Frank Mir is impressed by Daniel Cormier’s promotional abilities, but not so much with his recent performance.

He might even have made a Frank Mir face when he saw Cormier win.

“He can go out there like his last fight and fight somebody that’s subpar,” Mir on Monday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “The only problem is that you have to go out there and really be devastating to get any kind of positive criticism.”

Cormier (11-0 MMA, 8-0 SF) got plenty of positive feedback following “Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine,” but mostly for his callout of Mir (16-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC), whom he was scheduled to fight this past fall before injuries intervened.

Mir was dismissive of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix champ’s second-round TKO over the little-known Dion Staring in the co-main event of this past Saturday’s show at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

“He’s in a situation right now where I don’t think many people were even moved by his fight,” Mir said. “I think the most impressive thing he did in the whole fight was calling me out.”

Cormier, who recently inked a new deal with the UFC, said he first wanted to fight Mir in the octagon before taking on light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. He suggested the two meet at UFC on FOX 7, which takes place April 20 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

It appears Cormier hasn’t let Mir off the hook for bowing out of a fight at an ill-fated Strikeforce event this past November. Their matchup was widely lauded by MMA observers before Mir withdrew due to a knee injury. The event was later canceled.

Mir said his first priority is to get back in the win column and build another streak. He most recently fought this past May, when he was stopped by former champ Junior Dos Santos in a heavyweight title fight at UFC 146.

Cormier could be just the opponent to get things started, though Mir stopped short of accepting the former Olympian’s challenge.

“I think Daniel Cormier’s done a great job of pushing himself up … being in Strikeforce,” he said. “(He) might as well come over and fight name guys right off the bat.”

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