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UFC boss Dana White has taken the time to praise Bella Mir as she prepares to make her Contender Series debut.

When you’re talking about exciting prospects in the world of mixed martial arts, Bella Mir has to feature in the conversation. The youngster is on the verge of making her debut under the UFC umbrella as part of Dana White’s Contender Series, as she attempts to successfully follow in the footsteps of her legendary father Frank.

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Of course, being part of a famous mixed martial arts family isn’t always going to lead to success, and Mir knows that, but she is more than willing to put in the work required to prove herself at the elite level.

In Saturday’s post-fight press conference, Dana White had the following to say about Bella Mir.

White praises Mir ahead of DWCS debut

“She is an absolute freak of nature and incredibly special,” White said at the UFC 330 post-fight press conference. “And her goals in combat sports aren’t just to be the UFC world champion. She wants to be the Zuffa boxing world champion. She wants to win an Olympic medal. She wants to be the UFC BJJ champion. And, you know, s–t, she might start slapping too. Who knows what she’ll do?”

“But yeah, I’m excited about her. I’ve been excited about her since she graduated from high school,” he continued. “When you sit down and you have dinner with Frank and his wife and Bella, they start telling Bella Mir stories, like, ‘Where’s Bella?’ And they look out the window and she’s got sandbags running around the cul-de-sac at like six years old. She’s just built differently.”

“She went to college and she was in the middle of wrestling season, and she would come home for Thanksgiving or whatever, and she would compete in jiu jitsu tournaments and beat the best jiu jitsu people in the world without even training jiu jitsu, she was just wrestling.”

Quotes via MMA Mania

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