Kongo eyeing UFC heavyweight title

Cheick Kongo is confident he will beat Cain Velasquez at UFC 98 and has set his sights on the UFC heavyweight title.

The 34-year-old is keen on a fight for the title against the winner of the Brock Lesnar-Frank Mir fight at UFC 100 in July.

Kongo told The Sun: “Maybe I am going to get a shot after this fight. I hope to hear something good after I win this fight, you never know.

“I don’t make the rules on these things. I thought I was close before, but all I can do is fight and keep winning and training.

“But I am more confident than ever. I am doing things in my fights that I have done in the gym for a while and I am getting better. I think I will be the UFC heavyweight champion.”

He added: “Cain is from the new generation, he is young. He has a lot to prove but he looks very good.

“He doesn’t need to be in a hurry, he has only just got to the UFC. So I don’t know why this fight makes so much sense for him. I have seen his fights of course but I honestly can’t picture what he looks like.

“I hear he is good but if I was his manager I wouldn’t want my fighter to fight someone like me so soon.

“He is a respectful, but it is gonna be tough for him to fight me at this stage of his career. He needs heart to beat me. Lots of heart. He needs to be very careful. He can be very good, I have heard, but I am not too concerned. He should be the one who’s worried.

“I had only three weeks to prepare but that is okay. I am always in shape, always. I go the gym twice a day, every day, even when I do not have a fight.

“When I’m in training I do eight hours a day split into four sessions.

“I am a fighter and was ready to fight. The only thing is we haven’t had much time to plan a strategy, but neither has he.

“He was supposed to fight Heath Herring at UFC 99 originally. Whoever wins, wins because he is the best fighter on the night. That will be the only reason.”

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