SAN DIEGO -- Frank Mir knew what everyone was saying. He was thinking it, too.
The 36-year-old former UFC heavyweight champion lost a one-sided fight to Alistair Overeem at UFC 169, his fourth consecutive loss.
Most people in the business thought he should retire, and the question was first and foremost in his mind, as well.
"I really was," Mir said at the UFC Fight Night 71 post-fight press conference. After the Overeem fight, I kept asking myself, why do I keep putting my family through this?"
He instead decided to take some time off, adjust his approach and give it one more shot.