JEFF MONSON RUMORS & GOSSIP

Jeff Monson will return to the M-1 ring on March 16 for M-1 Challenge 31, where he will tap gloves with Alexey Oleinik in a grappler-vs-grappler standoff. Monson, an ADCC champion, visited Russia back in November of 2011 when he lost to fighting legend Fedor Emelianenko. His opponent, Alexey Oleinik, is a regular on the Russian 'mixfight' circuit. He has fought in several...

Jeff Monson Says Fedor Broke His Leg And Caused A Ruptured Tendon.

Breakfast with Fedor, anyone? While the entire mixed martial arts world was still buzzing over the spectacular show Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua put at UFC 139 on Saturday, Fedor Emelianenko made his anticipated return to action halfway across the globe against Jeff Monson on Sunday morning. To the surprise of nearly nobody, Emelianenko was able to snap his three...

Fedor Was looking sharp as he did pad work recently as he prepares for his M-1 Global bout vs Jeff Monson on November 19th. Fedor, once regarded as the number 1 pound for pound fighter int he world has suffered 3 straight defeats and desperately needs a win to save his fading legacy.

MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko looks to snap a 3-fight loosing streak when he toes the line against well-traveled cage veteran Jeff Monson. The bout will headline M-1 Global's November 20 event in Moscow, Russia. It will be a long-awaited homecoming for Fedor who has not fought on home soil since 2007. M-1 Global tried to secure a slot on Showtime for "Fedor vs. Monson"...

The guy that Jeff Monson will have to face on his path back into the UFC Octagon is a monster. Tomorrow night in Switzerland Monson will go head-to-head with one fierce fighter in Maro 'Mean Machine' Perak. Frankly, Perak might be the baddest thing to come out of Croatia since Dalmatian Dogs. He's a Judo fighter who's Muy Thai skills are proven against the most durable Mack truck tires (see video

If Jeff Monson (41-11) wants to make his way back into the UFC, he'll have to get past Croatian light heavyweight prospect Maro Perak (20-2-1) on the way. Monson vs. Perak will take place at SHC 4 this Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland. Both fighters enter with respectable win streaks with Perak sporting three wins in his last three outings (two by submission), and Monson carrying six. FULL SCH

Now this is pretty random, yet also pretty funny. MMAer Jeff Monson, was the subject of a piece for ESPN the Mag recently, and not only did he say that he considered himself an anarchist, he actually posed for a photo with a spray paint can near a recently graffiti'd logo of an anarchist "A". ESPN credited the artwork to Monson, and naturally he now faces up to 10 years in prison...

Jeff Monson might fight fedor in M-1, nowhere near the high caliber fights he could be fighting in the UFC. you can expect this kind of crap from Fedor in the next few years.

5'7" human bulldozer and avowed anarchist Jeff Monson has always been one of the more interesting and intelligent MMA fighters. He's definitely going to raise a lot of controversy with a recent interview where he suggests that all steroids should be legalized in the sport. Read Monson's thoughts and my reaction at ProphetFighting.com