Jeff Monson

[HISTORY]

Statistics
Name: Jeff Monson
Nickname: The Snowman
Height: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight: 247 lb (109 kg)
Nationality: American
Born: January 18, 1971
Town Of Birth: St. Paul, Minnesota
Fighting Out Of: Coconut Creek, Florida
Fighting Style: Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Mixed Martial Arts Record
Wins: 32
By (T)KO: 2
By Submission: 20
By Decision: 10
Losses: 9
Draws: 0
No Contests: 0

Monson is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and a two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion. He is also a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and has had three professional boxing bouts. His professional boxing record is two wins and one draw. Monson is considered by many MMA experts to be one of the world's top submission grapplers. He is a multiple event winner at NAGA, Grapplers Quest and FILA, among other submission tournaments. Monson is also known for his anarchist views and affiliations. In an interview, he explained, "I am an anarchist, someone who would like to do away with all class hierarchy in society and the institutions that promote this inequality." He correspondingly receives sponsorship from AK Press and has several anarchist symbols tattooed on his body. In solidarity, Monson is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). Monson has a Bachelor's degree and a Master's Degree in psychology. For a few years he worked as a mental health professional, both in a crisis evaluation role as well as a child/family counselor. After initial success in Abu Dhabi and other MMA arenas, he left the mental health profession to devote himself full time to his MMA endeavors. He is nicknamed "The Snowman" for his performance at the 1999 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championship. The Brazilian fighters at the tournament gave him the nickname because he came in as an unknown, but beat four Brazilians in a row to win the 88-98 kilogram weight class. As he went along in the tournament and continued to beat his opponents, they said he was like a snowball (white, compact, and rolling and getting bigger and stronger as the tournament went on).

MMA Fight History:
-January 16' 2010: defeated John Brown, 5150 Combat League/Xtreme Fighting League-New Year's Revolution, 3rd round 5:00 Split Decision
-September 12' 2009: lost to Pedro Rizzo, BCN 4-Bittetti Combat Nordeste 4, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-July 11' 2009: defeated Jimmy Ambriz, TC 33-Total Combat 33, 1st round 1:09 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-April 5' 2009: defeated Sergei Kharitonov, DREAM 8, 1st round 1:42 Submission (North/South Choke)
-March 29' 2009: defeated Sergei Maslobojev, CW-Decade, 2nd round 2:30 Submission (Anaconda Choke)
-March 21' 2009: defeated Roy Nelson, SRP-March Badness, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-December 13' 2008: defeated Ricco Rodriguez, MFA-There Will Be Blood, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-October 11' 2008: defeated Jimmy Ambriz, Beatdown-4 Bears Casino, 1st round 1:50 Submission (North/South Choke)
-September 27' 2008: defeated Mark Kerr, VFC 1-Vengeance Fighting Championship 1, 1st round 3:17 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-May 18' 2008: lost to Josh Barnett, World Victory Road-Sengoku 2, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-December 9' 2007: defeated Hakim Goram, PFP-Ring Of Fire, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-September 1' 2007: lost to Pedro Rizzo, AOW-Art Of War 3, 3rd round 2:40 TKO (Strikes)
-April 8' 2007: defeated Kazuyuki Fujita, PRIDE FC 34: Kamikaze, 1st round 6:37 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-November 18' 2006: UFC Heavyweight Title: lost to Tim Sylvia (c), UFC 65: Bad Intentions, 5th round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-July 8' 2006: defeated Anthony Perosh, UFC 61: Bitter Rivals, 1st round 2:22 TKO (Strikes)
-April 15' 2006: defeated Marcio Cruz, UFC 59: Reality Check, 3rd round 5:00 Split Decision
-February 4' 2006: defeated Branden Lee Hinkle, UFC 57: Liddell .vs. Couture 3, 1st round 4:35 Submission (North/South Choke)
-November 26' 2005: defeated Marc Emmanuel, CWFC-Strike Force 4, 1st round 0:58 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-October 15' 2005: defeated Devin Cole, XFC-Dome Of Destruction 3, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-September 16' 2005: defeated Jay White, SF 12-Breakout, 1st round 1:30 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-July 2' 2005: defeated Rich Wilson, Extreme Wars-X-1, 1st round 1:56 Submission (Armbar)
-April 30' 2005: defeated Tengiz Tedoradze, CWFC-Ultimate Force, 1st round 1:59 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-February 26' 2005: defeated Jay White, Euphoria-USA .vs. World, 1st round 4:06 TKO (Injury)
-January 8' 2005: defeated Brian Stromberg, SF 8-Justice, 1st round 3:44 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-December 18' 2004: defeated Tengiz Tedoradze, CWFC 9-Xtreme Xmas, 1st round 3:51 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-October 15' 2004: defeated Pat Stano, Euphoria-Road To The Titles, 2nd round 3:11 TKO (Strikes)
-August 28' 2004: defeated Carlos Clayton, AFC-Brazil 1, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-June 5' 2004: defeated Don Richard, IC 7-The Crucible, 2nd round 2:25 Submission (North/South Choke)
-August 16' 2003: defeated Joe Nye, MD 12-Mass Destruction 12, 1st round 3:02 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-July 19' 2003: defeated Mike Delaney, AFC 4-Absolute Fighting Championships 4, 1st round 4:27 Submission (Forearm Choke)
-June 29' 2002: lost to Forrest Griffin, WEFC 1-Bring It On, 4th round 4:00 Split Decision
-January 11' 2002: lost to Ricco Rodriguez, UFC 35: Throwdown, 3rd round 3:00 TKO (Strikes)
-July 21' 2001: defeated Roman Roytberg, AMC-Revenge Of The Warriors, 1st round 1:19 Submission (Forearm Choke)
-December 16' 2000: lost to Chuck Liddell, UFC 29: Defense Of The Belts, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-September 22' 2000: defeated Tim Lajcik, UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz, 2nd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-July 29' 2000: defeated Bob Gilstrap, AMC-Return Of The Gladiators 1, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-April 2' 1999: lost to David Dodd, Extreme Challenge 23, 1st round 0:46 Submission (Armbar)
-March 1' 1999: defeated Roger Neff, URC 1-Ultimate Ring Challenge 1, 3rd round 5:00 Unanimous Decision
-August 22' 1998: lost to Tom Sauer, Extreme Challenge 20, 1st round 3:47 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
-August 2' 1998: defeated John Renfroe UWC-Ultimate Warrior Challenge, 1st round 2:45 Submission (Strikes)
-March 14' 1998: defeated Cy Cross, UFCF-Night Of Champions, 1st round 3:47 Submission (Forearm Choke)