Former UFC heavyweight champion
Frank Mir (Pictures) has fallen off April 5's UFC Fight Night Card with an undisclosed injury, Sherdog.com learned
Wednesday. Taking the 27-year-old Mir's place versus Dutch striker
Antoni Hardonk is UFC newcomer
Justin McCully.
Mir (9-3-0) has fallen hard since suffering serious leg injuries stemming from a motorcycle accident in Sept. 2004. Returning to the Octagon last year, Mir went 1-2, losing in the first round to
Marcio Cruz (Pictures) and
Brandon Vera (Pictures) while taking a close decision against
Dan Christison (Pictures).
McCully (7-3-2) had not fought for three years before winning twice in Oct. 2006. Losing to
Evan Tanner (Pictures) in the finals of Pancrase's 1998
New-Blood tournament, McCully fought actively until 2000. Today he is best known for being a training partner of former UFC light heavyweight
champion
Tito Ortiz (Pictures).
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