Frank Mir on Kongo: "I hope to take him down one time; that will be the end of it."

By Jason Benfari November 28, 2009Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will be coming off perhaps the most difficult loss of his career when he steps in against Cheick Kongo at UFC 107 next Saturday on Dec 12. The talented heavyweight was completely manhandled in his battle with UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar at UFC 100 in July, and admits that he underestimated parts of Lesnar's game. "I expected the fight to be at a little more of a wild pace," Mir told the UFC. "I thought Brock would stand up with me a little bit more. He didn't. I can't fault him for that as he has to do what it takes to win the fight. He took me down, and on the ground he was nowhere near as wild as he's been in the past. I thought there would be a lot of opportunities on my back and there really wasn't. He did a great job of out-positioning me on the ground. And just adding on the fact of his superior size and strength was the icing on the cake." ...