“In the UFC, you are only as good as your last fight. It's really a fight-by-fight type of career in the UFC.”

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The quote says that in the UFC, a fighter’s reputation depends heavily on the outcome of the most recent match. It suggests that careers there are judged one fight at a time, with little room to rely on past success.

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Originally said in English.

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About Frank Mir

American former mixed martial artist and UFC Heavyweight Champion

Frank Mir is an American former mixed martial artist and former UFC heavyweight champion. He competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's heavyweight division for much of the 2000s and 2010s, and finished his professional MMA career in Bellator MMA in 2019. Mir is known for his long UFC run and for setting the record for the most submission victories in UFC heavyweight history. He fought 27 times in the UFC, held the promotion's longest uninterrupted contract tenure for a time, and was the first man to knock out and the first to submit Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.

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