Cheick Kongo became the No. 1 contender for the Bellator heavyweight title Saturday night and talked big afterward. Champion Ryan Bader , however, is not impressed. Kongo handed former champ Vitaly Minakov the first loss of his career at Bellator 216, earning a unanimous decision to cement himself as the next challenger to Bader’s title. Kongo’s performance was hardly spectacular, though.
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