Cheick Kongo
81″ reach · +6.58% reach advantage · 87th percentile
Cheick Kongo has a reach of 81″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +6.58%, long for heavyweight MMA and the 87th percentile of the 140 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.58%
81″ reach on a 76″ frame
Compared against 140 heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 3.22%.
| Reach | 81″ (205.7 cm) | 85th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 76″ (193 cm) | 68th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | France |
Record
MMA record
31–12
45 bouts on record
Finish rate
61%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 13th percentile
The career, bout by bout
52 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2022. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
22y
2001–2022
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2005
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
52
51 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | L | Ryan Bader | Decision | 5 |
| 2021 | W | Sergei Kharitonov | Submission | 2 |
| 2020 | L | Timothy Johnson | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | N | Ryan Bader | — | 1 |
| 2019 | W | Vitaly Minakov | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Timothy Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2018 | W | Javy Ayala | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Augusto Sakai | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Oli Thompson | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Tony Johnson | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Vinicius Queiroz | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Alexander Volkov | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Muhammed Lawal | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Lavar Johnson | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Eric Smith | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | L | Vitaly Minakov | Decision | 5 |
| 2013 | W | Peter Graham | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Mark Godbeer | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | L | Roy Nelson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Shawn Jordan | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | L | Mark Hunt | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Matt Mitrione | Decision | 3 |
| 2011 | W | Pat Barry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2010 | D | Travis Browne | Draw | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Paul Buentello | Submission | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Frank Mir | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | L | Cain Velasquez | Decision | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Antoni Hardonk | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Mostapha al-Turk | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Dan Evensen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | L | Heath Herring | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Mirko Cro Cop | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Assuério Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | L | Carmelo Marrero | Decision | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Christian Wellisch | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Gilbert Aldana | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Dave Dalgliesh | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Gabor Nemeth | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Dusko Basrak | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2005 | W | Mladen Brestovac | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Tihamer Brunner | KO/TKO | — |
| 2005 | L | Glaube Feitosa | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Gilbert Yvel | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Joop Kasteel | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Sinisa Andrijasevic | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Dave Vader | Decision | 3 |
| 2003 | W | Hans Nijman | Submission | 2 |
| 2002 | D | Michael Knaap | Draw | 2 |
| 2002 | L | Rodney Faverus | Decision | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Dave van der Veen | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2001 | W | André Tete | Submission | 1 |
| — | W | Marcin Rozalski | KO/TKO | 3 |
35 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Cheick Kongo competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 31 | 12 | 15 |
| Kickboxing | 21 | 2 | 12 |
Closest in build
heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Soa Palelei+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Ben Rothwell+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Jake Hager+6.58% 81″ reach · 87th pct
- Matt Skelton+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Bob Sapp+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Juan Espino+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
- Johnny Walker+6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Ovince Saint Preux+6.67% 80″ reach · 90th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 140 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Cheick Kongo on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-12-31. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.