Heath Herring offered UFC 82 fight with Cheick Kongo

Rising heavyweight contender Cheick Kongo (11-3-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) may meet veteran fighter Heath Herring (27-13 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at UFC 82 — an event that takes place March 1 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

A source close to Herring told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the fighter had been offered the rumored bout, plans to accept it, but hasn’t yet signed to make it official.

Neither Herring nor Kongo could immediately be reached for comment.

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It should be Kongo vs AA for #1 contender!!
It should be Herring vs Wellisch or Vera....either way.
Kongo and AA deserve to fight!!

This is a solid match up and I can see Herring surprising alot of people with his win or die attitude..

wow kongo gets elvis sinosic, sorry heath herring. the ultimate gate keeper to being an above average fighter. we already know kongo is good, so this must just be a tuneup fight and hopefully he gets a big name next.

Take the fight, if Kongo wins he can fight, AA or the winner of Big Tim/Big Nog.

I'd like to see Herring win, and then Herring to go face Eddie Sanchez

I guess we can hear the very little Herring fans STFU, since he won't be getting tooken down. So when he gets his teeth knocked out. There is no excuses

Heath should win this one. Take Kongo down and then submit him

i cant believe people are picking kongo to win...this is a horrible match up for him IMO

I think Heath Herring would win this fight.

I think Eddie Sanchez would be a better fight for Herring, I'd even pick Heath to win there, but IDK....I will probably pick Kongo on this one....It's kind of a what have you done for me lately thing and to be honest Kongo has been the better fighter lately IMO.

Could be an exciting fight. But I think we may see Kongo do to Herring what he did to Cro Cop. The only difference I can think of is if Herring goes wild and all out. Cro Cop seems to be a bit more relaxed and picks his shots, Herring could come out swinging and has potential to beat Kongo.

But if I had to pick I'd say Kongo via UD.

I can't see Herring winning this one. Sure he can take Kongo down but Kongo isin't that bad on the ground. Silva couldn't submitt him and I'd pick Silva to beat Herring. Herring has a lot of heart and toughness but lacks the skill. This would be an exciting fight.

Hopefully this fight happens so Arlovski can fight Cro Cop.

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Posted by Boo_Radley21

Could be an exciting fight. But I think we may see Kongo do to Herring what he did to Cro Cop. The only difference I can think of is if Herring goes wild and all out. Cro Cop seems to be a bit more relaxed and picks his shots, Herring could come out swinging and has potential to beat Kongo.

But if I had to pick I'd say Kongo via UD.

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kick him in the groin multiple times?

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Posted by zephead

Heath should win this one. Take Kongo down and then submit him

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Exactly Herrings a tought guy, with good wrestling. He'll probably be heavier then Kongo, and Kongo's ground game is brutal.

Heath by UD. I see him LNP-ing ALA Carmelo Marrero.

Kongo's wrestling is horrendous, and he does not have much of a ground game. What is the fuss all about?!

Heath does like to strike though, and hes tough as nails and hard to finish; hes only been (T)KO'd 4 times but 2 of those were from a cut, one from a knee injury, and an actual TKO loss to CroCop.

But Heath should take advantage of Kongo's lack of a ground game.

I honnestly have never seen someone wit sh*tyer take down D then kongo its amazing how bad it is ... but this is a tuff one 2 call ... cuz 2 say heath would use the lay and pray strategy is hard to go on so i think he will stand up and probley beat him standing ... but then im worried kongo will lay and pray or fight the clinch and win a ud ... i hate calling this fight but ill take heath