Athletistic / Boxing / MMA Former boxing world champion, now State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev, has welcomed MMA fighter Jeff Monson’s intention to give up his US passport.

“All of Monson’s plans are in Russia, he has a wife here, he associates himself with the new homeland. Jeff is great, he popularizes mixed martial arts, which he has always been committed to. These people serve as an example to young people. It is a normal historical process when a person who has achieved something, does not refuse it, but, on the contrary, carries out social activities, it is commendable”, RBC-Sport quotes Valuev.

Recall that today, August 5, Jeff Monson, as part of the REN TV Fight Club tournament, will fight against mixed martial arts fighter Vyacheslav Datsik.