This fight came into the history of Russian MMA. In June of 2012 American athlete Jeff Monson who wasn’t Russian citizen nor Russian politic by that moment, was known in Russia mostly as the fighter who fought against Fedor Emelianenko at the great M-1 event in Moscow.
After that defeat Jeff recovered and fought three more times. He won in two of them, the third was the draw. After that Jeff got the chance to come back to M-1 events. It was at another great event in St.-Petersburg, where Fedor was the headliner again, this time Fedor’s opponent was legendary Pedro Rizzo. Many very famous politics and sportsmen were in the audience watching this event live.
Monson had a chance to take on the famous Russian fighter Denis “Siberian Bear” Komkin. Almost no one knew what American is going to do before making his entrance to the ring. But as soon as his entrance song started to play, everyone in the Ice Palace stood up and the arena was full of cheering. Unfortunately, the video can’t fully translate what happened this evening at the venue, but you can believe us that it was just epic. That’s when American fighter Jeff Monson took the first step into his new life.
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