Mixed martial arts fighter Jeff Monson told he would meet Fabio Maldonado June 28 in Moscow.
— You fought against Alexander Emelianenko in MMA, you fought with him bare-handed. Your score is 1:1. Do you admit that you will fight with him again?
– I wanted to fight with him, but he will fight with Datsik. My fight will take place on June 28 against Fabio Maldonado in Moscow on June 28.
– After that, will you be open to a fight with Emelianenko?
– Let’s see what happens. Maybe this will be my last fight,” Monson told .
The statistics of Monson, 53 years old: 60 victories, 26 defeats, 1 draw and 1 fight were declared invalid. In May 2023, the fighter told that he had surrendered his US citizen passport to the embassy and now only has Russian citizenship. Brazilian Maldonado competed in the UFC from 2010 to 2015, and in the summer of 2016 he fought against Fedor Emelianenko in St. Petersburg. The last fight of the 44-year-old Maldonado took place in Perm on July 1, 2022 against Kirill Sidelnikov and ended with the Brazilian’s defeat in the first minute.
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