“The spirit of revenge is present.
“Three years ago, Cheick Kongo, 46, left the cage on a “No Contest” (a stoppage of the fight without a winner) after receiving a finger in the eye from his opponent Ryan Bader.
An incident which had then left a bitter taste for the French fighter in search of the Bellator world champion belt (second largest MMA organization in the United States).
But Friday, Cheick Kongo has the opportunity to take his revenge at Bercy, to finally raise the precious sesame, in front of more than 10,000 tricolor souls devoted to his cause and for the first major international competition in France in front of an audience, two years after a first edition with a gauge of 1,000 people due to the Covid.
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