Fedor vs Monson 20 november

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Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jeff Monson Official for Nov. 20 in Moscow

Fedor Emelianenko will attempt to snap a three-fight losing streak when he returns to fight at home for the first time in four years.

Emelianenko will face American Jeff Monson in Moscow on Nov. 20, M-1 Global's director of operations Evgeni Kogan confirmed to MMA Fighting, squashing the previously rumored Nov. 12 date.

The M-1 event will take place at the Russian capital city's Olympic Stadium.

Emelianenko (31-4, 1 no contest) had gone nearly 10 years without losing before falling to Fabricio Werdum in a first-round submission in June 2010. Since then, he suffered stoppage losses at the hands of Dan Henderson and Antonio Silva, and was dropped by Strikeforce.

The Russian great hasn't fought in his home country since defeating Matt Lindland in St. Petersburg in April 2007.

Monson (42-12) is a well-traveled veteran who's competed in the UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce and DREAM, among other promotions. He holds notable career wins over Sergei Kharitonov, Roy Nelson and Ricco Rodriguez.

The 40-year-old recently saw an eight-fight win streak snapped when he fell to Daniel Cormier in a unanimous decision loss under the Strikeforce banner. Cormier went on to enter the Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix, and has advanced to the final.

No television information for the Emelianenko-Monson fight is yet available for U.S. viewers, though M-1 is involved in negotiations to broadcast the fight here.

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Fedor vs. Monson Fight Card

Fedor Emelianenko faces Jeff Monson in the main event of M-1 Global Fedor vs. Monson on Nov. 20 from the Olympic Hall in Moscow, Russia.

Fedor's run with Strikeforce came to an end in July after losing by TKO to Dan Henderson and suffering his third straight loss. This will be Fedor's first fight in Russia in four years. He battles a one-time UFC title challenger in Monson.

In championship action, titleholder Jose Figueroa defends his M-1 lightweight strap against Daniel Welchel.

Check out the current Fedor vs. Monson card below.

Pay-Per-View Bouts - 7:30 a.m. ET
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jeff Monson
Jose Figueroa vs. Daniel Weichel
Juan Manuel Suarez vs. Aleksander Yakoviev
Mairbek Taisumov vs. Josh Thorpe
Xavier Foupa-Pokam vs. Arthur Guseinov

Facebook Preliminary Bouts
Alexander Volkov vs. Arsene Abdulkerimov
Nikolai Kaushansky vs. Alexander Vinogradov

Since the event takes place in Russia, the main card will air live beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET in the U.S. via pay-per-view.

[chintomordillo]

see you in moscou!!!! GO JUANMA!!!!

CHINTO

[maartenjackie]

lees er weinig over op het fora maar WAR FEDORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[Mister T.]

idd Fedor blijft baas voor altijd en heb toch nog vertrouwen in hem.

[FOCUS]

ik durf niet te kijken

[Marco (scheids)]

Wie van Mixfight gaat nog meer? ... Lol

[micha]

Monson moet hij toch zou kunnen pakken maar ja dat dacht ik ook van Werdum en bij Bigfoot Silva was ik bij en kon ik mijn ogen niet geloven. Zie ik eindelijk Fedor vechten verliest hij weer.....maar hij goed hij blijft voor mij een held GOAT


WAR FEDOR!!!

[lopez86]

Monson moet kunnen, Fedor is explosief genoeg om het staand te houden. Maar op de grond heeft hij een probleem.

[Slome]

Fedor Emelianenko: ‘I Think Jeff Monson is a Game Opponent’



The “black stripe” of Fedor Emelianenko's career started back in June of 2010 with what was then a shocking defeat to Fabricio Werdum in just 60 seconds. The negative streak continued with a painful-to-watch TKO loss to the "Bigfoot" Antonio Silva, and the latest disappointment just a few months ago against Dan "Hendo" Henderson.

Against Jeff Monson, Fedor and his team hope for a different outcome.

The main part of Emelianenko's training camp for Jeff Monson took place in Special Sports Gym in Amstelveen, Netherlands (20 minutes from Amsterdam). I had an exciting opportunity to interview Fedor Emelianenko in Netherlands (3 hours by train from my home, up north in Groningen), ahead of what could easily be the most important fight of his illustrious MMA career.

Visibly reenergized Emelianenko shared about his plans for the fight with Jeff Monson, and what he's been concentrating on in this training camp

"I don't like to talk about other fighter's weaknesses. That's something we'll be able to find out during the fight," he said. "Jeff Monson is physically strong, and has a very good ground game, with both wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's a game opponent."

It looks like working on physical strength plays a big part in Emelianenko's preparations for Jeff Monson. "The Last Emperor" has absolutely fantastic training conditions in Special Sports, a gym that by size and the quality of its facilities reminds Denver, Colorado's, Muscle Pharm Training Center, where Rampage Jackson prepared for his unsuccessful shot at Jon Jones' UFC Light Heavyweight title.



The "Jeff Monson version" of Fedor Emelianenko is much bigger than the one who fought against Dan Henderson, Antonio Silva and Fabricio Werdum. Fedor's striking coach in the Netherlands, Peter Teijsse, revealed that “The Last Emperor” currently walks around 108kg, and could get heavier to around 110kg on a fight day with "The Snowman".

However, Fedor refused to admit he intentionally worked on improving his muscle mass for the fight with Monson.

“I don’t know if intentionally or not, it rather happened naturally. I did a little bit of barbell workout over here, which I enjoy a lot. So I just went up in muscle mass. I always quickly gain muscle, it’s never been a problem for me."

The fight with Jeff Monson will be Fedor’s third in 2011. Emelianenko didn’t fight three times a year since 2005, when he defending his PRIDE Heavyweight title in fight for the ages with Mirko Cro Cop.

“I prefer a tight fighting schedule,” admitted Fedor. “I’m a fighter, and as a fighter I think it’s very important to be active, to stay in shape. But unfortunately, there were certain difficulties with the promotions I used to fight for."



M-1 Global: Battle of Legends is without a doubt the biggest Mixed Martial Arts event to ever take place in Russia. Emelianenko has a huge fan base in his homeland, while according to recent rumors, M-1 Global sold 22,000 tickets for this Saturday’s event at the Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow.

“I really hope my fight would have a positive effect on the MMA scene in Russia,” said Fedor, before sharing his advice for the young generation of Russian MMA fighters. “Still, I think there are some fighters who lay too much on their opponents, without delivering fans the exciting fight they deserve,” Fedor continued, adding the following “In my opinion, MMA fighter should be a thinking fighter. That’s the most important aspect - to think. And of course it’s very important to be well rounded. It’s great to see that a lot of young fighters keep moving in the right direction.”

Finally, Fedor Emelianenko spoke about his plans for 2012, perhaps not as a fighter, but as a family man.

“My main goal is to finish building my house, and to move there with my family. I want to be more with my family, my wife and my daughters.”

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[Slome]

Fedor trains for Jeff Monson





toch heb ik t idee, dat mening kb/mma vechter dit technisch beter doet,,, helemaal wat Aleksander laat zien.. niet niet weg dat het niet keihard is wat de broeders Peter Thijsse aandoen...

[KN]

Fedor ziet er in ieder geval een stuk gezonder uit dan in z'n laatste paar gevechten. Stuk breder.

[FOCUS]

Fedor.... Maar op de grond heeft hij een probleem.

een jaar of twee geleden had niemand zo'n opmerking kunnen bedenken

alles gaat voorbij

[Fyodor]

Fedor trains for Jeff Monson





toch heb ik t idee, dat mening kb/mma vechter dit technisch beter doet,,, helemaal wat Aleksander laat zien.. niet niet weg dat het niet keihard is wat de broeders Peter Thijsse aandoen...

Fedor is ook nooit heel technisch geweest.... Niet voor niets dat hij vaak een duim/hand blessure had, kwam door de aparte manier van stoten (gecombineerd met zeer veel power zoals je zelf al zegt ).

in ieder geval zeg ik zoals altijd:
WAR FEDOR!

[Damian_Gray]

ik denk dat jeff monson op submission zal winnen

[Slome]

ik denk dat jeff monson op submission zal winnen

reps voor je avatar!

[Slome]

Jeff Monson: I can finish Fedor on the ground


You'll be facing one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport when you go to Moscow, Russia to face Fedor Emelianenko. What have you been working in your camp to ensure victory on November 20th?
His standup is up is probably one of his greatest assets. I’ve been doing a lot of striking in my camp. In the past I didn’t really feel confident in it, but now we’ve been working on it and I feel much better in it.

After losing three straight back in Strikeforce, it appears that Fedor may perhaps be in the twilight of his career. From what you've observed in his three losing fights or any of his past fights what sort of holes in his game will you be looking to exploit?
I don’t think he’s in his twilight; he’s only 33 years old. He hasn’t taken too much of a beating in his past fights. If you look back at his fights, he dropped Dan Henderson but he got caught with an uppercut. He dropped Fabricio Werdum but got caught in the triangle. The only person who really beat him up recently was Antonio Silva, but he’s like 300lbs. Look at the kind of guys he’s fought. When you fight that many times, when you the roll the dice that many times, you’ll eventually get caught.

You'll be fighting under the M-1 Global banner on 20th. Have you signed a contract with them or do you have any sort of agreement with them or will you be allowed to fight under any other banner?
I’m still signed with Strikeforce, they actually let me go to M-1 for this fight. I’m still with Strikeforce and this so far is a one shot deal with M-1.

Speaking of Strikeforce, since you mentioned that you are still under that banner. Do you see ZUFFA keeping Strikeforce around long enough for you to go back there and get a few extra fights there?
I hope so. There are a lot of crazy rumors going around. I think maybe ZUFFA knows, but other than them I don’t think anyone else knows exactly what is going on. Are they going to sign most of the Strikeforce fighters? Are they going to cut most of us? Nobody really knows, but I hope to be able to finish my contract with them.



You truly are one of the originals in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts having been in this game since 1997. In your opinion what is the key to longevity in MMA?
I think longevity is partly genetics, partly luck, and being able to adopt of course. I’ve been injured a few times, been out for 6-9 months. I actually think that helped prolong my career because it forced me to change, to train differently. Your body can’t take too much of this, it eventually will you wear down. That’s why you got to learn to do a bunch of different things too like active rest, playing basketball, swimming, doing other things to keep in shape. Then when you have a fight, for 6-8 weeks you train for that fight, you go hard, and train specifically for that.
At the Institute of Human Performance (based in Florida) one of the directors Carlos has all the latest technology and they can push you, teach you how to pull back and how to peak for fights. You can’t peak for every single fight; you can’t peak 365 days a year. I’ve learned to stay healthy and safe, but at the same time I can train in it. A lot of this is luck though, I’m just lucky I guess.

Having fought professionally for 14 years, how different is the fight game now compared to when you first started?
Oh man it’s completely different. Remember how they used to bill it? It used to be wrestler versus the Jiu-Jitsu guy or the Jiu-Jitsu guy versus the kickboxer. Today we all know you have to be well-rounded, you can’t no longer expect to take down the kickboxer and submit him. Those days are over, at least at the higher levels. Some smaller shows it’s still like this. Nowadays most fighters today are well-rounded. We all have our specialties but now you have to be the complete package. Look at a guy like Chuck Liddell. He isn’t known for his ground game, but if you take him down he’d get back up right away. He utilized that style for years and years, he made it very difficult for anybody to take him down and submit him. The only man who was able to do that to him was Jeremy Horn and that was a long time ago. He was able to adapt very well to any situation.

You've fought and traveled on all corners of the globe. Does the time difference play a big factor in your fights? If so what do you do to get your body used to difference?
I don’t know what it is, but personally I am able to adapt very well to time differences. The hardest time my body has to adapt to time is coming from the East Coast of the US to the West Coast of the US. That small three hour difference is most difficult for me but for some reason a big seven-eight hour time difference I have no problem. I go to sleep, I go train, and my body seems to adjust very quickly.



We're going to move on to some fun questions now Jeff after having asked a few serious questions. This one ties into traveling. You've fought on every continent; even places that I didn't think had Mixed Martial Arts. What was your favorite place to visit and which place do you never want to visit ever again?
I know this place isn’t very sexy, but I really do like England. I got a lot of friends there and I’ve basically lived there for almost two years. I loved the atmosphere there. The one place I really enjoyed was Israel. I loved visiting the holy land, got to go to the West Bank, got to do my political thing. The people there were really nice to me. It was one of my favorite places to go.
I honestly don’t know which place I wouldn’t want to go to again. I mean I really enjoyed Japan, the fans there are really knowledgeable and they know all the techniques. But as far as being in Japan I don’t really have any desire to go there. It’s too crowded there for me, it doesn’t really have anything to offer me personally and there’s not much to do there for me. Of course it’s not because of the fans but because of the area.

If you could fight anybody they could be a historical figure or fictional character who would it be and why?
I think I’d want to fight Julius Caesar. He became the emperor because of his military prowess and I think it would be fun to fight him.

What kind of rules would you fight Caesar under, MMA rules or ancient Rome rules?
Probably MMA rules, I don’t want to take a chance with a sword (laughs).

Would you knock him out or tap him out?
I’d like to choke him out, but I’d probably like to hurt him a little bit before I finish him (laughs).



Long time MMA fans are very familiar with your tattoos. Out of all the places on your body that you've inked up so far, which part hurt the most to tattoo?
My ribs, when I got my tattoo there it took about forty five minutes and the guy did a really good job. But every thirty seconds I was asking him if he was done and I was sweating within a minute into it. I was almost in tears. I would never ever get another one on my ribs again.

When you are not fighting or training, what do you like to do on your spare time Jeff?
I have two daughters, one seventeen months old, one fifteen year old, and an eighteen year old son who is in college. I like to visit him in his college, go to my daughter’s fast pitch softball games. I love spending time with my kids and of course I’m very involved in many political things. I’m in Olympia, Washington right now and I’m going to go and attend Occupy Olympia.

If you weren't a professional fighter what kind of career would you have? Having a bachelors & master’s degree in psychology, would you still be involved in mental health?
Oh that’s a tough one. If I had to pick another career, I would be a professor at a college teaching political science. I love teaching. A philanthropist who runs a non-profit group based out of Florida bought a big property down there. He built an elementary school, a community center and a baseball field in Nicaragua. I’ll be going down there to teach the kids English at the school. Down there when you don’t have money, you can’t send your children to school. A lot of people there haven’t learned English, they get stuck doing blue collar / agriculture jobs because they don’t have a choice. When you learn English there, get educated, and of course it opens up a lot of opportunities for them. I’m really excited to start teaching there.

I know you’re a busy guy with a big fight coming up very soon; I don't want to keep you for too much longer. Why should fans wake up at 4:30 am PST / 7:30am EST to watch you fight Fedor and what can we expect from you in your performance?
If you can’t get up early, I hope you have PVR because this is going to be an exciting fight. I’ve wanted this fight since I asked for my released from the UFC for this very reason. It's going to be a good match up, you got two veteran guys. In my opinion he’s the greatest heavyweight in the history of MMA. It’s one of those fights that you feel like it’s not going to go the distance. If I get him on the ground I can finish it, you’ve seen him knockout most of the people he fights. You got a legend versus a guy like me with a pretty good career. I recommend you pull an all-nighter or PVR it.

I’ll be pulling an all-nighter to watch this fight! Thanks again Jeff and all the best on November 20th. It's only appropriate that the Snowman will be headlining with Fedor in Russia. Would you like to make any shout outs in closing?
My team American Top Team, the Institute of Human Performance, OTM, Conflict Wear. I couldn’t train without a little bit of sponsor money, hats off to them. I do answer my Twitter as well, you can all follow me @JeffMonson .

[Soulbringer320]

ik durf niet te kijken

x2

[wrestler_nl]

Ik ben altijd al een fan geweest van Jeff Monson maar ik hoop echt dat Fedor deze weet te winnen.

[Iwan]

Vette pot en een mooi interview, bedankt!

[Baske]

Erg sympathieke en slimme kerel. Heb zin in de partij!

[Marco (scheids)]

Ik ook zin in de partij ..... en zeker in een volle kokende arena (tis almost uitverkocht (22.000).


Yuji Shimada named as referee for Fedor vs. Monson:
It was announced today that Yuji Shimada will be the third man in the ring as Fedor Emelianenko faces off with Jeff Monson. Shimada is a veteran referee who has overseen some of the sports biggest matchups.

[MXM]

Hoelaat begint het main-event? En vooral de partij fedor - monson? En is het te volgen op internet?

[FOCUS]

Erg sympathieke en slimme kerel. Heb zin in de partij!

inderdaad zeg, wat een gave gast is het
hij bashed Fedor ook nergens, ik vind dit trouwens een mooie opmerking van hem -over Fedor- :

When you fight that many times, when you the roll the dice that many times, you’ll eventually get caught