Heath Herring vs Cheick Kongo — UFC 82: Pride of a Champion Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Heath Herring vs Cheick Kongo

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

Heath HerringWinner

“The Texas Crazy Horse”

28-16-0 (1 NC)

Cheick Kongo

27-10-2

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion

Saturday, March 1, 2008 · Columbus · Ohio

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Result

Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Dan MiragliottaTodd Agosta · 28-29Cecil Peoples · 29-28Nelson Hamilton · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Heath HerringRound 3Cheick Kongo

26 / 38Sig. strikes9 / 13

68%Accuracy69%

55 / 68Total strikes12 / 16

0Knockdowns0

1 / 2Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

2:57Control1:44

5.2Pace / min1.8

63%Control share37%

Heath Herring

Targethead 15% · body 85% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%

Cheick Kongo

Targethead 11% · body 78% · leg 11%

Phasedistance 11% · clinch 11% · ground 78%

Statistical signals

Output edgeHeath Herring landed 26 significant strikes to 9.Control edgeHeath Herring held 177s of control to 104s.

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

What changed from R2

Accuracy shiftHeath Herring's significant-strike accuracy moved -16 pts, 68% against 84%.
Grappling pressureHeath Herring attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 2 against 0.
Control swingHeath Herring's control time moved +75s, 177s against 102s.
Pace downCheick Kongo's significant-strike pace moved -36% from R2 to R3, 1.8 against 2.8 per minute.
Target shiftCheick Kongo's head share of landed strikes moved -39 pts, to 11% head with 78% body and 11% leg.
Control swingCheick Kongo's control time moved -82s, 104s against 186s.

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.

Heath Herring

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.

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.

Fight summary

57Heath Herring sig. strikes

45Cheick Kongo sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+575%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Heath Herring)