{"id":68619,"date":"2013-09-08T18:16:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T01:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=68619"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:51:11","slug":"cheick-kongo-vs-mark-godbeer-set-for-bellator-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/cheick-kongo-vs-mark-godbeer-set-for-bellator-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Godbeer set for Bellator 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kongo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21796\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kongo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo (18-8-2 MMA) will make his Bellator MMA debut later this month, as\u00a0it\u00a0was\u00a0announced Saturday that Kongo will face fellow\u00a0promotional newcomer Mark Godbeer at Bellator 101 in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Kongo was last seen\u00a0in action\u00a0at UFC 159 in New Jersey, where the Frenchman suffered a first-round KO loss to Roy &#8220;Big Country&#8221; Nelson. Prior to that, Kongo battled Shawn Jordan at UFC 149 in Calgary, where he earned a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n<p>Kongo was far from a slouch while fighting\u00a0under the Zuffa banner, accumulating an\u00a011-6-1 record during his time with the promotion. Unfortunately, after losing 2 of his past 3 octagon bouts via KO (to Roy Nelson and Mark Hunt), the UFC and Kongo decided to mutually part ways.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cheick&#8217;s Bellator 101 opponent, Mark Goodbeer, will fight for the first time since March of 2012, \u00a0where he\u00a0earned a first-round win at BAMMA 9. Prior to that bout, Godbeer suffered the first and only loss of his professional career at the hands of Anthony Taylor at an SFC event in his native England.<\/p>\n<p>Bellator 101 takes place September\u00a027 at the The Moda Center at Rose Quarter in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo (18-8-2 MMA) will make his Bellator MMA debut later this month, as\u00a0it\u00a0was\u00a0announced Saturday that Kongo will face fellow\u00a0promotional newcomer Mark Godbeer at Bellator 101 in Portland. Kongo was last seen\u00a0in action\u00a0at UFC 159 in New Jersey, where the Frenchman suffered a first-round KO loss to Roy &#8220;Big Country&#8221; Nelson. 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