Filed under: Featured , News , UFC Being a successful athlete involves hard work and dedication. But a little luck along the way certainly doesn’t hurt. That is something that ex-champ Frank Mir (18-11 MMA, 16-11 UFC) can attest to. Although consistently beating fellow heavyweights throughout his long-running UFC career was a product of his own labor, Mir had chance on his side when he was first spotted by former lead UFC matchmaker Joe Silva more than 15 years ago. Back then, Mir balanced a job as a front desk receptionist at Texas Station in Las Vegas with daily sessions of boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and weight training. Martial arts, he said, was certainly a huge passion – just not one that, at that point, he saw as a source of income.
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A chance meeting with ex-matchmaker Joe Silva helped lead ex-champ Frank Mir to UFC – MMA Junkie