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Frank Mir: Cro Cop Hasn’t Really Lost a Step

Frank Mir says the decline in Mirko Cro Cop's standing is not due to fading skills, but the improvement in his competition.

"I don't know if he's ever really lost his step. I just think the fighters now in the UFC are just a little bit more aggressive than the fighters in PRIDE," Mir told Ariel Helwani on Monday's installment of The MMA Hour. "Studying game on him, I noticed that guys that back away from him and give him that respect, it seems like they get unleashed on a little harder than the guys that come forward."

Mir added that perhaps Cro Cop is still adjusting to fighting inside the cage after spending his entire career as a kickboxer and a MMA fighter inside a ring, primarily for K-1 and Pride.