Cheick Kongo

Record:

win

loss

draw

Wins by:

sub

dec

n/a

Losses by:

sub

dec

n/a

Percentages:

48%

13%

sub

61%

finish

33%

finish

Last 4 fights:

SUB

DEC

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Age

Weight

243lbs (110kg)

Height

6'4" (1.93m)

Reach

6'9" (2.06m)

Weight Class

heavyweight

Debut

2001-06-10

Career

2001 - 2022

Stance

Orthodox

Rank

Style

Kickboxing, Muay Thai

Birth

1975-05-17

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Strengths

Powerful striking, excellent clinching ability, efficient takedown artist

Weaknesses

Notorious for lacking ground and pound, lacks submission skills, sometimes too defensive

Notes

Won 11 out of 18 UFC fights, held the Bellator Heavyweight title, started MMA career at the age of 29

Fight Record

31-11-2-1

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(50-45, 50-45, 50-45)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Ryan Bader

29-7-0-1

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 280

Bader vs Kongo

06 May 22

Paris

accor arena

30-11-2-1

SUB

4:59 Rear-Naked Choke

Heavyweight bout

SUB

Sergei Kharitonov

32-8-0-2

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 265

Kongo vs Kharitonov

20 Aug 21

Sioux Falls

sanford pentagon

30-10-2-1

DEC

5:00 Split

(28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Timothy Johnson

14-6-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator Paris 248

Johnson vs Kongo

10 Oct 20

Paris

Accor Arena

30-10-2-0

3:52 Accidental Eye Poke

Heavyweight bout

Ryan Bader

27-5-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 226

Bader vs Kongo

07 Sep 19

San Jose

SAP Center

29-10-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Vitaly Minakov

21-0-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 216

Page vs Daley

16 Feb 19

Uncasville

Mohegan Sun Arena

28-10-2-0

1:08 Punches

Heavyweight bout

Timothy Johnson

12-4-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 208

Emelianenko vs Sonnen

13 Oct 18

Uniondale

Nassau Coliseum

27-10-2-0

2:29 Punches

Heavyweight bout

Javy Ayala

10-6-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 199

Bader vs Lawal

12 May 18

San Jose

SAP Center

26-10-2-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Augusto Sakai

9-0-1-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 179

Macdonald vs Daley

19 May 17

London

The SSE Arena, Wembley

25-10-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-26, 30-25, 30-25)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Oli Thompson

17-9-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 172

Pitbull vs Thomson

18 Feb 17

San Jose

sap center

24-10-2-0

DEC

5:00 Majority

(28-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Tony Johnson

10-5-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 161

Kongo vs Johnson

16 Sep 16

Cedar Park

H-E-B Center at Cedar Park

23-10-2-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Vinicius Queiroz

8-3-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 150

Kongo vs Queiroz

26 Feb 16

Mulvane

Kansas Star Casino

22-10-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Alexander Volkov

24-5-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 139

Kongo vs Volkov

26 Jun 15

Mulvane

Kansas Star Casino

22-9-2-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Muhammed Lawal

14-4-0-1

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 134

The British Invasion

27 Feb 15

Uncasville

Mohegan Sun Casino

21-9-2-0

SUB

3:27 Rear-Naked Choke

Heavyweight bout

SUB

Lavar Johnson

18-9-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 123

Pitbull vs Curran

05 Sep 14

Uncasville

Mohegan Sun Arena

20-9-2-0

TKO

4:35 Knees & Punches

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Eric Smith

1-1-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 120

Jackson vs Lawal

17 May 14

Southaven

Landers Center

20-8-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(48-46, 48-46, 48-46)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Vitaly Minakov

13-0-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 115

Minakov vs Kongo

04 Apr 14

Reno

Reno Events Center

19-8-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Peter Graham

9-5-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 107

Kongo vs Graham

08 Nov 13

Thackerville

WinStar World Casino

18-8-2-0

TKO

2:04 Knees & Punches

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Mark Godbeer

8-1-0-0

Heavyweight bout

Bellator 102

Kongo vs Godbeer

04 Oct 13

Visalia

Visalia Convention Center

18-7-2-0

2:03 Punches

Heavyweight bout

Roy Nelson

18-7-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 159

Jones vs Sonnen

27 Apr 13

Newark

Prudential Center

17-7-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Shawn Jordan

13-3-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 149

Faber vs Barao

21 Jul 12

Calgary

Scotiabank Saddledome

17-6-2-0

TKO

2:11 Punches

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Mark Hunt

7-7-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 144

Edgar vs Henderson

26 Feb 12

Saitama

Saitama Super Arena

16-6-2-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Matt Mitrione

5-0-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 137

Penn vs Diaz

29 Oct 11

Las Vegas

Mandalay Bay Events Center

15-6-2-0

2:39 Punch

Heavyweight bout

Pat Barry

6-2-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC Live

Kongo vs Barry

26 Jun 11

Pittsburgh

Consol Energy Center

15-6-1-0

DRW

5:00 Unanimous

(28-28, 28-28, 28-28)

Heavyweight bout

DRW

Travis Browne

10-0-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 120

Bisping vs Akiyama

16 Oct 10

London

the o2 arena

14-6-1-0

TKO

1:16 Submission To Strikes

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Paul Buentello

27-11-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC Live

Vera vs Jones

21 Mar 10

Broomfield

1stBank Center

14-5-1-0

SUB

1:12 Guillotine Choke

Heavyweight bout

SUB

Frank Mir

12-4-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 107

Penn vs Sanchez

12 Dec 09

Memphis

FedEx Forum

14-4-1-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Cain Velasquez

5-0-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 99

The Comeback

13 Jun 09

Köln

Lanxess Arena

13-4-1-0

TKO

2:29 Punches

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Antoni Hardonk

8-4-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 97

Redemption

18 Apr 09

Montréal

Bell Centre

12-4-1-0

TKO

4:37 Punches

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Mostapha Al-Turk

6-3-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 92

The Ultimate 2008

27 Dec 08

Las Vegas

MGM Grand Garden Arena

11-4-1-0

TKO

4:55 Punches

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Dan Evensen

10-2-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 87

Seek And Destroy

09 Aug 08

Minneapolis

Target Center

11-3-1-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Heath Herring

27-13-0-1

Heavyweight bout

UFC 82

Pride Of A Champion

01 Mar 08

Columbus

Nationwide Arena

10-3-1-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Mirko Cro Cop

22-5-2-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 75

Champion vs Champion

08 Sep 07

London

the o2 arena

9-3-1-0

DEC

5:00 Majority

(29-28, 29-28, 28-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Assuerio Silva

13-5-0-1

Heavyweight bout

UFC 70

Nations Collide

21 Apr 07

Chester

Manchester Evening News Arena

9-2-1-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Heavyweight bout

DEC

Carmelo Marrero

5-0-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 64

Unstoppable

14 Oct 06

Las Vegas

Mandalay Bay Events Center

8-2-1-0

2:51 Knee

Heavyweight bout

Christian Wellisch

6-2-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 62

Liddell vs Sobral

26 Aug 06

Las Vegas

Mandalay Bay Events Center

7-2-1-0

TKO

4:13 Doctor Stoppage

Heavyweight bout

TKO

Gilbert Aldana

0-1-0-0

Heavyweight bout

UFC 61

Bitter Rivals

08 Jul 06

Las Vegas

Mandalay Bay Events Center

6-2-1-0

TKO

Punches

TKO

Dave Dalgliesh

3-5-0-0

Gladiator Challenge 46

Avalanche

11 Dec 05

5-2-1-0

Punches

Gabor Nemeth

0-0-0-0

KING Of The Ring

Mission Impossible[58]

04 Jun 05

Zagreb

5-1-1-0

TKO

4:40 Punches

TKO

Gilbert Yvel

26-9-1-1

It's Showtime

Amsterdam Arena 2004

20 May 04

Amsterdam

4-1-1-0

4:31 Punch

Joop Kasteel

18-12-0-0

Rings Holland

Worlds Greatest

04 Apr 04

Utrecht

3-1-1-0

DEC

2:00 Unanimous

DEC

Dave Vader

3-4-0-0

Rings Holland

The Untouchables

27 Sep 03

Utrecht

2-1-1-0

SUB

0:59 Armbar

SUB

Hans Nijman

9-6-0-0

It's Showtime

Amsterdam Arena 2003

08 Jun 03

Amsterdam

2-1-0-0

DRW

5:00 Unanimous

DRW

Michael Knaap

0-0-0-0

It's Showtime

As Usual Battle Time

29 Sep 02

Haarlem

2-0-0-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

DEC

Rodney Glunder

11-7-3-0

Rings Holland 1

Saved By The Bell

02 Jun 02

Amsterdam

1-0-0-0

TKO

1:25 Punches

TKO

Dave Van Veen

5-7-0-0

Rings Holland

Some Like It Hard

02 Dec 01

Utrecht

0-0-0-0

SUB

3:20 Heel Hook

SUB

Andre Tete

0-1-0-0

Rings Holland 1

No Guts, No Glory

10 Jun 01

Amsterdam

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Name

KO Wins

Finish Wins

KO%

Finish%

Record

Alexander Volkov

63%

74%

Andre Tete

100%

Antoni Hardonk

75%

100%

Assuerio Silva

31%

88%

Augusto Sakai

69%

Cain Velasquez

86%

Carmelo Marrero

19%

62%

Christian Wellisch

50%

88%

Dan Evensen

64%

73%

Dave Dalgliesh

100%

Dave Van Veen

60%

80%

Dave Vader

67%

100%

Eric Smith

100%

Frank Mir

26%

74%

Gabor Nemeth

Gilbert Aldana

Gilbert Yvel

85%

100%

Hans Nijman

44%

89%

Heath Herring

36%

82%

Javy Ayala

64%

91%

Joop Kasteel

42%

84%

Lavar Johnson

94%

100%

Mark Godbeer

69%

85%

Mark Hunt

77%

Matt Mitrione

85%

Michael Knaap

67%

100%

Mirko Cro Cop

79%

89%

Mostapha Al-Turk

100%

Muhammed Lawal

62%

Oli Thompson

64%

82%

Pat Barry

88%

Paul Buentello

71%

89%

Peter Graham

91%

Rodney Glunder

52%

60%

Roy Nelson

67%

83%

Ryan Bader

42%

52%

Sergei Kharitonov

70%

95%

Shawn Jordan

79%

95%

Timothy Johnson

44%

72%

Tony Johnson

57%

62%

Travis Browne

78%

89%

Vinicius Queiroz

75%

100%

Vitaly Minakov

59%

91%

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