Frank Mir

Frank Mir is the kind of heavyweight I find genuinely fascinating because he won with his brain as much as his body. Holding the record for the most submission victories in UFC heavyweight history says everything: in a division built on knockout power, he chose the patient art of joint locks and chokes. A former UFC champion out of Las Vegas who fought from the 2000s into 2019, he represents a craftsman's approach to a brute's sport. I have a soft spot for fighters who outthink rather than overpower, and Mir is a textbook example of technique surviving against raw strength.

Name (English)

Frank Mir

Name (Japanese)

フランク・ミア

Reading

ふらんく・みあ

Born

May 24, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / karateka / Thai boxer

High school

Bonanza High School

• Official sitehttps://www.frankmir.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thefrankmir/
• Xhttps://x.com/thefrankmir
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Mir
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459362

Tags

• Nevada
• mixed martial arts fighter
• karateka
• Thai boxer

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.