'UFC Primetime' returns to FX for 'UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir'

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While this month's UFC 146 event may feature a shuffled lineup, that isn't stopping the UFC and FX from giving the main event 'Primetime' treatment.

In advance of their UFC 146 heavyweight title fight, UFC champ Junior Dos Santos (14-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and former title holder Frank Mir (16-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) will be featured in an upcoming edition of "UFC Primetime," a three-part special that airs on FX.

The first episode airs Friday, May 11, at 11 p.m. ET, with subsequent episodes premiering in the same timeslot on May 18 and May 25.

Replays of each episode air on FUEL TV.

"UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir" takes place May 26 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena. The night's main card airs on pay-per-view.

Dos Santos, of course, was slated to face former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC 146. However, a pre-fight drug test that flagged Overeem for elevated levels of testosterone left his licensing status in doubt, and UFC officials pulled him in favor of Mir.

Overeem was later denied a license to fight by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and must wait until Dec. 27 before applying again.

Mir enters the fight on the strength of a three-fight win streak. The former heavyweight champion is 8-2 in his past 10 fights and has downed Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Roy Nelson and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic in his past three outings.

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"He previously said that he was faster than me. That's only in his dreams. Mir's boxing is reasonable. It's OK. He takes advantage sometimes, just from the fact that he's left-handed, but he's really just pretty average with his boxing. All heavyweights hit hard. But compared to other heavyweights, compared to me, compared to my boxing — I'm faster than him; I hit harder than him; and I'm better technically. I think when Mir's in a good spot in the fight — when he's in a good moment and in a good position — he's very dangerous. But Mir doesn't really know to get through rough spots in a bout. When he gets in those rough spots, his courage goes out the window; his aggression goes out the window. What happened against Nogueira in his last fight was really an anomaly, because Mir got caught standing up. He got caught. He was ready to go down, ready to go out; and he was able to get through that and come back. That never happens in Mir's fights. Usually when Mir gets into a little bit of trouble during a fight, he can't come back from it."