Mir stopping Nog! What does that say about the supposed “god” Fedor not doing it in two fights? I have never been impressed with Nog. A guy who gets pounded on and then pulls off a sub! IMO Randy would hurt him worse than Mir!!!

All the beatdowns he took in his life is now taking it’s toll. Nonetheless, one of the most durable in the sport hands down…

I dont know what to say about what happened in this fight Saturday night. I lost a boatload of MOney on this fight.

When we make predictions on this site we do so assuming that the best version of a fighter will show up. I felt really bad for Nog saturday night. He looked like Crap. He may have only thrown like 3 punches the entire fight.

Props to Mir, but I dont think he looked as great as everyone seems to think. I think Nog made him look good. Mir was basically throwing the same combo over and over again and he still seemed to gas at the end of round 1.

I am having a hard time coming to a conclusion about what happened. Dont want to take anything away from Mir but that was the absolute worst I have ever seen Nog look in a fight. I am not sure if he is DONE from all the beatings….or if his strategy was to sit back and let Mir get tired the 1st couple of rounds. Either way, he looked absolutely terrible!

The one bright spot in his performance is that now he is available to fight Couture if Randy ever stops ducking him. Problem with this is I heard Randy is doing a new movie and might not fight again till Late in 09 or early 2010.

Brock might Kill Mir!

JV – it’s pathetic that an educated fan like you would claim that Nog’s career is “get pounded on then pull off sub.” It’s amazing that people try to trash his accomplishments like he wasn’t a top 2 HW for the past decade.

truth is nog has been in decline since his fight with kharitonov. he has been steadily looking more and more sluggish. maybe its all the beatings he took and of coarse the whole gettin hit by a truck that have taken their toll on him but nog looked very bad against herring as well. coming to the ufc he has just looked awful and the surgery he had before hand probably helped that along

I was in shock.. I thought overall the event was real good..2/3 of my main event picks won…but the most important one to me didn’t go as I fore saw.. I felt like a family member of mine got his ass wooped.. it is what it is.. Hats off the Mir.. he kept doing his 3 strike combo.. over and over again.. and as my esteemed fellow maniac John said.. That was the worst Nog performance ever… Me personally I’ve never seen Big Nog perform like that.. I was so quiet the first round..I wouldn’t of heard a pin drop in my own mind.. I didn’t want to believe it.. but maybe in the 1st 90 seconds.. I knew Nog was in trouble.. Damn.. = (

Mir won.. I was in shock.. I’m bias.. I look up to Nog as a figher and as a person.. and I’m always going to root for the guy.. he is IMO a Class Act..

Now I just hope… really do.. nothing against Mir.. but I hope Brock destroys him.

Nog will need IMO at least two good victories over game opponents to get a crack at whom is the Champ in the winner of Brock and Mir.. what do you guys thing of maybe sometime down the line… Nog vs Napao?

i had to watch the fight again last nite to get a better perspective, think the shock may have affected my viewing, john is right, same 3 punch combo, not taking anything away from mir, just cant seem to understand how nog let it happen over and over again, standing straight in front of him, he didnt even try to create any angles! did anyone else here rogan and goldies comments right after buffer introduced herb dean, they couldnt understand why buffer was so serious, rogan even said he made him feel nervous, kind of hard to hear but still funny!

Just like it affected Mir’s training? If lazy ass Mir could get into shape, then Nog had no excuse not to.

Who said they should quit? All I’m saying is these guys finally get to fight in front of the UFC fans at the end of their careers and the average UFC fan has no idea how good these guys were. You’re just to emotional about their situations saying you hope they compete for a long time. I’m being very objective because I’m not a fan of either of them not that I hate them, but not a fan, and I’m saying Nog doesn’t have many battles left and that’s 3 brutal KO’s Wanderlei has suffered in his last 5 fights if he’s knocked out again like that he’ll be getting a long suspension from the athletic commission. Just like Sean Salmon did.

Nog always handles himself with class. Can’t do anything but respect the guy. Mir looked great. His striking was crisp, I’ve never seen his stand up look so good. I had Nog winning last night, but there was a stark difference between him and Mir. I’m with you mike. I want to see Wandy and Nog fight as long as they can but I don’t want them staying too long. I don’t need to see them taking that kind of punishment. They are legends and when they do go out it should be as close to the top as possible.

Robert, I was always a fan of Nog but became a big fan of his after TUF. I think you’re right… I don’t think we’re ever going to see the Nog of old again… the way he beat Tim Sylvia is the way I’d like to remember him… I’m honestly a little worried about him and his ability to forge on in MMA… we’ll see in his next fight, but I get the feeling he’s going to need to consider retiring sometime soon.

Early stoppage for sure. He walks like that anyway!

Mir knocked Nog down 3 times prior to the ref stoppage and the last time when Nog was down Mir jumped on him and dealt out some more punishment. Nog could barely stand up and was wobbled. Come on guys lets face it if the ref let it keep going it would have been more of the same. Be glad that Mir didnt get the chance to KO him cold and leave him really embarassed like Wanderlei was, or maybe thats what some Nog fans wanted….

If the ref had jumped in as quick as was the case against Mir, Nog would not have beat Tim Sylvia.. I bet after the shot he took from him nog would not have been able to stand right up and walk around. He takes a shot and goes into guard while recovering.. thats his M.O. I would have loved to see a ground battle between the two..

If you’re not willing to take a beating, than this isnt the sport to get into. So long as your “intelligently” defending yourself, they should not stop the fight. Thats what I hate about boxing, you hit the ground and they make you break, in MMA you can take a solid shot and continue the fight from your back.