Antonio Minotauro Nogueira will test Frank Mir’s Jiu Jitsu at UFC 119: “I believe my game is tighter”

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Mir’s Ground game: “I think Frank
Mir is a good submitter, a fight on the ground between us would be a
beautiful thing to watch, but I believe I have a more sharp ground
game. I move more than him and I believe on my conditioning. He has a
tight game, but I believe my game is tighter, that’s why I believe my
submission game is a little better.”
Plans to use his Jiu ‘Jitsu more: “That’s the
game I like, in fact, but I’m not using it because I’m not finding the
right opportunity, but when it goes to the ground I immediately feel
more comfortable than standing… It’s a matter of opportunity, you can
bring the guy to the ground. Werdum set the right strategy, a very good
one, his triangle fit, and Shane Carwin show he is not much mature when
it comes to the ground. When you’re standing, it’s like a stampede, his
hands come from everywhere.”
Rogerio vs Bader (Brother vs Student): “A great
fight, man… Coincidently it’ll be against a guy who trained with me for
three or four months during UFC’s reality show, he’s an explosive guy,
good, he improved his standing game, but I’m excited about Rogério,
he’s very focused, training hard… He knows it’s his chance to get
closer to the belt. It’s a good fight, I enjoy fighting against him,
it’s a bigger adrenalin… There’ll be two great fight on the same night
and that’s what makes me so focused. One helps the other. This week
we’ll train together, our bang game… It’s very exciting for me, we’ll
remind of our Pride time, when we fought together a lot.”

Antonio Minotauro Nogueira tells Tatame.com that
he intends on using his ground game a lot more in his upcoming fight
against Frank Mir at UFC 119. Nogueira believes that his ground game is
better then Mir’s and a little bit tighter.