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Chris Byfield
Bella Mir has called out Mya Lesnar, the daughter of former WWE and UFC star Brock Lesnar.
Bella, a 22-year-old prospect is preparing for her fourth MMA fight on Sunday but has ambitions of one day competing in the UFC.
Such a feat would see her follow in the footsteps of her dad, Frank Mir, who is widely considered to be among the greatest heavyweight in UFC history.
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And Bella claimed that she would love to take on Colorado State shot-put star Mya as a means of carrying on both of their father’s legacy.
Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar split a pair of fights during their respective UFC careers, and given they never had the chance to settle their rivalry in a trilogy bout, Bella insisted her and Mya should go toe-to-toe in the octagon.
“It’s funny you say that about Mya Lesnar, 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. “I know Dana [White] would 100 percent approve of that if Mya was fighting.
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“So if Mya Lesnar, if you’re ever hearing this, you should train and we could just have a little fight. Because that would be awesome. Who wouldn’t want to see that?
“I’m like Mya, just train for a year. She’s athletic. She’ll get it down. She trains for a year? That would be insane. Honestly.”
Bella continued: “I think a lot of people that have parents that were really great, especially like my dad, want to build their own legacy.
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“But I just love being a part of his [legacy], and I love that he gets to be a part of mine, too, in the future when he’s going to be one of the best MMA coaches in the world, and I definitely believe that. So I definitely think that we share each other’s story.
“Sometimes I’m just like I wish they would create a movie or something, this is just so cool. You just don’t see it actually happen in real life.
“Your father is a two-time UFC heavyweight champ and then you go and win all this and take that spot from him. I think it’s so cool. I love that we share a legacy.
“I’m definitely starting to realise, I like being a part of his [legacy] more than creating my own. I feel like creating my own was my way of escaping his shadow. But now it’s like I feel like [he’s] bringing me up and it’s just cool to be a part of.”