MMAWeekly reports that the heavyweight match-up has been agreed upon by both parties, but the originally speculated event that the fight will take place on of UFC 105 has been swapped for UFC 107 in an effort to compensate for the cancelled Rampage vs. Rashad main event. This fight symbolizes a battle between two UFC heavyweights that have stubbornly remained afloat at the top of the charts despite widespread opinion that neither possessed the overall skillset to be a longstanding champion.  Although Mir briefly obtained the HW title after folding Tim Sylvia's arm backwards, his fortune was shortlived as he collided with a vehicle on his motorcycle in Las Vegas, forcing him to abandon the belt. His return to action was anything but convincing, losing 2 of 3 to Marcio "Pe De Pano" Cruz and Brandon Vera, and even his decision victory over Dan Christison was considered ominous due to Mir's disappointing performance.  Showing the heart of a lion, Mir rebounded by assembling the most impressive 3-fight win streak of his career with a quick kimura win over Antoni Hardonk, an amazing leglock of current champion Brock Lesnar in his first UFC fight, and an equally impressive dismantling of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira with an uncharacteristic stand-up destruction.  His rematch with Lesnar fared differently than the first as he succumbed to strikes in the 2nd round. Cheick Kongo raised eyebrows during his UFC entrance with exciting and convincing TKO wins over Christian Wellisch and the late Gilbert Aldana, but Carmello Marrero seemed to expose his Achilles heel by dominating him on the ground with an armbar victory.  Kongo surged forward despite his loss of momentum to post a 5-1 record in his next 6 fights, punctuated by a career-inflating victory over highly touted Mirko CroCop.  Heath Herring served up the only loss during that series of fights with a split-decision win, and Kongo most recently dropped a decision to strong grappler Cain Valesquez at UFC 99. Each fighter enjoys strengths that are reciprocal to the other, but Mir has shown vast improvement with his striking, and Kongo has proven resilient on the mat despite his disadvantage, and has never been finished by submission.  Kongo's height and strength will be a nightmare for Mir on the feet, just as Mir's snake-like submission ability will be for Kongo should action proceed to the ground.

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