... work like a charm or blow up in his face on Saturday night? The "French Sensation" appears to have had enough:
"Right now I don't care. He was a former UFC champion, heavyweight. That's good. He did a great job, I respect that. But as a person, no ... I can't let anyone judge me or treat me like a piece of shit. And he did."
Mir, who has gone to great lengths to crack on Kongo's ground skills (or lack thereof) leading up to this weekend, today launched his final salvo at the pre-fight press conference, saying "it wasn't fair to exchange words" with the Parisian -- a not so subtle knock on his command of the English language.
So will Mir's "calculated" psychological warfare pay dividends inside the Octagon on fight night or will it motivate Kongo to perform better than he may have without it?
Sound off, Maniacs.