Frank Mir
American mixed martial artist
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- Born
- 24 May 1979, Las Vegas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- karate, mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter, karateka, Thai boxer
- Height
- 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 109 kg (240 lb)
Frank Mir (born Francisco Santos Miranda III) () (born May 24, 1979), is an American former mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) throughout the 2000s and 2010s, before finishing his pro MMA career in Bellator MMA in 2019. A former UFC Heavyweight Champion, he holds the record for the most submission victories in UFC Heavyweight history. A 27-fight UFC veteran, Mir formerly possessed the longest uninterrupted tenure of any fighter in the promotion's history, as he was under UFC contract from November 2001 until July 2017. He was the first man to knock out and the first to submit Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Teachers
- Ricardo Pires
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q459362 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.