Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry, as everyone knows, were not scheduled to headline the UFC on Versus 4 card, but got thrown into the main event position following the shocking release of Nate Marquardt from the organization.
For all the controversy surrounding Marquardt, it’s probably a good thing that Kongo and Barry wound up closing the show, because there was no way that anything else was going to be able to follow it.
This fight wound up being one of the most exciting two-and-a-half-minute fights that you will ever see. Barry was dominating Kongo to the point where you were screaming at the television wondering when the referee was going to stop it.
Kongo looked completely out of it after Barry landed a right hand on the side of his head. Barry followed that shot up with some rights and lefts on the ground, but Kongo fought his way back up only to be dropped once again with a shot to the head.
Announcers Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg said that Kongo was out, and he looked like he was.
But once again, Kongo worked his way back up to his feet. He threw two rights that caught Barry right on the butt of the jaw, sending him to the mat. He followed it up with a few punches on the ground before the referee stopped it.
Nate Marquardt may have been the story of the weekend, but for two minutes, Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry provided the real fireworks.
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