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In the wake of Quinton Jackson bolting out of his main event match against Rashad Evans, the UFC has added a solid bout, pitting former interim UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir against Cheik Kongo.

Mir of course, is coming off of a pounding at the hands of Brock Lesnar in July. Mir lost that title unification bout, and has been beefing up his strength, the main factor in his loss, according to Mir.

Kongo was knocking on the door of a title shot before being derailed by Cain Velasquez. With a win over Mir, Kongo would be right back in the mix, after Shane Carwin’s title shot later this fall. This bout will likely serve as the co-main event, along with the main event of BJ Penn taking on Diego Sanchez.

By the way, how does this Jackson fiasco happen by the way? The company spends millions of dollars, months of building the fight, hours of prime time on tv, stage the fight in the guy’s hometown…only to have Jackson pull out with no good reason? Filming the A-Team isn’t a good reason; Jackson is a fighter first. Bad, bad, bad all around.

UFC 99: Cain Velasquez takes on Cheik Kongo

UFC heavyweight Cheik Kongo has stepped up to replace the injured Heath Herring against Cain Velasquez at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany on June 13. Velasquez is the hot prospect in the UFC now, and is currently 5-0.

Kongo is hot off the heels of a TKO victory over Dutch kickboxer Antoni Hardonk at UFC 97, giving Haronk his first and only TKO loss. The win was Kongo’s fifth in his last six bouts, with his lone defeat coming ironically at the hands of the man he replaced, Heath Herring.

Velasquez most recently put the boots to Denis Stojnic at UFC fight night 17, taking him out by TKO. Velasquez is part of the new breed of ultra big, ultra fast, ultra athletic heavyweights. Think Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley. This will be Cain’s biggest test, and Kongo’s biggest test in quite some time.