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Bellator 150 Results: Cheick Kongo vs. Vinicius Queiroz

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, February 26, 2016) will come in the form of Bellator 150. Headlining the card are Cheick Kongo and Vinicius Queiroz, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card. Cheick Kongo

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, February 26, 2016) will come in the form of Bellator 150. Headlining the card are Cheick Kongo and Vinicius Queiroz, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card.

Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) and Vinicius Queiroz (8-3) meet in a heavyweight bout.

David Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5) is next in a lightweight bout.

Kendall Grove (22-15) vs. Francisco France (13-3-1) is next in a middleweight bout.

Gaston Reyno (5-0) and Chuka Willis (6-2) meet next in a featherweight bout.

Opening the main card on Spike TV for Bellator 150 is Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca Ruth (5-1) in a flyweight bout.

So join us right here at LowKickMMA for Bellator 150, kicking off at 6:45 PM ET!

You can watch the prelims here:

Here are the results for this event:

Main Card

Heavyweight Main Event: Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) vs. Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)

Lightweight Feature Bout: David Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5)

Middleweight Feature Bout: Kendall Grove (22-15) vs. Francisco France (13-3-1)

Featherweight Feature Bout: Gaston Reyno (5-0) vs. Chuka Willis (6-2)

Flyweight Feature Bout: Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca Ruth (5-1)

Preliminary Card:

Gregory Babene def. Brandon Farran via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Round 1 – 3:37

Heavyweight Feature Bout: David Hammons (1-1) vs. Kyle Noblitt (1-0)

Middleweight Feature Bout: Chris Harris (4-0) vs. Julian Marquez (2-0)

Lightweight Feature Bout: Marcio Navarro (14-11) vs. Henry Lindsay (4-5)

Thai Clark def. Deron Carlis via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Welterweight Feature Bout: Manny Meraz (7-1) vs. Andre Fialho (5-0)

Lightweight Feature Bout: Jason Witt (7-2) vs. Jonathan Gary (11-6)

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Bellator 150 Betting Odds: Cheick Kongo Favored Over Vinicius Queiroz

Bellator 150 is here, and it goes down today from the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. In the main event, Cheick Kongo will fight Vinicius Queiroz in a welterweight bout. In the co-main event, David Rickels fights Bobby Cooper in a lightweight bout. Five bouts will take place on the main card. According to

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Bellator 150 is here, and it goes down today from the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. In the main event, Cheick Kongo will fight Vinicius Queiroz in a welterweight bout. In the co-main event, David Rickels fights Bobby Cooper in a lightweight bout. Five bouts will take place on the main card.

According to oddsmakers 5Dimes.com, Cheick Kongo is a -175 favorite over Vinicius Queiroz, who is a +155 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Bobby Cooper being a +415 underdog against David Rickels, who is a -525 favorite.

Here is the betting odds for the main card:

Flyweight bout –

Rebecca Ruth +175 Over 2½ +125

Lena Ovchynnikova -210 Under 2½ -145

Middleweight bout –  

Francisco France +125 Over 2½ -135

Kendall Grove -145 Under 2½ +115

Lightweight bout –

Bobby Cooper +415 Over 2½ -185

David Rickels -525 Under 2½ +160

Heavyweight bout –

Vinicius Queiroz +155 Over 1½ -125

Cheick Kongo -175 Under 1½ +105

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Bellator 134: The British Invasion Live Results, Play-by-Play and Highlights

Bellator MMA puts on their biggest event thus far for 2015 Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The show, titled “The British Invasion,” features a light heavyweight title fight in the main event between defending champion Eman…

Bellator MMA puts on their biggest event thus far for 2015 Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The show, titled “The British Invasion,” features a light heavyweight title fight in the main event between defending champion Emanuel Newton and undefeated British prospect Liam McGeary. The card also features “King” Mo Lawal jumping up to heavyweight to take on UFC veteran Cheick Kongo. 

The main card takes place at 9 p.m. ET on Spike, and the preliminary card will be streamed on Spike.com starting at 7 p.m. ET.

Bleacher Report MMA will have complete results from Mohegan Sun Arena and play-by-play for the televised main card. Scroll down for results, highlights and a live blog of the action on the main card of Bellator 134.  

Bellator 134 Fight Card:

Emanuel Newton vs. Liam McGeary

Paul Daley vs. Andre Santos

Rameau Sokoudjou vs. Linton Vassell

Muhammed Lawal vs. Cheick Kongo

Brennan Ward vs. Curtis Millender

Preliminary Card:

Matt Bessette vs. Josh Laberge

Raphael Butler vs. Josh Diekmann

Tamdan McCrory vs. Jason Butler

Neiman Gracie vs. Bobby Flynn

Marvin Maldonado vs. Blair Tugman

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Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 — Quick Results + GIFs

The first leg of tonight’s #FridayNightWars MMA double-header kicks off with the Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 main card, live from Uncasville, CT, at 8 p.m. ET on Spike. We’re saving up our liveblog energy for UFC Fight Night 50 later this evening, but follow us after the jump for quick results from the Bellator card, as well as GIFs of all relevant knockouts and submissions. As always, follow us on twitter at @cagepotatomma for live commentary and ball-busting.

The first leg of tonight’s #FridayNightWars MMA double-header kicks off with the Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 main card, live from Uncasville, CT, at 8 p.m. ET on Spike. We’re saving up our liveblog energy for UFC Fight Night 50 later this evening, but follow us after the jump for quick results from the Bellator card, as well as GIFs of all relevant knockouts and submissions. As always, follow us on twitter at @cagepotatomma for live commentary and ball-busting.

MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 8 p.m. ET)
Pat Curran vs. Patricio Freire
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. Dustin Jacoby
Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson
Bobby Lashley vs. Josh Burns
Tamdan McCrory vs. Brennan Ward

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 6 p.m. ET)
Rico DiSciullo vs. Marvin Maldonado
Steve Garcia vs. Kin Moy
Josh Diekmann vs. Mike Wessel
Dan Cramer vs. Perry Filkins
Mark Griffin vs. Mike Mucitelli
Pete Rogers vs. Phillipe Martins
Brandon Fleming vs. Blair Tugman
Matt Bessette vs. Scott Cleve

Cheick Kongo: ‘The UFC Threw Me Away After Treating Me Like S–t at the End’

Sixteen months after surprisingly turning down a four-fight contract extension with the UFC, Bellator MMA heavyweight Cheick Kongo offered some insight regarding his split with his former employer.
“You know some things happen unexpectedly in your care…

Sixteen months after surprisingly turning down a four-fight contract extension with the UFC, Bellator MMA heavyweight Cheick Kongo offered some insight regarding his split with his former employer.

“You know some things happen unexpectedly in your career, but no matter what happens, you can get everything you want. Everything in my career now is good,” said Kongo this week, according to SciFighting.com. “But the UFC threw me away after treating me like s–t at the end. You have to be really tough. They just pushed all the time…push, push, push…and no matter what, I had to keep going.”

Kongo, who went 11-6-1 during a near seven-year stretch as a heavyweight in the UFC, has won three of his first four bouts in Bellator MMA.

Kongo’s lone loss since parting ways with the UFC came via unanimous decision against venomous Russian Vitaly Minakov in a heavyweight title fight at Bellator 115 in April at the Reno Events Center.

At 39 years of age, the hulking Frenchman has finally gotten a chance to catch his breath, and now that he’s done so, he’s got his sights set on becoming Bellator MMA’s fourth heavyweight champ.

“What they’re (Bellator) doing is good, and I can’t wait to see what they have in store next,” said Kongo, who has TKO’d two of his three Bellator MMA foes with knees and punches. “I would love to rematch Vitaly, and this time around I would not over-train for him. I want to fight for the title next.”

Kongo, however, can’t think about scoring a rematch with the unbeaten Minakov until he conquers his next opponent, fellow UFC veteran Lavar Johnson. Kongo and Johnson will square off in the co-main event of Bellator 123 on Friday at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

After going 2-2 in the UFC, the hard-hitting Johnson has dropped two of his first three bouts in Bellator MMA, including a submission loss to Blagoy Ivanov in his last outing at Bellator 116 in April at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.

“I can’t wait, he is a big deal, and he’s just WOW. I have to keep a good base and make sure he doesn’t touch me,” said Kongo of Johnson.

In his last bout, Kongo disposed of promotional newcomer Eric Smith with a second-round TKO at Bellator 120 in May at the Landers Center.

Johnson notched his lone win in Bellator MMA when he TKO’d Ryan Martinez in brutal fashion at Bellator 111 in March at the WinStar World Casino.

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Bellator 123 Adds Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson, King Mo vs. Tom DeBlass, And the Debut of Bobby Lashley [#FridayNightWars]


(Disclaimer: Black guys not drawn to scale.)

On September 5th, Southeastern Connecticut is going to host way more top-notch MMA than it deserves, honestly. That’s the date of #FridayNightWars (hashtag patent-pending), the night when the UFC and Bellator put on simultaneous shows ten miles away from each other.

As we previously reported, UFC Fight Night 50 in Ledyard will feature a suspiciously-stacked lineup featuring Ronaldo Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem vs. Ben Rothwell, Matt Mitrione vs. Derrick Lewis, and Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Chiesa. But Bellator isn’t going down quietly. The promotion has announced three more bouts for its Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 card in Uncasville, and they all feature guys you’ve heard of…

Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson: Kongo bounced back to the win column with a second-round TKO of Eric Smith at Bellator 120 in May, and has put together a 3-1 record under the Bellator banner. He’ll face fellow UFC veteran Lavar “Big” Johnson, who has struggled to find his footing in Bellator, dropping to 1-2 in the promotion after his April submission loss against Blagoy Ivanov. Johnson has lost four of his last five fights overall.


(Disclaimer: Black guys not drawn to scale.)

On September 5th, Southeastern Connecticut is going to host way more top-notch MMA than it deserves, honestly. That’s the date of #FridayNightWars (hashtag patent-pending), the night when the UFC and Bellator put on simultaneous shows ten miles away from each other.

As we previously reported, UFC Fight Night 50 in Ledyard will feature a suspiciously-stacked lineup featuring Ronaldo Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem vs. Ben Rothwell, Matt Mitrione vs. Derrick Lewis, and Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Chiesa. But Bellator isn’t going down quietly. The promotion has announced three more bouts for its Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 card in Uncasville, and they all feature guys you’ve heard of…

Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson: Kongo bounced back to the win column with a second-round TKO of Eric Smith at Bellator 120 in May, and has put together a 3-1 record under the Bellator banner. He’ll face fellow UFC veteran Lavar “Big” Johnson, who has struggled to find his footing in Bellator, dropping to 1-2 in the promotion after his April submission loss against Blagoy Ivanov. Johnson has lost four of his last five fights overall.

Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal vs. Tom DeBlass: The last time we saw our hero King Mo, he was calling Bjorn Rebney a dick-rider on national television, following his screwjob loss to Quinton Jackson. He’ll return to the cage against UFC washout Tom DeBlass, who went 2-0 in Bellator last year, with both wins by KO/TKO.

Bobby Lashley vs. Josh Burns: The former WWE star quietly built up a three-fight win streak last year, and has been keeping busy in the wrestling world this year as the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Now, he’ll look to reintroduce himself to MMA fans on a larger stage. Lashley will compete at Bellator 123 again Josh Burns, whose 8-7 record includes an 0-4 tally in Bellator (all losses by stoppage). Seems like Bellator is taking no chances here.

In a semi-related story, Bellator president Scott Coker has brought in his old Strikeforce homey Rich Chou to do matchmaking. Bellator is turning into Strikeforce 2.0, and we have absolutely no problem with that.