Cheick Kongo vs Antoni Hardonk — UFC 97: Redemption Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 97: Redemption
Cheick Kongo vs Antoni Hardonk

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

UFC 97: Redemption

Saturday, April 18, 2009 · Montreal · Quebec

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Result

Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk

KO/TKO (Punches to Head On Ground) · Round 2 · 2:29 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Yves LavigneSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R2 · 2:29

Cheick KongoRound 2Antoni Hardonk

17 / 29Sig. strikes1 / 2

59%Accuracy50%

35 / 53Total strikes1 / 2

0Knockdowns0

1 / 1Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

2:08Control0:00

6.8Pace / min0.4

100%Control share0%

Cheick Kongo

Targethead 71% · body 29% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 12% · clinch 0% · ground 88%

Antoni Hardonk

Targethead 0% · body 0% · leg 100%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeCheick Kongo landed 17 significant strikes to 1.Control edgeCheick Kongo held 128s of control to 0s.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R1

Target shiftCheick Kongo's head share of landed strikes moved +37 pts, to 71% head with 29% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftCheick Kongo's ground share of landed strikes moved +63 pts, to 88% on the ground against 12% at distance.
Pace downAntoni Hardonk's significant-strike pace moved -75% from R1 to R2, 0.4 against 1.6 per minute.
Target shiftAntoni Hardonk's head share of landed strikes moved -13 pts, to 0% head with 0% body and 100% leg.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Cheick Kongo

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Antoni Hardonk

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

53Cheick Kongo sig. strikes

9Antoni Hardonk sig. strikes

2rounds observed

-75%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Antoni Hardonk)

Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.