Cheick Kongo repertoire and trained in Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Savate and Greco-Roman Wrestling at age of 19. At age 23, he studied Pencak Silat, an Indonesian martial art, and was coached by Charles Joussot and Franck Ropers, men who brought silat to France. They taught Kongo the Pencak Silat style of Setia Hati Terate. He is also a cousin of rugby star Fulgence Ouedraogo, the French back-rower. Cheick is also a columnist for the French MMA magazine, Top Fight. On June 10, 2001, Kongo began his professional career by knocking out Doog Ward. Kongo then followed up that win with a TKO
Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tanding 75 kg from ten different countries competed in this Class F event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 75 kilograms. Trần Đình Nam from Vietnam won the gold medal after defeating Mohd Fauzi Khalid from Malaysia in the gold medal match by the score of 3–2. Daniiar Tokurov from Kyrgyzstan and Amri Rusdana from Indonesia finished third and won the bronze medal after losing in the semifinal. Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tanding 75 kg The men's tanding 75 kilograms competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place from 23 to 29 August 2018 at