Jennifer Mir, UFC champ Frank Mir’s wife gets credit for success at UFC 100

UFC champ Frank Mir, credits his wife, Jennifer Mir, for his huge success against Brock Lesnar at UFC 100 tomorrow in Las Vegas. She is the single most important person who is turning Frank Mir into a champion said Mir.

Before the fight for the heavy weight title belt, Ultimate Fighting champ Mir said: “My wife says it better than I can. On Sunday morning, no one will care who has won. They will be talking about the next card, it’s over with; it’s gone. And where will I be ? Win, or lose sitting in my hotel room with my wife and kids.”

Jennifer and Frank are not just husband and wife, but Jennifer has been Frank’s main source of inspiration. Irrespective of win or lose on Saturday night, Frank owes a lot to Jennifer.

Frank Mir also added:
“I want to thank my wife for keeping me on my path,” said Mir. “I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and to have my career grow as the sport is growing so big, you know, sometimes right now – and I don’t believe in karma or divine intervention – I have to pause and think about the last couple of years in my life. Incredible.”

In UFC heavyweight champion in 2004 Mr. Mir faced serious injuries in a motorcycle accident. Mark Kriegel of FoxSports.com writes on how Jennifer helped Frank to get back on top:

Frank and Jennifer had met some years before at their place of employment, the Spearmint Rhino, one of those euphemistically labeled “gentlemen’s clubs” where he worked as the head bouncer. Now they had three kids of their own, including a son Frank adopted from Jennifer’s previous relationship. They had built something good. But a fighter who cannot fight does not make for domestic tranquility. With Frank talking retirement, Jennifer knew the marriage was at a crossroads. Worse than that, they were looking at a lifetime of regret.

“You can quit, no problem”, she told him. It’s not like he owed her an explanation. “You only have to answer to your children,” she said. “Look how they would see you right now. … Could you explain it to them?”

Just like that, Jennifer Mir became Standup Wife of the Year. And Frank embarked on another kind of comeback.

Let’s hope their’s is a marriage made in heaven and lasts forever. Our best wishes to both and their continued bliss.