Post by The Sandmen on Jul 7, 2014 16:13:21 GMT -5
Heath Herring looks very relaxed.
Ferocious staredown by Kongo while Mario Yamasaki recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Kongo shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Kongo throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Solid low kick from Heath Herring.
For sure, that had to hurt!
Heath Herring shoots for a double leg takedown!
Cheick Kongo sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Herring throws a hook
He fails to land it.
Kongo is trying to counter now!
Cheick Kongo launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
Kongo goes for a low kick..
Herring avoids the deadly blow.
Kongo clumsily fails here and it's time for Heath Herring to fight back!
Heath Herring tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Kongo is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Heath Herring is in open guard over Kongo
Herring tries to move to full mount
Herring succeeds
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Heath Herring takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Cheick Kongo shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Cheick Kongo breaks that americana attempt!
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo launches a few punches to Herring's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Herring tries to cover his face,
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring tries to open up Cheick Kongo's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Kongo in the side of the head
Kongo's Forehead is beginning to swell
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo tries to roll to his side and trap Heath Herring in his guard...
Cheick Kongo moves to half guard.
Heath Herring is in half guard over Kongo
Herring fires a barrage of punches at Kongo's head!
This is bad! Herring is just pounding on Cheick Kongo's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Heath Herring is in half guard over Kongo
Cheick Kongo attempts to move to full guard
Cheick Kongo manages to switch to full guard.
Heath Herring is in open guard over Kongo
Heath Herring tries to pass to half guard...
Cheick Kongo can't prevent his opponent from passing. Herring looks to work from half guard.
Heath Herring is in half guard over Kongo
Cheick Kongo attempts to move to full guard
Cheick Kongo manages to switch to full guard.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Herring works on the ground with his fingers over Kongo's face
Kongo shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Cheick Kongo launches a few punches to Herring's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Herring tries to cover his face,
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Herring is in closed guard... Kongo tries to roll on the ground!
Heath Herring uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Heath Herring looks to counter!
Heath Herring aggressively and repeatedly punches Kongo.
Good job by Kongo blocking and slipping the blows.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched warriors.
Herring is in closed guard... Kongo tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Heath Herring!
Cheick Kongo is in full mount over Heath Herring
Heath Herring tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cheick Kongo rolls Heath Herring to his stomach and takes his back!
Kongo is in rear mount over Herring
Kongo tries to get a hook in!
Herring rolls on the ground and manages to get a half guard!
Herring tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Herring has Kongo controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills Herring manages to escape from that position and climb to his feet along Kongo
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saku Suurhall (Tallinn, Estonia) are cheering for the fighters.
Heath Herring takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Kongo launches a furious low kick!
Herring receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Heath Herring has found an opening in the defense of Kongo, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Kongo's ribs.
Kongo looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Heath Herring's punches
Kongo measures the resilience of Herring's chin with an uppercut while Herring lands some great crosses.
Kongo steps backwards and lowers his arms while breathing heavily... He seems tired.
Kongo wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Herring wants nothing of that and pushes Kongo.
Herring follows Cheick Kongo
Kongo fakes a move.
Herring tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Nice punches from Heath Herring.
Kongo staggers backwards. Herring wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Kongo's Forehead is beginning to swell
Kongo has a small cut in his Forehead
Herring pushes Cheick Kongo and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
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Surprise roundhouse punch by Kongo.
It looks like Herring was hit by a bus!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Solid kick to the leg from Cheick Kongo
Herring checks it.
Herring moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Kongo with a double overhooks!
Herring goes to the body...
He punishes Kongo's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Kongo decides to launch some tentative punches
Heath Herring takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Heath Herring circles around Kongo
Heath Herring fakes a punch and launches himself over Cheick Kongo
Great move by Herring who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Heath Herring launches a furious knee!
Bang! It clearly hits Kongo's groin!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kongo is launching some bone breaking punches to Herring's ribs while in the clinch.
Herring blocks.
Herring is trying to counter now!
Herring pushes Cheick Kongo against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Kongo's chin! His legs are wobbling!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Heath Herring's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Kongo's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Sick uppercut from the clinch by Heath Herring!
That one almost breaks Kongo's chin! He is knocked down!
Herring is standing while Kongo is on the ground on his back
Kongo tries to stand up!
Herring doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Herring is standing while Kongo is on the ground on his back
Heath Herring steps back and allows Kongo to get back to his feet.
Kongo climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Heath Herring fakes a punch and launches himself over Cheick Kongo
Great move by Herring who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Kongo takes a break to breathe while holding Heath Herring.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Heath Herring shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Cheick Kongo is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Herring into his guard.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Herring use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Saku Suurhall (Tallinn, Estonia) is cheering him!
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring leans back...
He clobbers Cheick Kongo's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Kongo measures the resilience of Herring's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Herring blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Cheick Kongo, who is barely covering up!
There is a small laceration on Cheick Kongo's Left eye
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Heath Herring tries to better his position on the ground...
Herring is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Cheick Kongo tries to roll to his side and trap Heath Herring in his guard...
Heath Herring rolls him over and takes his back!
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo
Heath Herring moves to better his position on the ground...
Heath Herring viciously slams hammer blows to Kongo's face!
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo
Herring tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Kongo! Herring has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with one hook in
Herring has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Kongo.
Nicely done! Herring now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Kongo has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Kongo is unable to find a way to escape from this.
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Herring is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Kongo, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Herring moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
The clock says 4:40 in the 2 round
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Heath Herring wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Herring drills Cheick Kongo's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Kongo's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cheick Kongo seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Heath Herring!
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Heath Herring isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
You can see the pain reflected in Kongo's eyes...
Herring is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar looks tight...
Herring throws his leg over and Cheick Kongo is in serious trouble! Heath Herring extends his hips and Cheick Kongo is forced to tapout to the crafty armbar!
Winner is Heath Herring by Submission (Armbar) at 4:54 Round 2
Statistics: Heath Herring
Punches 12/16 (75%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 4/6 (67%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 17/24 (71%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 309 s
Statistics: Cheick Kongo
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 1/5 (20%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 328 s
Herring wore him down with strikes, then finished with the sub while Kongo was trying to recover. Good work from Heath.
Ferocious staredown by Kongo while Mario Yamasaki recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Kongo shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Kongo throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
The strikes hit home!
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Solid low kick from Heath Herring.
For sure, that had to hurt!
Heath Herring shoots for a double leg takedown!
Cheick Kongo sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Herring throws a hook
He fails to land it.
Kongo is trying to counter now!
Cheick Kongo launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
Kongo goes for a low kick..
Herring avoids the deadly blow.
Kongo clumsily fails here and it's time for Heath Herring to fight back!
Heath Herring tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Kongo is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Heath Herring is in open guard over Kongo
Herring tries to move to full mount
Herring succeeds
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Heath Herring takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Cheick Kongo shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Cheick Kongo breaks that americana attempt!
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo launches a few punches to Herring's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Herring tries to cover his face,
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring tries to open up Cheick Kongo's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Kongo in the side of the head
Kongo's Forehead is beginning to swell
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo tries to roll to his side and trap Heath Herring in his guard...
Cheick Kongo moves to half guard.
Heath Herring is in half guard over Kongo
Herring fires a barrage of punches at Kongo's head!
This is bad! Herring is just pounding on Cheick Kongo's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Heath Herring is in half guard over Kongo
Cheick Kongo attempts to move to full guard
Cheick Kongo manages to switch to full guard.
Heath Herring is in open guard over Kongo
Heath Herring tries to pass to half guard...
Cheick Kongo can't prevent his opponent from passing. Herring looks to work from half guard.
Heath Herring is in half guard over Kongo
Cheick Kongo attempts to move to full guard
Cheick Kongo manages to switch to full guard.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Herring works on the ground with his fingers over Kongo's face
Kongo shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Cheick Kongo launches a few punches to Herring's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Herring tries to cover his face,
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Herring is in closed guard... Kongo tries to roll on the ground!
Heath Herring uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Heath Herring looks to counter!
Heath Herring aggressively and repeatedly punches Kongo.
Good job by Kongo blocking and slipping the blows.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched warriors.
Herring is in closed guard... Kongo tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Heath Herring!
Cheick Kongo is in full mount over Heath Herring
Heath Herring tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cheick Kongo rolls Heath Herring to his stomach and takes his back!
Kongo is in rear mount over Herring
Kongo tries to get a hook in!
Herring rolls on the ground and manages to get a half guard!
Herring tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Herring has Kongo controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills Herring manages to escape from that position and climb to his feet along Kongo
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saku Suurhall (Tallinn, Estonia) are cheering for the fighters.
Heath Herring takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Kongo launches a furious low kick!
Herring receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Heath Herring has found an opening in the defense of Kongo, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Kongo's ribs.
Kongo looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Heath Herring's punches
Kongo measures the resilience of Herring's chin with an uppercut while Herring lands some great crosses.
Kongo steps backwards and lowers his arms while breathing heavily... He seems tired.
Kongo wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Herring wants nothing of that and pushes Kongo.
Herring follows Cheick Kongo
Kongo fakes a move.
Herring tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Nice punches from Heath Herring.
Kongo staggers backwards. Herring wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Kongo's Forehead is beginning to swell
Kongo has a small cut in his Forehead
Herring pushes Cheick Kongo and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
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Surprise roundhouse punch by Kongo.
It looks like Herring was hit by a bus!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Solid kick to the leg from Cheick Kongo
Herring checks it.
Herring moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Kongo with a double overhooks!
Herring goes to the body...
He punishes Kongo's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Kongo decides to launch some tentative punches
Heath Herring takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Heath Herring circles around Kongo
Heath Herring fakes a punch and launches himself over Cheick Kongo
Great move by Herring who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Heath Herring launches a furious knee!
Bang! It clearly hits Kongo's groin!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kongo is launching some bone breaking punches to Herring's ribs while in the clinch.
Herring blocks.
Herring is trying to counter now!
Herring pushes Cheick Kongo against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Kongo's chin! His legs are wobbling!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Heath Herring's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Kongo's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Sick uppercut from the clinch by Heath Herring!
That one almost breaks Kongo's chin! He is knocked down!
Herring is standing while Kongo is on the ground on his back
Kongo tries to stand up!
Herring doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Herring is standing while Kongo is on the ground on his back
Heath Herring steps back and allows Kongo to get back to his feet.
Kongo climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Heath Herring fakes a punch and launches himself over Cheick Kongo
Great move by Herring who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Kongo takes a break to breathe while holding Heath Herring.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Heath Herring shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Cheick Kongo is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Herring into his guard.
Heath Herring is in closed guard over Kongo
Herring use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Saku Suurhall (Tallinn, Estonia) is cheering him!
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring leans back...
He clobbers Cheick Kongo's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Kongo measures the resilience of Herring's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Herring blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Cheick Kongo, who is barely covering up!
There is a small laceration on Cheick Kongo's Left eye
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
Heath Herring is in side mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Heath Herring tries to better his position on the ground...
Herring is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Heath Herring is in full mount over Cheick Kongo
Herring is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Cheick Kongo tries to roll to his side and trap Heath Herring in his guard...
Heath Herring rolls him over and takes his back!
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo
Heath Herring moves to better his position on the ground...
Heath Herring viciously slams hammer blows to Kongo's face!
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo
Herring tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Kongo! Herring has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with one hook in
Herring has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Kongo.
Nicely done! Herring now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Kongo has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Kongo is unable to find a way to escape from this.
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Herring is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Kongo, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Herring moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
The clock says 4:40 in the 2 round
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Heath Herring wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Herring drills Cheick Kongo's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Kongo's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cheick Kongo seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Heath Herring!
Herring is in rear mount over Kongo with two hooks in
Heath Herring isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
You can see the pain reflected in Kongo's eyes...
Herring is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar looks tight...
Herring throws his leg over and Cheick Kongo is in serious trouble! Heath Herring extends his hips and Cheick Kongo is forced to tapout to the crafty armbar!
Winner is Heath Herring by Submission (Armbar) at 4:54 Round 2
Statistics: Heath Herring
Punches 12/16 (75%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 4/6 (67%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 17/24 (71%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 309 s
Statistics: Cheick Kongo
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 1/5 (20%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 328 s
Herring wore him down with strikes, then finished with the sub while Kongo was trying to recover. Good work from Heath.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!