Jeff Monson | |
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Born | Jeffrey William Monson January 18, 1971 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
Other names | The Snowman |
Nationality | |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 238.1 lb (108 kg; 17 st 0 lb) |
Division | |
Reach | 69.0 in (175 cm) |
Style | Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ, Submission Wrestling |
Fighting out of | |
Team | American Top Team |
Rank | Black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
Wrestling | NCAA Division I Wrestling |
Years active | 1997–present |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 2 |
By knockout | 2 |
Losses | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 88 |
Wins | 61 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 38 |
By decision | 19 |
By disqualification | 1 |
Losses | 26 |
By knockout | 10 |
By submission | 4 |
By decision | 12 |
Draws | 1 |
Other information | |
University | Oregon State University |
Website | http://jeffmonson.ru/ |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Men's Submission grappling | ||
ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships | ||
2009 Barcelona | +99 kg | |
2005 Long Beach | +99 kg | |
2001 Abu Dhabi | +99 kg | |
2000 Abu Dhabi | -99 kg | |
1999 Abu Dhabi | -99 kg | |
FILA Grappling World Championships | ||
2012 Kraków | +100 kg (No-Gi) | |
2008 Lucerne | -125 kg (No-Gi) | |
2007 Antalya | -125 kg (No-Gi) | |
IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championships | ||
2007 Carson | Open (Black; No-Gi) | |
2007 Carson | +97.5 kg (Black; No-Gi) | |
Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships | ||
2001 Kissimmee | +100 kg (Blue) |
Jeffrey William Monson (born January 18, 1971) is an American mixed martial artist from Olympia, Washington. He is a two-time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Champion. He has competed in the UFC, PRIDE, Dream, Strikeforce, M-1 Challenge, Sengoku and Impact FC. Monson is also an anarcho-communist known for his extreme political views and love of Russia. He is the host of "Monson TV" on RT.
Monson was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he also grew up for most of his childhood. Monson attended Timberline High School and continued on as a Division I wrestler at Oregon State University and at the University of Illinois and was a Pac-10 champion. He also competed at senior level at USA Wrestling events for a number of years.
Monson received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he was the assistant coach of the wrestling team.