ADCC announces Frank Mir vs. Chael Sonnen 'superfight' for September event in Finland

[TheEmperorRises]

Chael Sonnen has a new opponent for his ADCC ‘superfight’ in September.

With American Top Team leader Ricardo Liborio forced out of the match due to a knee injury, Frank Mir has stepped up to face the Bellator star in Espoo, Finland, ADCC announced.

ADCC 2017 takes place at The Espoo Metro Areena on Sept. 22-24.

Mir, a former UFC heavyweight champion, is one of the best grapplers to ever compete inside the Octagon, scoring submission victories over former UFC titleholders Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira, Brock Lesnar and Tim Sylvia.

Mir is currently serving a two-year suspension by USADA, and will be cleared to compete in the UFC on April 8, 2018.

Sonnen, a three-time UFC title contender, is slated to meet Wanderlei Silva at Bellator's New York debut at Madison Square Garden on June 24. Sonnen has competed twice under grappling rules over the past few years at Metamoris, losing to ADCC gold medalist Andre Galvao and tying with Renato "Babalu" Sobral.


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ADCC announces Frank Mir vs. Chael Sonnen 'superfight' for September event in Finland

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Sonnen earning another pay cheque.

 

[Wild]

The biggest arms in West Linn Oregon will be broken off.

 

[The Big Guy]

Easy money for mir

 

[TheEmperorRises]

Easy money for mir

It almost feels like anything but a submission victory is a loss for Mir here.

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

The biggest arms in West Linn Oregon will be broken off.

First round. 2 minutes in, Sonnen will be tapping.

 

[member 603]

Sonnen will get subbed after he takes Mir down.... I love seeing Chael step up in these grappling events, and while he's a purple belt in BJJ, Frank is better and bigger.

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

Sonnen will get subbed after he takes Mir down.... I love seeing Chael step up in these grappling events, and while he's a purple belt in BJJ, Frank is better and bigger.

I don't know if Mir will breeze through Sonnen. I think his wrestling is good enough to prolong the match beyond a minute or 2. But Mir has so many more weapons on the ground than Sonnen

 

[Grateful Dude]

Always liked Frank. If he shows up in good form, he should take this fairly easily.

 

[SongExotic2]

Mismatch

Chael gets crippled

 

[SongExotic2]

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

Chael has big balls for doing this, but Mir will rape him.

 

[Rambo John J]

chael takes another dive
claims he beat frank cause frank taps but ref didn't see/hear it

LOL

 

[jason73]

Gets triangled 7x in mma.grapples frank mir under adcc rules.chael is getting twisted into a pretzel

 

[Robbie Hart]

This is not going to be a competitive contest

 

[member 603]

chael takes another dive
claims he beat frank cause frank taps but ref didn't see/hear it

LOL

ADCC, you hold on until a fucker goes out... None of that AC fine bullshit

 

[Rambo John J]

ADCC, you hold on until a fucker goes out... None of that AC fine bullshit

I know this.

Guess Chael will have to fake going out then....nothing is legit with that guy.

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

que Timmays Silvias arm

 

[benjo0101]

I thought the UFC had blocked mir doing anything

 

[member 603]

I thought the UFC had blocked mir doing anything

BJJ/Grappling events don't count