Johnson vs Kongo

Who won Johnson vs Kongo?

Timothy Johnson beat Cheick Kongo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 248, on Saturday 10th October 2020 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Timothy Johnson.

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).

Johnson vs Kongo stats

Timothy Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 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.

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

The stats suggested that Johnson and Kongo have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had an advantage over Kongo, with a 29% submission rate over Kongo's 10%.

Timothy Johnson was the younger man by 9 years, at 39 years old.

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

Johnson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 9 years and 4 months later than Kongo, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 57 less professional rounds, 46 to Kongo's 103.

Johnson vs Kongo form

Timothy Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Said Sowma at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Linton Vassell at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

He had beaten Cheick Kongo at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Kongo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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