I want to fight whoever is ranked higher than I am in order to get in a better position to fight for a title.

Mir On The Best Heavyweight In The World:

You're only as good as your competition. Before, with PRIDE being separate from the UFC, you had tough competition there and tough competition here. But now, we have the strongest competition. Fedor's last opponent was not a ranked guy. If that is the trend now -- to fight unranked guys -- it will be very hard to sway the rankings. Fighting 7-5 guys is more of a carnival. Not that you're not a great fighter, but you need to fight top guys. Nogueira is the top fighter in the top organization in the world. It would be very hard not to give him the top spot right now.

Mir On Brock Lesnar's Future:

It depends on who he fights. He needs to be more selective on who he fights. He has a great ground-and-pound game, so that will be his strength. He doesn't need to fight anyone whose strength is to fight off his back. If he fights Gonzaga, Nogueira, myself or Werdum, Lesnar could have trouble. We all fight well off our backs. Even if he's winning the fight, he's in a position that at any time we could end the fight. He needs to fight some top-level strikers. Therefore, he'll only be in danger until he gets the takedown.

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