Frank Mir wants to retire on the same card with daughter Bella: ‘She can headline the card, I can open it.’

Frank Mir would love the opportunity to fight one last time in his career in 2023.

The former UFC heavyweight champion announced on the Fight Night Flashbacks podcast that he has plans to book a retirement bout in 2023, specifically that it take place on an event headlined by his daughter Bella, an undefeated MMA fighter.

“Next year I’m going to go and fight again because actually I want to fight once on the same card with Bella, as my last fight,” Mir said. “She can headline the card, I can open it.”

Mir, 43, most recently competed for Bellator in October 2019, defeating Roy Nelson by unanimous decision to score a second career victory over “Big Country.” Bella has impressed in three pro bouts and is coming off back-to-back first-round submission victories. In her most recent outing this past June, the 19-year-old submitted Jessica Link via armbar and declared that she hopes to become a “a bigger icon” than her father, who has competed professionally since 2001.

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