Two of the UFC’s most dangerous heavyweight knockout artists are set to wage war at UFC 104.

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has recently been able to confirm a match-up between Pat Barry and Antoni Hardonk through sources close to the fight.

The two will square off at UFC 104 which is set for October 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Both men are veterans of the K-1 organization, and both are feared and respected for their vicious striking arsenals.

Barry has gone 1-1 in the UFC with a TKO victory and a submission loss to his credit, while Hardonk has put together a respectable record of 3-3 in the octagon, with his most recent bout being a ground and pound defeat at the hands and elbows of Cheick Kongo at UFC 97.

UFC 104 will be headlined by a light heavyweight championship match-up between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

According to a recent report on Yahoo! Sports by Kevin Iole, Antoni Hardonk, a bonafide bad mofo with four knockouts in the UFC’s heavyweight division, was recently approached by three assailants outside of a Los Angeles airport where he was asked for some spare change. When Hardonk failed to come up with any change for the men they pulled out a homemade shank with a two inch blade and demanded the feared kickboxer’s wallet.

Needless to say, three men or not Hardonk wasn’t exactly in the mood to hand over his billfold, so he told the trio to come and get it. The three must have figured Hardonk was a little to bulky for them to handle and wisely dropped the subject and slithered down the street.

As Hardonk drove from the scene with his attorney who had been accompanying him they saw the three men surrounding a young girl, then dash towards a man walking down the street and proceeded to grapple his wallet away from him.

Antoni Hardonk to the rescue.

He bumrushed two of the men, knocked them to the pavement and chased the third man until he dropped the wallet.

Eventually the trio escaped over a fence empty handed, but they can consider themselves lucky that they escaped with their lives.

The news was first reported by the web site for the U.K.-based MMA magazine Fighters Only.

Kongo, 13-4-1, is currently on a two fight win streak with consecutive victories over Dan Evensen at UFC 87 and Mustapha al Turk at UFC 92. A veteran of eight UFC fights, Kongo is 6-2 and is considered a contender for the UFC heavyweight title that’s currently held by Brock Lesnar.

Hardonk, 8-4, has won his last three fights in the Octagon including wins over Colin Robinson at UFC 80, Eddie Sanchez at UFC 85, and Mike Wessel at UFC 92. After beginning his UFC career1-2, Hardonk has improved to 4-2 and a win over Kongo would likely move him into the title contender picture.

UFC 97 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 18 and will emanate from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. In addition to Kongo vs. Hardonk, the card is set to be headlined by Anderson Silva defending his UFC middleweight title vs. Thales Leites. Additionally, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will return to action against former PRIDE star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Other reported matchups for UFC 97 include David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman, Brian Stann vs. Krzysztof Soszynski, Luiz Cane vs. Steve Cantwell, Mark Bocek vs. David Bielkheden, T.J. Grant vs. Ryo Chonan, Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry, Xavier Foupa-Pokam vs. Denis Kang, and Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman.