Comments on: UFC 79: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cheick Kongo

By: Mamas Boy

Mamas Boy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:55:36 +0000

[quote comment=”168421″]Kongo isn’t that good of a fighter. The only notable fighter he beat was Cro Cop who had 2 weeks to prepare for the fight because of a broken ankle and torn tendons in his leg he suffered in his last fight. I’m sick of hearing that Kongo has a good ground game, He doesn’t! He looked a little less than compitant on the ground against Cro Cop who stinks on the ground. Granted Kongo’s striking did look good, but no steller. In my opinion this fight shouldn’t decide who fights for the title. I believe that Sylvia vs Vera should be the #1 contender bout.[/quote]
Dude- Vera is pretty much starting all over again in my book. He hasn’t fought in almost a year. And Sylvia has been out of the action for like 9 months too. If Sylvia wins by brutal KO then you can make a case he is up near the top because he did just loose the belt his last time out. Vera’s toughest opponent to date has been washed up Frank Mir. He still has 2 or 3 fights to go to get into contention. Although they gave Jeff Monson a title shot without beating anybody. Don’t forget Arlovski is waiting too.

By: Mamas Boy

Mamas Boy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:49:14 +0000

If Kongo keeps it standing, he’ll win by (T)KO. If Noguiera gets it to the ground, he submits Kongo via armbar. NO WAY THIS FIGHT MAKES IT 3 ROUNDS!

By: DB

DB — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:27:53 +0000

Kongo isn’t that good of a fighter. The only notable fighter he beat was Cro Cop who had 2 weeks to prepare for the fight because of a broken ankle and torn tendons in his leg he suffered in his last fight. I’m sick of hearing that Kongo has a good ground game, He doesn’t! He looked a little less than compitant on the ground against Cro Cop who stinks on the ground. Granted Kongo’s striking did look good, but no steller. In my opinion this fight shouldn’t decide who fights for the title. I believe that Sylvia vs Vera should be the #1 contender bout.

By: jb125

jb125 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:46:32 +0000

now lets not count kongo out of this fight….i mean i am pretty sure many ppl picked cro cop to bounce back ( from his knock out loss) and just walk through kongo and knock him out….but if you’s forgot kongo handled cro cop and beat ‘the most feared striker’ ….. same could happen in this fight

By: pgam

pgam — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:13:52 +0000

my advice to congo. when in doubt - TAP. save your joints for a fight you can win.

By: pgam

pgam — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:06:43 +0000

good point. i’d venture to say that it’s called a contender bout only cause congo is new (and to be fair - really excellent).

But after big nog rips Congos arm off , or punches his lights out, or disconnects his knee caps or whatever he chooses… Tim sylvia would become more of a contender- although i doubt sylvia will be next in line given his recent defeat at the hands of couture.
i’d love to see a crocop congo rematch. it be about who’s fight it’d become. crocop was definitely on the prowl at the beginning. If they both worked on their ground game a lot the fight could be won there strange as it seems). think kimbo vs ray mercer - strange apples and porange analogy i know). Vera is still hot but hasn’t really beaten anyoneon the level of congo let alone big nog - lets see if he gets past the one punch death man tim sylvia. that would be impressive but it’s like drawing straws in a way because if big tim lands even p your dead but if he doesn’t a skillful fighter could really pick sylvia apart. the fedor vs semmy shilt would be similar to what vera should probably aim for. stay close or far - but out of striking range (big i know) and watch for a hook coming out of the clinch or off the mat.

By: DB

DB — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:22:33 +0000

Why is this the heavyweight contender bout. In my oppinion both Brandon Vera and Tim Sylvia are more legitimate contenders than Cheik Kongo.

By: Jaze95

Jaze95 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:34:35 +0000

On paper Nog gets the win period. Nog’s ground game is just on another level. His stiking has improved with a lot of boxing training. Has anyone seen the fight with Josh Barnett, the stood up a lot in that last fight and Josh is no push over. He can take a punch, kick or slam and recover as seen in the past. It is hard to predict what will happen because of the lucky strikes that can end it all. Kongo does have a chance and training with Rampage team will help. Someone made mention of Nog getting kicked by Heath, well Heath is no push over and he is bigger than Kongo and hits just as hard or even harder then Kongo, do your research and has way more experience and has fought with Nog two other times. Plus Nog is new to the UFC and just started training in a cage with in the pass year or so. Once he gets use to that cage he will use it to pull out some wicked submission just like Gracie in his hay day. Every fight can go either way but on paper Nog gets the nod and at the fight I have Nog winning by armbar 2nd round!

By: ViolentMike

ViolentMike — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:56:40 +0000

[quote post=”3479″]Big nog has a glassjaw, so yeah, congo could just as easily end this fight Quick! [/quote]

JSOPH, I REALLY hope that you were being sarcastic with the ‘Big Nog has a glassjaw’ comment. But upon further review, I see that you spell Kongo with a “C”, which makes me think that you just don’t know too much about MMA. It is widely known throughout the world of MMA that Big Nog and Cabbage Correria have the 2 best chins in all of MMA. I, myself, would throw Henderson in there at number 3.

So, let me teach you a thing or two about Big Nog:
For starters, at the age of 10 he was ran over by a truck and was in a coma. He lost a rib and part of his liver and had to be hospitalized for eleven months. The fact that he then decided to compete in MMA just shows how tough he is. This is why he has that huge scar on his lower back.

He has 36 Pro fights, with only 4 losses, and he has NEVER BEEN KNOCKED OUT. How can someone that has never been KO’d in pro 36 fights have a glass jaw. Also, in his 4 losses, he has NEVER even been finished. Every won of his losses came by decision. He lost by unanimous decsion to Fedor twice, and he lost by split decision to Josh Barnett and Dan Henderson. Yup, DAN HENDERSON beat Big Nog.

By: ade

ade — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:43:53 +0000

[quote comment=”163617″][quote comment=”163608″]I think this is such a crap match up, Kongo v Arlovski would have been a much better fight both guys being very technical in the stand up and also Arlovski would have had no choice but to put up a good fight or Kongo would have battered him. I Think that matchup would definately have brought out the best in Arlovski, now if this fight goes to the ground it is as good as over. Who knows maybe there’s a small chance Kongo will not let it go to the ground, he seems to be getting better with every fight.[/quote]

i disagree with the AA/Kongo match.
Kongo just beat Mirko and doesn’t deserve an opponant like AA,
He deserves to fight a possible #1 contender, not AA who has been hot/cold for the last year.
Maybe when they resign AA they can put him up agianst Cro cop.
I like AA, always have. And i would like to see him face Kongo(sometime?) but he does not get the ok from me to fight a guy who just beat Cro cop. but then again it’s not my decision.[/quote]

When you put it like that, I have to agree with you.