Bella Mir reveals father Frank has ‘brain damage’ from UFC, hopes to avoid similar fate — ‘His brain is not good’ - mmamania.com
MMA fighter Bella Mir has expressed concerns about her father Frank Mir's declining health, which she attributes to brain damage sustained during his professional fighting career. She hopes to pursue a different path in the sport to avoid similar long-term physical consequences.
Why it matters
The story highlights the ongoing debate regarding athlete safety and the long-term neurological risks associated with combat sports.
Bella Mir wants to have as much success as her father Frank, but not as much brain damage.
The up-and-coming MMA fighter, who failed to secure a UFC contract after getting outpointed by Alex Apodaca on Dana White’s “Contender Series” last month in Las Vegas, shed some light on her father’s declining health, which may not come as a surprise with a record sporting double-digit knockout losses in UFC and Bellator MMA.
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“I didn’t know that until I watched someone on a video post on Instagram and they were talking about [our similarities] and I was like, that is so weird,” Mir told The Ariel Helwani Show. “I hope that we don’t have the exact career all the way through because I want to fight for a long time and not have so much brain damage.”
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