UFC enthusiasts couldn’t believe what they were witnessing at the promotion’s first Brazilian event of the year
The amazing Porto Alegre show is set to go down in MMA folklore as the night of the ridiculous amount of upsets. In total, 11 underdogs took home victories on the night.It was the headline bout though, that really shocked the MMA community.
Former heavyweight champ Frank Mir shocked everyone by annihilating Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva with some heavy haymakers. Mir sent the Brazilian crashing down to the canvas with a hard left early in the first and followed it up with some gruesome ground and pound to earn the KO.
Unsurprisingly, the pros on Twitter were stunned by Mir’s remarkable performance.
Whoooo what a finish by Mir!!!
— STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) February 23, 2015
OHHHHHHHHH
— Stipe Miocic (@stipemiocic) February 23, 2015
Night of the Underdogs!!! 😳
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) February 23, 2015
Dayyyyuuummmmmmm @thefrankmir just did the doooo! Impressive! Maybe that'll be the next fight?!?
— Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) February 23, 2015
Big trees fall hard
— Yancy Medeiros (@ymedeiros) February 23, 2015
Congrats to Mr. MIR pic.twitter.com/1CW0Zue8zq
— The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) February 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/clinthester/status/569707358236106755
BOOM!! nighty night 😴😴😴😴 #UFCFightNight
— Bec Rodriguez (@RowdyBec) February 23, 2015
Oh hell yeah!! @thefrankmir beautiful!!
— Eddie Wineland (@EddieWineland) February 23, 2015
Officially night of the dog congrats @thefrankmir @ufc #UFCPOA #UFCFightNight
— Truck Gordon (@TruckGordon) February 23, 2015
HWY Fights Love them, ever Fight, every punch, have to watch, congrats Frank, @bigfootsilva keep your head up
— Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) February 23, 2015
Mir all business. What a difference a year off makes.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 23, 2015
Mother f!*&ing @thefrankmir does it again. Down goes sasquatch, and in amazing style @ufc @danawhite #vegaspride
— Coach Sampo (@JSampoMMA) February 23, 2015
OOOOOHHHH MMMMYYYYYYY GOD! #UFCPOA frank fuc*ing Mir ladies and gentleman! @ufc
— Anthony Birchak (@abirchakMMA) February 23, 2015
