Showing posts with label Cheick Kongo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cheick Kongo. Show all posts
Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt @ UFC 144 Japan
On twitter there were news about a matchup between Roy Nelson and Cheick Kongo. It proved wrong with the official announcement of a bout between Kongo and Hunt which will take place on Feb. 25th in Saitama, Japan. Kongo is coming off a decision win over Mitrione. Former K-1 champion Mark Hunt defeated Ben Rothwell with a unanimous decision.
Mitrione still pissed about his performance
Woke up at 4 &haven't been able 2go back 2sleep. Grrrr. Thinking about the fight &how things DIDN'T play out. What an opportunity I wasted
Matt Mitrione has his first loss in the UFC against Cheick Kongo
The first round doesn't worth telling it as there has been nothing in terms of quality and joyment. We got bored with the fighters checking their distances. That was hell long and crowd started booing. During the game the octagon control seemed in the hands of Mitrione for the record. The second round was more entertaining. Fighters exchanged their punches.
In the second round Mitrione in my opinion was a better unlike the judges think. The judge scoring it 30-27 is prolly and oldfashioned guy who doesn't have tolerance for some kind of fighters. Mitrone is a huge fun for the sport. He is an entertaining fighter with the funny smile on his face, his different style and actions in the octagon. Anyway, as we get back to fight Mitrione pushed the phase and landed a very solid uppercut.
In the third round fighters showed a better performance. They started turning up the heat although it was too late. Kongo slammed Mitrione on the mat, landed some beautiful shots resulting Mitrione's left eye getting cut. Mitrione knew he had to stand up to land shots and win. As he managed to get back to his feet Kongo took him down for a second time and landed shots from the halfguard. The round finally was over and Kongo won the bout with a unanimous decision. Mitrione failed his task as this bout was the most challenging in his career. He needs better ground game and takedown defense. Kongo is now on a two fights win streak and may get a more serious shot. Maybe Nelson or Big Nog, who knows. He has a great willpower, he moves on steadily.
In the second round Mitrione in my opinion was a better unlike the judges think. The judge scoring it 30-27 is prolly and oldfashioned guy who doesn't have tolerance for some kind of fighters. Mitrone is a huge fun for the sport. He is an entertaining fighter with the funny smile on his face, his different style and actions in the octagon. Anyway, as we get back to fight Mitrione pushed the phase and landed a very solid uppercut.
In the third round fighters showed a better performance. They started turning up the heat although it was too late. Kongo slammed Mitrione on the mat, landed some beautiful shots resulting Mitrione's left eye getting cut. Mitrione knew he had to stand up to land shots and win. As he managed to get back to his feet Kongo took him down for a second time and landed shots from the halfguard. The round finally was over and Kongo won the bout with a unanimous decision. Mitrione failed his task as this bout was the most challenging in his career. He needs better ground game and takedown defense. Kongo is now on a two fights win streak and may get a more serious shot. Maybe Nelson or Big Nog, who knows. He has a great willpower, he moves on steadily.
B.J. Penn vs. Nick Diaz set for UFC 137 - The cards are getting beautiful !
That was a unlikely match-up after announcing Diaz was removed from championship bout. B.J. Penn's original opponent was Condit, he was replaced to fight against GSP after Diaz not showing for the promotion events. Now we have a switching of the opponents!
Dana tweeted this " "This is crazy but here we go again! You wanted it so you got it. Penn vs Diaz Oct 29th in Vegas>what a week!!! I love it!"
So to sum up we have great 2 welterweight bouts GSP vs Condit, Penn vs. Diaz plus 2 incredible heavyweight bouts Roy Nelson vs. Mirko Filipović and Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione making the night even tastier !
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