Bellator 139: Kongo vs. Volkov Results & Discussion

Bellator 139
June 26, 2015
Kansas Star Arena
Mulvane, Kansas, USA

Results:

Frederick Brown def Derek Bohi KO/TKO, 0:29 R1
Cheick Kongo def Alexander Volkov Unanimous Dec
David Rickels vs. John Alessio Ends in a No Contest
Hisaki Kato def Joe Schilling KO/TKO, 0:34 R2
Pat Curran def Emmanuel Sanchez Unanimous Dec
Aaron Ely def Jeimeson Saudino Sub, 1:05 R2
Bryanna Fissori def Iony Razafiarison Unanimous Dec
Alex Huddleston def Javy Ayala Sub, 1:12 R1
Augusto Sakai def Daniel Gallemore KO/TKO, 5:00 R2
Bubba Jenkins def Joe Wilk KO/TKO, 1:00 R2
Bobby Cooper def Pablo Villaseca Split Dec
Gaston Reyno def Greg Scott Sub, 1:17 R1


Main Card:
Alexander Volkov (24-5)   vs.            (22-10) Cheick Kongo     
Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)
David Rickels (16-3)         vs.               (35-17) John Alessio     
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)
Pat Curran (20-7)             vs.      (10-1) Emmanuel Sanchez     
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)
Joe Schilling (2-4)             vs.                   (4-1) Hisaki Kato     
Main Card | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)



Bellator MMA has announced plans for a summer return to the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kan., on June 26 for an event currently titled “Bellator 139.”

The first two fights confirmed to take place on the “Bellator 139” main card have been announced with  Kansas’ own David “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) taking on Pride Fighting Championships veteran John Alessio (35-17) in lightweight action and former featherweight champ Pat Curran (20-7) faces Goiti Yamauchi (18-2).

Additional fights, including a main event, will be announced shortly.

I dont think goiti is ready for a veteran like pat curran

bad move bellator

hopefully Curran doesn't dead him as bad as he deaded Joe Warren. Nobody should ever have to go through that again (except Joe Warren).

This will be a great fight im excited i think goiti can win it will be a war.

I disagree. I think this is a great idea from Bellator. Curran is on a losing streak while Yamauchi is a top prospect. Let's see where they stand at this point. I don't think Curran will squash him. Yamauchi is younger, bigger, and stronger than Warren is. Not to mention that Warren was an undersized featherweight and mostly a wrestler. Yamauchi has slick jiu-jitsu and can box.

Rocksoldier84 wrote:I disagree. I think this is a great idea from Bellator. Curran is on a losing streak while Yamauchi is a top prospect. Let's see where they stand at this point. I don't think Curran will squash him. Yamauchi is younger, bigger, and stronger than Warren is. Not to mention that Warren was an undersized featherweight and mostly a wrestler. Yamauchi has slick jiu-jitsu and can box.

of course its a great idea

to make pat curran look good thats all. Goiti shouldnt be fighting Pat Curran.

Pat Curran is a legit top 10 FW and has been for a number of solid years. I think it's too early for goiti

typical rich chou match making....

You wont say that when goiti wins

stu3ufc wrote:

Rocksoldier84 wrote:I disagree. I think this is a great idea from Bellator. Curran is on a losing streak while Yamauchi is a top prospect. Let's see where they stand at this point. I don't think Curran will squash him. Yamauchi is younger, bigger, and stronger than Warren is. Not to mention that Warren was an undersized featherweight and mostly a wrestler. Yamauchi has slick jiu-jitsu and can box.

of course its a great idea

to make pat curran look good thats all. Goiti shouldnt be fighting Pat Curran.

Pat Curran is a legit top 10 FW and has been for a number of solid years. I think it's too early for goiti

typical rich chou match making....

If it's to make Curran look good then why not give him an easy opponent? Makes no sense. How is he not ready? The guy is 18-2 in MMA and 4-1 in Bellator. If not now then when?

because bellators FW division is shallow as fuck and he's fought everyone

still

I stand by that this is not a well matched fight

but whatever ...fuck bellaturd

fka wrote:You wont say that when goiti wins

Goiti is a talent ...I'm just saying Curran is too much. even still if Goiti wins then people will say Curran is on the decline and over rated.

stu3ufc wrote:because bellators FW division is shallow as fuck and he's fought everyone

still

I stand by that this is not a well matched fight

but whatever ...fuck bellaturd

fka wrote:You wont say that when goiti wins

Goiti is a talent ...I'm just saying Curran is too much. even still if Goiti wins then people will say Curran is on the decline and over rated.

You're retarded as fuck stu, Bellator has the best FWs on the planet right now hands down whether you like the org itself or not. Though I do agree Goiti is overmatched, mostly because I personally think he's highly overrated. Curran should now remember how 3 round fights work after his match with Weichel and will be a lot more aggressive this particular fight with Yamauchi.

The match-up for Goiti is winnable though not necessarily favorable. He will really need to capitalize on Curran's mistakes.

AudaxSynth wrote:Though I do agree Goiti is overmatched

and I'm the retarded one


point proven! stu3ufc = fact

stu3ufc wrote:

AudaxSynth wrote:Though I do agree Goiti is overmatched

and I'm the retarded one


point proven! stu3ufc = fact

You're retarded for saying the Bellator FW division is shallow, not because you're correct about Goiti.

French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion Alexander "Drago" Volkov (24-5) will stand toe-to-toe in the Bellator MMA cage on June 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of "Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov," which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Kan.

Well thats cool volkov sure better wrestle and do so against big guys.

He can beat kongo but kongo could probly do what johnson did to him.

fka wrote:Well thats cool volkov sure better wrestle and do so against big guys.

He can beat kongo but kongo could probly do what johnson did to him.

Agreed. Volkov better continue working on his grappling because Kongo will definitely go for the clinch. If Volkov can block it and takedowns then he can take it. Look at the Mark Hunt and Roy Nelson fights.

This is an interesting fight as Volkov is getting a quick turnaround but I'm guessing he wants it so he can try to get back to his winning ways.

Yeah imo in the johnson fight he was so worried about the clinch and takedown he didnt get off any strikes.

He clearly vould have tkod johnson in late round 2and 3 but instead of circling out he threw mediocre kneese and evem instigated the clinch.

He needs to stay at kickboxing range and unload ....

With kongo he can out cardio him but needs to be smart in his gameplan.

Kingfedor wrote:
French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion Alexander "Drago" Volkov (24-5) will stand toe-to-toe in the Bellator MMA cage on June 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of "Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov," which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Kan.

2 awful HW's

hope they stand up and fight like reel men.

Kingfedor wrote:
French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion Alexander "Drago" Volkov (24-5) will stand toe-to-toe in the Bellator MMA cage on June 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of "Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov," which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Kan.

What the fuck is up with this shitty grey filter that is getting used on fighters wtih north american orgs? At least kongo actually looks like a black man, fucking god awful creative directors this generation I guess..

Anyways with those complaints aside I like the fight.

With an unfortunate injury forcing the withdrawal of Goiti Yamauchi, Emmanuel “El Matador” Sanchez (10-1) receives the call to step in against former featherweight champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7). With this change of opponent, and four newly announced matchups, “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” on June 26 is now complete with 13 total scraps to sink your teeth into.

The additional fights include heavyweight bouts between Alex Huddleston (5-1) vs. Javy Ayala (8-3) and Derek Bohi (5-4) vs. Frederick Brown (2-1) as well as featherweights Greg Scott (3-3) vs. Gaston Reyno (3-0) and lightweights Marcio Navarro (13-11) vs. Cody Carrillo (8-11).

Javy ayala is a beast

what a shit card

Better then kunluns shit mma cards lmao

Well Volkov came in heavier then kongo i hope hes able to win the clinch game where he has struggled so badly.

Im pullinh for volkov but kongo slimmed down means better cardio.....interesting fight.

Rickels vs alessio shoukd be a good war
Cheers guys

fka wrote:Well Volkov came in heavier then kongo i hope hes able to win the clinch game where he has struggled so badly.

Im pullinh for volkov but kongo slimmed down means better cardio.....interesting fight.

Rickels vs alessio shoukd be a good war
Cheers guys

I hope Volkov wins too. The plus side is that Kongo doesn't have the same clinching skills as Johnson who was an All-American wrestler and much stronger. Kongo didn't trim that much as he's usually around the 240 range and this fight is three rounds so I'm not sure cardio will play too much of a factor.