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Filed under: UFCUPDATE: After technical difficulties prevented the UFC weigh-in video from being shown live, it is now available as an archive.
All fighters stepping into the Octagon on Sunday night’s UFC Live card will first step onto the scale for t…
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UPDATE: After technical difficulties prevented the UFC weigh-in video from being shown live, it is now available as an archive.
All fighters stepping into the Octagon on Sunday night’s UFC Live card will first step onto the scale for the weigh-ins, and we have the video right here at MMAFighting.com. In the main event, heavyweights Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry will throw down. The video is below.
Filed under: UFC, NewsHere are the UFC on Versus 4 weigh-in results of Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo and the rest of the UFC Live card taking place Sunday, June 26 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
The event was originally scheduled to be headli…
Here are the UFC on Versus 4 weigh-in results of Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo and the rest of the UFC Live card taking place Sunday, June 26 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
The event was originally scheduled to be headlined by Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story, but was changed on the day of the weigh-ins to Barry vs. Kongo. With Marquardt out of the UFC, Charlie Brenneman made weight Saturday and will step in to face Story.
Below are the UFC Live weigh-in results, courtesy of UFC.com.
Versus Bouts – 9:00p.m. ET
Pat Barry (243) vs. Cheick Kongo (234.4)
Rick Story (170.4) vs. Charlie Brenneman (170.6)
John Howard (170.2) vs. Matt Brown (170)
Christian Morecraft (261.4) vs. Matt Mitrione (261.1)
Preliminary Bouts on Facebook – 5:55p.m. ET
Manny Gamburyan (145.8) vs. Tyson Griffin (145.8)
Javier Vazquez (145.8) vs. Joe Stevenson (146)
Curt Warburton (155.6) vs. Joe Lauzon (156)
Rich Attonito (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (170.6)
Charles Oliveira (153.8) vs. Nik Lentz (155.6)
Matt Grice (145.2) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145.4)
Edward Faaloloto (155.4) vs. Michael Johnson (155.2)
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With his upcoming bout against Cheick Kongo taking place this Sunday at UFC on Versus 4, it seems kind of odd that we’re still talking to Pat Barry about his loss to Cro Cop. Despite losing the fight over a year…
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With his upcoming bout against Cheick Kongo taking place this Sunday at UFC on Versus 4, it seems kind of odd that we’re still talking to Pat Barry about his loss to Cro Cop. Despite losing the fight over a year ago, and since defeating Joey Beltran at UFC Fight for the Troops 2, Barry is still addressing the concerns that some have that he threw his fight against Cro Cop. Needless to say, Barry doesn’t exactly take kindly to such claims.
Pat Barry goes on to talk about a guy who actually whispered into Pat’s ear that he thought Pat Barry threw the fight against Cro Cop. I’m not sure if we should count that as bravery, stupidity or attempted suicide. He also talks about Cheick Kongo’s improved wrestling, some comments attributed to him before the fight and his time training with DeathClutch in preparation for this fight. Well worth a quick viewing, even if it’s just for the facial expressions that Pat Barry makes.
Filed under: UFCThe UFC is back with its fourth live show on Versus on Sunday night, with Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry in the main event after Nate Marquardt was forced out of his fight with Rick Story at the last minute. We’ve got the predictions right …
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The UFC is back with its fourth live show on Versus on Sunday night, with Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry in the main event after Nate Marquardt was forced out of his fight with Rick Story at the last minute. We’ve got the predictions right here.
What: UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry
Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh
When: Sunday, the Versus show begins at 9 PM ET.
Predictions on the televised fights below.
Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry
If you like two heavyweights who will stand and bang, this is the fight for you. Both Kongo and Barry have some significant holes in their ground games, but they’re also both strong strikers, and there’s not much question that we’ll see some hard hitting (and probably some low blows).
Barry’s kicks make him a threat to anyone who’s going to trade with him, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he puts Kongo in some trouble. But eventually I like Kongo to get Barry down and finish him with ground and pound.
Pick: Kongo
Charlie Brennaman vs. Rick Story
What a strange story of how this fight came to be. When this card was first getting put together, the main event was supposed to be Anthony Johnson vs. Nate Marquardt, and one of the undercard fights was supposed to be Matthew Riddle vs. TJ Grant. Neither Brennaman nor Story was even supposed to be on the card. But when Johnson got hurt, Story jumped in to face Marquardt on short notice. Meanwhile, Riddle got hurt, and Brennaman jumped in to fight Grant on short notice. Then Grant got sick, so Brennaman’s fight was called off. Then Marquardt failed to get medically cleared, and Brennaman jumped back in to take on Story.
Did you follow all that? Whether you did or not, we’ve now got Brennaman-Story as the co-main event, and I don’t see it as being competitive: Story should handle Brennaman and win a one-sided unanimous decision.
Pick: Story
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Both of these guys are probably fighting for their jobs in the UFC, as Brown is on a three-fight losing streak and Howard is on a two-fight losing streak. I like Howard to win a decision and save his job, while Brown moves on and moves out of the UFC.
Pick: Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
Mitrione is a big, strong former football player who’s starting to make some noise in the UFC heavyweight division, but I don’t think he’s as complete a fighter as Morecraft, who ought to be able to submit Mitrione on the ground.
Pick: Morecraft
Three of Pat Barry’s six career victories have come by way of technical knockout via leg kicks—a rare finish for fighters. Another “HD” rarity: he’s a former K-1 kickboxer successfully fashioning a mixed martial arts caree…
Three of Pat Barry’s six career victories have come by way of technical knockout via leg kicks—a rare finish for fighters.
Another “HD” rarity: he’s a former K-1 kickboxer successfully fashioning a mixed martial arts career. The stand-up skills the Duke Roufus protégé brings to the Octagon this Sunday night at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburg, Penn. prompt the boisterous heavyweight to confidently claim French striker Cheick Kongo will take him down.
“I can guarantee that anybody that I fight is gonna take the fight to the ground. That’s no mystery or no secret that going to the ground is definitely where you have your best chance of beating me,” said Barry to ESPN’s Inside the Cage Radio. “You’re not going to stand there with Mike Tyson in the UFC and just box with him the whole time.”
The 31-year-old started jiu-jitsu just weeks before jumping into MMA in May 2008. Three years of experience has slowly given the Louisiana-native requisite understanding for this level of MMA on the mat, but it’s been working with the DeathClutch gym in Minnesota that has Barry finally grasping wrestling and jiu-jitsu to bolster his stand-up game.
“Not that its gonna happen–but don’t be too shocked to see me take the fight to the ground,” said the former U.S. Sanshou champion.
Working with NCAA National Champions Brock Lesnar, Cole Konrad and Marty Morgan, Barry has found himself in grappling situations just as rugged as the kickboxing sessions he fell in love with as a college student. Trial by fire is a speedy learning process.
“It’s either lay there and get smothered by these guys and die—and they’ll just throw you in the dumpster behind the gym—or figure out how to get out from under them and stop them from taking you to the ground,” he said, adding, “[Konrad]’s body molds around yours so there’s nowhere to go.”
The rigors of training at DeathClutch have endowed Barry with a heightened sense of toughness he’s sure Kongo won’t be able to break down.
“They’ll take you over and body slam you on a dumbbell. You’re supposed to be totally fine with that,” said Barry, 3-2 in the Octagon. “You can’t stand up and say, ‘Hey, you threw me on a dumbbell.’ You’re supposed to stand up and say, ‘Good move,’ or something like that. Even when they demo stuff!”
The experience has focused Barry on harnessing his own dangerous traits. Wrestling with Morgan and Konrad has been so frustrating at times, he’s shoved them away and unloaded bare-fisted punches into their abdomens. It’s what Morgan was attempting to bring forth all along: no remorse with any movement in a fight.
Barry boasts all heavyweights who take a leg kick from him will feel like they stepped on a landmine. The realities of mixed martial arts have made landing them more difficult though. Defending takedowns and getting back up caused him to tire, limiting his movement and chances at landing explosive striking. The slew of heavyweight training partners emphasizing grappling has not only solved that problem, but it’s strengthened his kicking ability.
“It’s helped out my entire game. I’ve uncontrollably had no choice but to get stronger. I’m a pretty muscular guy. None of that is real. It’s all fake. It was all filled with helium,” said Barry. “Wrestling with these guys, they’ve actually become functional. I’ve actually gotten strong. I look like I should be for the first time ever.”
How Barry looks Sunday night depends on whether or not he can get the landmine leg kick to detonate against Cheick Kongo.
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Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo will meet this Sunday and UFC Live: Marquardt vs Story, and it’s a big fight for both competitors.Kongo has been with the UFC for five years now and has put together a solid record of 8-4-1. However, Cheick has consistently c…
Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo will meet this Sunday and UFC Live: Marquardt vs Story, and it’s a big fight for both competitors.
Kongo has been with the UFC for five years now and has put together a solid record of 8-4-1. However, Cheick has consistently come up short against high level opponents and, as a result, has earned himself the unofficial position as the heavyweight gatekeeper.
If Kongo can beat Barry in devastating fashion, he could earn himself another shot against one the division’s elite. At the same time, a loss for Cheick would be devastating and would likely put him at the very back of the line for a shot at the title.
A win for Pat would prove to the UFC that he is ready for some higher level competition. The most significant opponent Barry has faced in the UFC was Mirko Filipovic and Barry couldn’t pull out the win, losing by third-round submission.
Barry will be looking to prove that the loss to Mirko wasn’t an accurate representation of what he can do inside the Octagon.
Let’s take a look at how these two stack up…