Cheick Kongo Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#6Roy Nelson Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:03	UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen	Apr 27, 2013
W	Shawn Jordan Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao	Jul 21, 2012
L	Mark Hunt Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:11	UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson	Feb 25, 2012
W	Matt Mitrione Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz	Oct 29, 2011
W	Pat Barry Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:39	UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry	Jun 26, 2011
D	Travis Browne Heavyweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama	Oct 16, 2010
W	Paul Buentello Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Body On Ground Submission to Strikes	R3	1:16	UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones	Mar 21, 2010
L	Frank Mir Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard Technical Submission	R1	1:12	UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez	Dec 12, 2009
L	Cain Velasquez Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 99: The Comeback	Jun 13, 2009
W	Antoni Hardonk Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	2:29	UFC 97: Redemption	Apr 18, 2009
W	Mostapha Al-Turk Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head On Ground	R1	4:37	UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008	Dec 27, 2008
W	Dan Evensen Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:55	UFC 87: Seek And Destroy	Aug 9, 2008
L	Heath Herring Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	Mar 1, 2008
W	Mirko Filipovic Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion	Sep 8, 2007
W	AS Assuerio Silva Heavyweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC 70: Nations Collide	Apr 21, 2007
L	Carmelo Marrero Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 64: Unstoppable	Oct 14, 2006
W	Christian Wellisch Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R1	2:51	UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral	Aug 26, 2006
W	GA Gilbert Aldana Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cuts	R1	4:13	UFC 61: Bitter Rivals	Jul 8, 2006

Outside the UFC

20-6-1, 1 NCacross 28 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 4 sub · 8 decBellator · Rings Holland · It's Showtime · KOTR

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Ryan Bader31-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	May 6, 2022
W	Sergei Kharitonov35-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:59	Bellator	Aug 20, 2021
L	Tim Johnson18-13	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Oct 10, 2020
NC	Ryan Bader31-8	No Contest	Accidental Eye Poke	R1	3:52	Bellator	Sep 7, 2019
W	Vitaly Minakov22-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Feb 16, 2019
W	Tim Johnson18-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:08	Bellator	Oct 13, 2018
W	Javy Ayala11-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:29	Bellator	May 12, 2018
W	Augusto Sakai17-7-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	May 19, 2017
W	Oli Thompson23-19	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Feb 18, 2017
W	Tony Johnson18-11-1	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 16, 2016
W	Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz8-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Feb 26, 2016
W	Alexander Volkov40-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jun 26, 2015
L	Muhammed Lawal21-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Feb 27, 2015
W	Lavar Johnson18-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:27	Bellator	Sep 5, 2014
W	Eric Smith6-2	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R2	4:35	Bellator	May 17, 2014
L	Vitaly Minakov22-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	Apr 4, 2014
W	Peter Graham11-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 8, 2013
W	Mark Godbeer13-5	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R2	2:04	Bellator	Oct 4, 2013
W	Dave Dalgliesh30-19-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	Rings Holland	Dec 11, 2005
W	Gabor Nemeth7-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	KOTR	Jun 4, 2005
L	Gilbert Yvel40-16-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:42	It's Showtime	May 20, 2004
W	Joop Kasteel19-13	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:31	Rings Holland	Apr 4, 2004
W	Dave Vader12-11-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	2:00	Rings Holland	Sep 27, 2003
W	Hans Nijman9-7	Submission	Armbar	R2	0:59	It's Showtime	Jun 8, 2003
D	Michael Knaap18-22-3	Draw	—	R2	5:00	It's Showtime	Sep 29, 2002
L	Rodney Glunder25-20-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Rings Holland	Jun 2, 2002
W	Dave van der Veen4-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:25	Rings Holland	Dec 2, 2001
W	Andre Tete2-6	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	3:20	Rings Holland	Jun 10, 2001

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

15 wins, 3 losses

W15

L3

Submission

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Decision

12 wins, 8 losses

W12

L8

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.22

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Cheick Kongo

PowerChin

Knockout rate

39%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

1.58 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

5.71 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Cheick Kongo

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 3 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

2W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB66th

56%574 / 987

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.05 differential

Landed3.33

Absorbed1.28

53%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head44%38th253
Body27%80th153
Leg29%86th168

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

38%Clinch

Standing37%213
Clinch38%216
Ground25%145

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Cheick Kongo

Landed per 15

Head

D

34th

23.2

34th

Body

A

82nd

14.0

82nd

Leg

A+

90th

15.4

90th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

95th

9.6

95th

Body

C

54th

8.1

54th

Leg

A

70th

3.8

70th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.2	253	592	43%
Body	14.0	153	177	86%
Leg	15.4	168	218	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	9.6	105	349	30%
Body	8.1	88	119	74%
Leg	3.8	41	46	89%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Cheick Kongo

63%

Takedown accuracy

53%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.7 min net

On top5.4

On bottom4.7

Offense

Takedowns

A

74th

2.2

74th

TD accuracy

A

82nd

63%

82nd

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.3

60th

Control

A

77th

5.4 min

77th

Defense

TD defense

D

39th

53%

39th

Controlled

4.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	24 / 38
Submission attempts	3
Control time	58:20

Defense

TDs defended	32 / 60
Control absorbed	51:10

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (163min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Cheick Kongo

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 163 min

175%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Kongo builds (+9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kongo lifts to 175% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Kongo ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Kongolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kongoattempts / min

Control time

Kongo% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.0	3.3	1.4	0.19	28%	18
R2	6.3	4.0	1.6	0.27	36%	10
R3	6.1	3.3	1.4	0.27	49%	9

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Cheick Kongo

18 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

40/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

62nd

38%

62nd

Win quality

B

62nd

43%

62nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

2

6

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	3	0-2-1	0%
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	6	5-1	83%
Unproven	5	4-1	80%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Roy Nelson#6	Top-15	75	Apr 27, 2013
W	Shawn Jordan	Established	22	Jul 21, 2012
L	Mark Hunt	Top-5	59	Feb 25, 2012
W	Matt Mitrione	Top-15	53	Oct 29, 2011
W	Pat Barry	Building	18	Jun 26, 2011
D	Travis Browne	Top-5	57	Oct 16, 2010
W	Paul Buentello	Building	18	Mar 21, 2010
L	Frank Mir	Top-5	67	Dec 12, 2009
L	Cain Velasquez	Champion	71	Jun 13, 2009
W	Antoni Hardonk	Building	18	Apr 18, 2009
W	Mostapha Al-Turk	Unproven	8	Dec 27, 2008
W	Dan Evensen	Unproven	8	Aug 9, 2008
L	Heath Herring	Building	15	Mar 1, 2008
W	Mirko Filipovic	Building	15	Sep 8, 2007
W	Assuerio Silva	Unproven	8	Apr 21, 2007
L	Carmelo Marrero	Unproven	8	Oct 14, 2006
W	Christian Wellisch	Building	15	Aug 26, 2006
W	Gilbert Aldana	Unproven	8	Jul 8, 2006

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

17 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-2

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-1

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-5

10 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

2-0

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Cheick Kongo

Extended layoff

4y 2mosince last bout

vs Ryan Bader · May 6, 2022

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-2As underdog 1-3

71.4

DK avg

72.7

Median

115.6

Ceiling

19.1

Floor

44%

Boom

22%

Bust

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