Welcome back to MMA, ‘Lady’ Mir.
Bella Mir is the 22-year-old daughter of former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. Mir is an undefeated bantamweight with a background in wrestling and jiu-jitsu. She’s the first athlete in history to receive an NIL deal from the UFC.
Mir’s last MMA fight was in 2022, as Mir took time off to focus on her college career.
Mir returned this Sunday on UFC Fight Pass, where he stayed undefeated with an impressive submission win.
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCBella Mir wins MMA return by kimura on UFC Fight Pass
Mir’s return fight came against former Fury FC amateur champion Stephanie ‘Stone Cold’ Calderon at Fury Challenger Series 14 in Houston, Texas.
Mir got a takedown on Calderon early in the fight. Mir controlled Calderon on the ground, grabbing a hold of her back.
Within minutes, Mir used her folkstyle wrestling to get what she called a ‘chicken wing’, securing a kimura submission from Calderon’s back for the tap-out in the first round.
Mir improved to 4-0 in her Fury FC debut, handing Calderon her first loss.
After her first win in over three years, Mir says she’s not looking to return anytime soon.
“Maybe next year,” Mir said in her post-fight interview.
“This was fun. I can’t wait…”
Bella Mir wants to settle father’s rivalry with Brock Lesnar
Mir made headlines earlier this week when she was asked about Brock Lesnar’s daughter.
Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar had an iconic rivalry in the UFC heavyweight division, with Mir winning their first fight by kneebar and Lesnar getting revenge with a TKO stoppage in their rematch at UFC 100 in 2009.
Mir and Lesnar never had a trilogy fight, leaving their series tied at 1-1.
Lesnar has a daughter near Mir’s age, Mya. The 23-year-old Mya Lesnar is a college athlete, who recently broke her school’s shot put record in this year’s NCAA championships.
“The amount of people that have asked me if I want to fight her and do the Brock Lesnar-Frank Mir trilogy but in daughter form,” Mir told MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin.
“I know Dana [White] would 100% approve of that if Mya was fighting…
“So if Mya Lesnar, if you’re ever hearing this, you should train and we could just have a little fight. That would be awesome.
“She’s athletic, she’ll get it down. She trains for a year? That would be insane. Honestly,” Mir said of a potential fight with Lesnar’s daughter.