Bader vs Kongo

Who won Bader vs Kongo?

The fight between Ryan Bader and Cheick Kongo finished in a no contest at Bellator 226 on Saturday 7th September 2019.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator heavyweight championship.

Bader vs Kongo stats

Ryan Bader stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Cheick Kongo made his way to the cage with a record of 30 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Ryan Bader's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Cheick Kongo's came in at 13-4-0.

The stats suggested Kongo had a slight advantage in power over Bader, with a 50% knock out percentage over Bader's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bader had a slight advantage over Kongo, with a 11% submission rate over Kongo's 10%.

Ryan Bader was the younger man by 8 years, at 40 years old.

Kongo had a height advantage of 2 inches over Bader. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Bader was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 9 months later than Kongo, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 90 to Kongo's 103.

Bader vs Kongo form

Bader had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Lyoto Machida at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, his fight against Cheick Kongo at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 214 on 26th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Los Angeles.

He had defeated Matt Mitrione at Bellator 207 on 12th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Cheick Kongo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Ryan Bader at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Sergei Kharitonov at Bellator 265 on 20th August 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Timothy Johnson at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had been defeated by Ryan Bader at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 by split decision in the 1st round in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

He had won against Vitaly Minakov at Bellator 216 on 16th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Cheick Kongo had been fighting more than Ryan Bader.

Going to this contest, Ryan Bader had last fought 3 years and 9 days ago, while Cheick Kongo's last outing had been 1 year, 11 months and 12 days ago.

Bader's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Kongo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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