Frank Mir’s daughter, Bella, is aiming to settle her father’s rating with Brock Lesnar by preventing ‘The Beast Incarnate’s’ daughter, Mya.
The dads, who’re each former UFC heavyweight champions, shared an iconic rivalry within the late 2000s that generated over 2 million pay-per-view buys throughout two fights.
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Once they met for the primary time in 2008 at UFC 81, Mir submitted Lesnar with a knee bar within the opening stanza of the WWE famous person’s promotional debut.
Nonetheless, Lesnar exacted his revenge one 12 months later at UFC 100 by knocking out Mir to unify the heavyweight crown.
With the tally tied at one apiece, Bella – a 22-year-old MMA prospect and embellished grappler – has referred to as for a rubber match with Lesnar’s monitor and area daughter, Mya.
“It’s humorous you say that about Mya Lesnar, the quantity of those who have requested me if I need to combat her and do the Brock Lesnar-Frank Mir trilogy however in daughter type,” mentioned Bella when the matchup was offered to her by MMA Preventing.
“I do know Dana [White] would 100 per cent approve of that if Mya was preventing.
“So if Mya Lesnar, in the event you’re ever listening to this, you must practice, and we may simply have a little bit combat.
“As a result of that may be superior. Who wouldn’t need to see that?
“I’m like Mya, simply practice for a 12 months. She’s athletic. She’ll get it down.
“She trains for a 12 months? That may be insane. Actually.”
Bella boasts a 3-0 skilled MMA document and is about to compete within the cage for a fourth time on July 27 in opposition to fellow undefeated flyweight Stephanie Calderon.
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Mir Jr captured 4 consecutive Nevada highschool wrestling titles earlier than becoming a member of the College of Iowa.
The daughter of a legend completed fifth on the 2024 Nationwide Collegiate Girls’s Wrestling Championships following a 21-3 freshman marketing campaign.
Bella can also be a 2024 IBJJF NoGi World Champion as a blue belt and not too long ago signed with UFC BJJ.
Whereas Bella adopted in her dad’s footsteps by crossing over to fight sports activities, Mya has turned her hand to athletics at Colorado State, the place she not too long ago grew to become a nationwide shotput champion.
In Could, the 23-year-old shattered the shotput document at CSU, posting an 18.50 metre throw on the Mines Alumni Basic.
Lesnar’s daughter additionally wrestled in her youth however has by no means expressed any curiosity in transitioning to MMA.