Article Posted: October 31st, 2008 |
By: Selina "Dead" Wong |
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The UFC officially announced Thursday the rest of the line-up for UFC 92, which takes place 27 December in Las Vegas.
French heavyweight Cheick Kongo (12-4-1) will meet UFC newcomer Mustapha al Turk (1-0), “The Hammer” Matt Hamill (4-2) will meet Reese Andy (7-2) in a light heavyweight bout.
Other bouts announced were “Piranha” Ryo Chonan (15-8) versus “Bad” Brad Blackburn (12-9-1), Antoni Hardonk (7-4) versus Mark Burch (10-2), and Dan Evensen (10-5) versus Pat Barry (1-0).
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Article Posted: August 9th, 2008 |
By: Chad Edward |
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Fighters.com’s Welterweight Champion “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (17-2) defended his title in a five-round unanimous decision over top contender Jon Fitch (17-3) Saturday night in Minneapolis by scores of 50-44 twice and 50-43.
The win facilitates an apparent New Year’s Eve champion-versus-champion rematch between St. Pierre and Fighters.com’s Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn (13-4-1), who was invited into the Octagon after the main event to challenge St. Pierre, saying, “I want to put this fight together.”
St. Pierre accepted Penn’s challenge, proclaiming, “I’m a proud champion.”
In the co-main event, Brock Lesnar (2-1) dominated a three-round unanimous decision over Fighters.com’s eighth-ranked heavyweight “Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring (28-14) by scores of 30-26 three times.
“I fell off the horse,” Lesnar told the 15,082 spectator hometown crowd referring to his Octagon debut loss to former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (11-3), “but, tonight I got on that stallion and rode it out of town, baby! Wooo!”
Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked lightweight “KenFlo” Kenny Florian (10-3) won a blow-out unanimous decision over “El Matador” Roger Huerta (20-2-1) by 30-27 on all three judges’ score cards in a UFC top contender bout.
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Article Posted: May 20th, 2008 |
By: Chad Edward |
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Sunday, “Unstoppable” Cheick Kongo (11-4-1) announced that he’ll bounce off his March defeat to Fighters.com eighth-ranked heavyweight “Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring (28-13) versus Norwegian Dan Evensen (10-2) in Minneapolis in August.
Evensen is primarily a BodogFight product, going 3-0 in that now-defunct promotion.
Evensen won his last fight in November by unanimous decision over Konstantin Gluhov (2-2).
The Norwegian’s record lists an April 2006 loss to UFC heavyweight “Hungarian Nightmare” Christian Wellisch (8-3).
Kongo seemed slated for stardom by the UFC after forcing a unanimous decision “W” over “Cro Cop” Mirko Filipovic (23-6-2).
After UFC 77 in October, fourth-ranked “Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia (24-4) called out the surging Frenchman as an alternative to a then-uncertain title challenge versus top-ranked “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-4-1).
When Sylvia scored his title shot versus Nogueira, Kongo was matched against Herring. An unimpressive wrestling slog saw Herring take a split decision.
The “L” added to another split decision loss to “Fury” Carmelo Marrero (7-2) in October 2006 and a majority decision Kongo squeaked over Assuerio Silva (13-6) in April 2007.
Evensen’s 10-2 record belies his pedestrian competition.
The match-up reveals the UFC’s waining confidence in their statuesque kickboxer.
Kongo needs a stoppage victory in the UFC’s current heavyweight climate which has seen Filipovic, Sylvia, and “Irish” Jake O’Brien (10-1) cut loose.
