The fight between Cormier and Mir figures to be a much more heavily anticipated fight by fight fans.

Mir's presence in Strikeforce will be for just this one cross-promotion super-fight as Strikeforce is still slated to close out their heavyweight division after this fight. According to Morgan's Twitter account, the fight between Cormier and Mir will not take place on the September 29 show in Sacramento, but is tentatively slated for a Strikeforce event in October or November.

[Frank Mir art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Affliction2/article_13946.shtml

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