UFC Fight Night 61: 10 GIFs of Antonio Silva X Frank Mir

UFC Fight Night 61 (aka UFC Fight Night:  Bigfoot vs Mir) was held Feb 22, 2015 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This event set the record for the most wins by underdogs in 10 out of 11 bouts!

Former 2-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (#13 / 16W-9L) faced the favorite Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (#8 / 18W-6L, 1 NC) in the Main Event. Mir going into the fight had a losing streak of 4 fights vs some of the top fighters in the Heavyweight Division, namely Alistair Overeem, Josh Barnett, Daniel Cormier and Junior Dos Santos. Silva in his last 4 fights saw him beat Alistair Overeem, a Loss to Cain Velazquez, a Draw against Mark Hunt and was KO’d by Andrei Arlovski.

Mir KO’d Bigfoot at the 1:40 mark in Rd 1 with a Left Jab-Left Hook combo and awarded a Performance of the Night bonus of $50,000. With this win, it was Mir’s first since 2011, and he set a record with tallying 12 Finishes, the most Finishes in UFC Heavyweight history. Rounding out the Top 4  Most Finishes in UFC Heavyweight history:  Gabriel Gonzaga is 2^nd with his 11 finishes; Andrei Arlovski (10) and last but not least, Cain Velasquez with 9 finishes.

In the post-fight interview, Mir credited his new boxing coach, Angelo Reyes, for putting him on a different level – switching to Orthodox Stance (for Righties, Left Hand in front and Right in rear).

“I came out looking for the jab. I knew that, you know, hey, he hits hard. No doubt behind that he has a long right hand so when I got back to boxing, and I wrestle left side forward , so both the wrestling coach and our head coach Ricky,  Angelo said, ‘Hey, switch back to orthodox.’ So I did, that’s why I took the extra time off, learned how to box the correct way. I got back to the roots on it. That’s where you saw the jab, setting it up. It sets up everything, I’ve never had a dominating jab. And really, the dominating jab is an important punch, especially in the heavyweight division.”

Here are some GIF highlights I’ve made of the fight.

Congratulations to Frank Mir!

Enjoy!

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Left Jab-Left Hook Combo that floored Bigfoot

Mir's Ground and Pound

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All-in-One Realtime GIF

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All-in-One SloMo Replay GIF

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Above GIF spliced into 3 separate SloMo's

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For other GIFs of Frank Mir and/or Antonio Silva, please check out:

• UFC 160 - Cain Velasquez vs Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva
• MMA: 2 Concepts for Throwing/Sweeping - "Locking Arm" and "PowerTransfer" by Joe Silvia

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MMA: 2 Concepts for Throwing/Sweeping - "Locking Arm" and "PowerTransfer" by Joe Silvia

Exceprt from Spladdle Forum's Epic Clinch Thread:

UFC130 Frank Mir X Roy Nelson

Mir's throw was a Whizzer with a leg reap. He did not actually have two overhooks, but an overhook with elbow control.


Bear with me, as this little concept will deepen one's understanding of wrestling in specific, and grappling in general....whether standing or on the ground sweeping.

Your arms when throwing or sweeping (when on the ground) share one of two jobs. If you grasp this concept you will see that there really are only two set-ups/tie-ups for throws:

1. Locking Arm
2. Power Transfer


EVERY throw and sweep should have these and you'll notice when a throw/sweep fails, ONE of the reasons will be one of these elements is missing, as it they are FUNDAMENTALS. The other reason could be you ignoring what your opponent is doing or you aren't utilizing the triangle point. That's another thread.

One arm/hand is to LOCK and the other arm or hand is to transfer the power. It doesn't matter whether you are locking his wrist, elbow, shoulder, head, etc. It doesn't matter whether the arm transferring the power is using his wrist, elbow, shoulder, or head. They are ALL fundamentals. Of course, there is an hierarchy. A lock on a wrist won't be as secure as a lock on his shoulder (underhook) and transferring power using his wrist isn't as good as using his head (collar tie).

Whenever you are watching a throw, watch for the locking/securing and the power transfer. In the Mir GIF he has secured or locked Roy's left elbow with his torso and upper arm. He has "secured" Roy. His left arm is the power transfer and in this case he is using the whizzer. These two ARE NOT SEPARATE, but are one "entity." They are a union. A throw's chances of success are greatly lessened if one of these is missing.

The other FUNDAMENTAL aspect while you are jockeying for locking arms and power transfers is to use his momentum and draw him into HIS triangle point. You will notice Mir PERFECTLY pulls Nelson into his own triangle point. By using the leg reap/block, he does another FUNDAMENTAL: breaking an opponents structure. By having his upper body or "solar plexus" continue it's momentum, but bring Roy's "lunar plexus" or lower body to a stop, he disrupts Roy's structure.

The reason Roy didn't go heels over head is because one of Mir's fundamental's was missing: proper head position. He allowed Roy to win the battle of forehead position. It was a small sacrifice since he had the locking arm, power transfer and triangle point covered. However, if Mir had forehead position, Roy would have had his posture disrupted and went heels over head.

This little mini-seminar is what I teach people in their first week or two. I don't teach them techniques. I teach them the triangle point, locking arm and power transfer. I give them 2-3 examples of each and let them explore on their own. Within a week you will see a MASSIVE variety of throws. ONE WEEK. As opposed to hand feeding them a technique or two.

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For other Roy Nelson-related posts, please check out:

• UFC 159 - Roy Nelson vs Cheick Kongo
• UFC 159 - Roy Nelson vs Cheick Kongo (Multi-angled slow-mo replays)
• UFC 161 - Roy Nelson X Stipe Miocic Rd 1 - part 1
• UFC 161 - Roy Nelson X Stipe Miocic Rd 1 - part 2
• UFC 161 - Roy Nelson X Stipe Miocic Rds 2-3
• Frank Mir throws Roy Nelson GIF

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