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 as in favor of winner Timothy Johnson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Johnson vs Kongo stats

Timothy Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 loses 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 loses and 2 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

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 10 years, at 38 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 year 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

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Matt Mitrione at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Vitaly Minakov at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Before that, he had lost to Cheick Kongo at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

He had beat Marcelo Golm at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Kongo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 7 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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