Kongo vs Johnson

Who won Kongo vs Johnson?

Cheick Kongo beat Timothy Johnson by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 208, on Saturday 13th October 2018 at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Kongo vs Johnson stats

Cheick Kongo stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Timothy Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Timothy Johnson marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Cheick Kongo's Bellator record stood at 13-4-0, while Timothy Johnson's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Kongo had a slight advantage in power over Johnson, with a 50% knock out percentage over Johnson's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a large advantage over Kongo, boasting a 33% submission rate over Kongo's 11%.

Cheick Kongo was the older man by 10 years, at 50 years old.

Kongo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Johnson. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Kongo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 9 years and 4 months earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 103 to Johnson's 51.

Kongo vs Johnson form

Johnson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Valentin Moldavsky at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Cheick Kongo at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had beaten Matt Mitrione at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had defeated Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

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Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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