Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Quote Originally Posted by ihategnomes
Mir is just as big as him and has already submitted him like real quick once.
Lesner beat his ass then got caught in a knee bar from a legit elite BJJ practitioner. Those submissions aren't widely practiced because there is real danger of serious injury, so no surprise a relative newcommer to the sport didn't instinctivly know how to avoid or get out of it. Not likely to happen again. Mir will need to find a way to not get over-run by Lesner and/or find a new hole in Lesner's BJJ game.
Wrestlers have always been very vulnerable to leg-locks, and I'm sure he trained defending them before he fought Mir.