7 Times MMA fighters were the victims of vehicular accidents

#1 Frank Mir

In 2004, it seemed as though Frank Mir’s life was touched by an angel. He had just executed one of the most memorable submissions in UFC history on Tim Sylvia and was atop the Heavyweight division. In just a few days, he was about to be married to the love of his life. In one fateful moment, it all turned into a nightmare.

His motorcyle struck a car and Mir was flung 80 feet from the spot. His femur was snapped, his knee was mangled and a toe had to be sewn back onto his foot. After seventeen months of rehabilitation, a diminished Mir couldn’t script a triumphant return and was handed a TKO loss by BJJ ace Marcio Cruz.

But Mir wouldn’t be denied a fairytale comeback as he regained the belt that the accident snatched from him by being the first man to KO Big Nog.

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