Frank Mir almost accomplished this feat, as he did win the UFC heavyweight title and then go on to win the UFC interim heavyweight title. The most impressive thing about winning the second belt for Mir was that he was to achieve it after his terrible motorcycle accident that broke his femur.
In December, Anderson Silva tries to become the next fighter to achieve this goal when he looks regain the UFC middleweight belt against Chris Weidman at UFC 168. And at UFC 166, Junior Dos Santos tries to do the same by defeating Cain Velasquez for the UFC heavyweight title
For Randy Couture, this type of overcoming adversity is something that his whole career was defined on. It was not so much the victories, but the coming back from losses that he felt really showed the championship spirit of a fighter. That's one of the themes that you hear a lot when you listen to fighter: it's how you bounce back from losses which really defines who you are. Here are some quotes which reflect that position:
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