Gojira!

Frank Mir professes no respect for Brock Lesnar’s stand-up ability or his ground-and-pound. He doesn’t sound cocky about it, just confidant.And that makes me excited for their UFC 100 heavyweight championship unification bout.

Forget the “Mir submitted him the first time” vs. “Lesnar’s a different fighter now” arguments because only one of those statements is true. Lesnar isn’t a different fighter now, unless he’s plugged his Easter Island skull into the Matrix in the past 17 months and downloaded a mixed martial arts program. His strategy will be the same as it always has been – bum-rush Mir, pin him against the cage, take him to the ground and pound on him. In that scenario I like the faster, smarter, more skilled, better-equipped Mir’s chances.

Then again, I think Mir needs to take another look at what he’ll be facing, an opponent so vast that Japanese townsfolk flee in fear, someone who should make Dana White consider signing Mothra to a UFC contract.