Bellator 102 was chalk full of tournament bouts on Friday night at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, Calif. Two heavyweight and two middleweight semifinal bouts were featured, as well as a bantamweight final. Two former UFC big men made their promotional debuts in the Bellator Season 9 Heavyweight Tournament, but only one was successful. Mark Godbeer snuck in a few solid right hands, but Cheick Kongo employed an unexpected wrinkle by continually clinching and pressing Godbeer into the fence and taking him down to the mat, wearing him down and taking some of the sting out of his punches.
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Bellator 102 Results: Cheick Kongo Scores a Knockout in Promotional Debut – MMA Weekly