{"id":153126,"date":"2015-07-02T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T18:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=153126"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:43:48","slug":"ufc-vet-cheick-kongo-eying-kimbo-lashley-bouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/ufc-vet-cheick-kongo-eying-kimbo-lashley-bouts\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Vet Cheick Kongo Eying Kimbo, Lashley Bouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kongo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153187\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kongo.jpg\" alt=\"kongo\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kongo.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kongo-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kongo-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kongo-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t care about the opponent. Bobby Lashley or \u2018Kimbo\u2019 would be interesting. I\u2019m obviously open to it. But I don\u2019t want to waste my time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf they give me Bobby, let\u2019s go for Bobby. If they give me \u2018Kimbo,\u2019 OK, let\u2019s go for \u2018Kimbo.\u2019 I\u2019m not here to pick \u2013 I\u2019m just here to fight the best.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC heavyweight and current Bellator MMA fighter Cheick Kongo is coming off of a win at Bellator&#8217;s most recent event and is already looking of his next opponent.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/07\/cheick-kongo-open-to-fights-with-lashley-kimbo-slice-wants-to-stay-active\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> that he wouldn&#8217;t mind a fight with Bobby Lashley or Kimbo Slice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kings Of Volume &#8212; Punches In Bunches With Nate Diaz And Richard Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4330404785001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t care about the opponent. Bobby Lashley or \u2018Kimbo\u2019 would be interesting. I\u2019m obviously open to it. But I don\u2019t want to waste my time. \u201cIf they give me Bobby, let\u2019s go for Bobby. If they give me \u2018Kimbo,\u2019 OK, let\u2019s go for \u2018Kimbo.\u2019 I\u2019m not here to pick \u2013 I\u2019m just here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":153187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Vet Cheick Kongo Eying Kimbo, Lashley Bouts | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cheick Kongo wants Kimbo or Lashley...FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/ufc-vet-cheick-kongo-eying-kimbo-lashley-bouts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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