UFC legends Oleg Taktarov and Jeff Monson return for boxing bout in Moscow on August 18

Oleg TaktarovCombat sports pioneers Jeff Monson and Oleg Taktarov are making a comeback. Per a report on social media, Monson and Taktarov will step into the squared circle for a three-round boxing match in Moscow on August 18. Monson, a veteran of multiple combat sports promotions, including the UFC, Strikeforce, and M-1, has remained fairly active, […]

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Combat sports pioneers Jeff Monson and Oleg Taktarov are making a comeback.

Per a report on social media, Monson and Taktarov will step into the squared circle for a three-round boxing match in Moscow on August 18. Monson, a veteran of multiple combat sports promotions, including the UFC, Strikeforce, and M-1, has remained fairly active, last competing in October 2021 while Taktarov will be stepping inside the ring for the first time since 2008.

According to the report, Monson and Takarov will compete in a boxing bout that consists of three two-minute rounds. Despite the bout being less than a week away, there is little promotion to be found. Monson had been radio silent on social media, though Taktarov did offer up some info on how the fight can be streamed via Instagram.

Oleg Taktarov and Jeff Monson Made Their Mark in the Early Days of the UFC

While both men have competed for a plethora of promotions during their combat sports careers, most fans will remember them in the early days of the UFC. Particularly Oleg Taktarov who made his debut at UFC 5 in 1995. Taktarov came up short in the tournament semi-final, suffering a TKO loss against Dan Severn. He bounced back at UFC 6, winning the tournament with a rear-naked choke submission against Tank Abbott in the final.

UC 7 saw Taktarov return and compete against another legend of the sport, Ken Shamrock, for the UFC superfight championship. Taktarov would finish his UFC tenure at the Ultimate Ultimate ’95, two years before heading to Japan to take part in the first-ever PRIDE FC event in Tokyo.

Making his mixed martial arts debut in 1997, Jeff Monson has stayed active, regularly competing in boxing, bare-knuckle, and grappling matches in more recent years. However, his fight with Oleg Taktarov will be Monson’s first time competing in nearly two years.

Former UFC Title Challenger Jeff Monson Renounces US Citizenship, Proclaims ‘Love For Russia’

Former UFC title challenger and two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship winner Jeff Monson has revealed plans to renounce his American citizenship. Monson built a career in combat sports that spanned 25 years and included over 100 profess…

Former UFC title challenger and two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship winner Jeff Monson has revealed plans to renounce his American citizenship. Monson built a career in combat sports that spanned 25 years and included over 100 professional fights. During it, “The Snowman” competed under notable banners like Strikeforce, PRIDE, DREAM, and M-1 Global, facing names…

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MMA Fighter Jeff Monson Fears Getting Drafted In Russian War

Former MMA fighter Jeff Monson doesn’t want the Russia/Ukraine war to escalate to the point where he could be drafted to serve. Monson, who became a Russian citizen in 2018, has been a supporter of the Russian government for years. He has been cr…

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MMA Fighter Details Pro-Russia Documentary About Ukraine

Longtime MMA fighter Jeff Monson appears to have stayed busy since announcing his retirement from combat sports last month. The 51-year-old has apparently been hard at work putting together a documentary focusing on Ukraine’s Donbas region. Monson deta…

Longtime MMA fighter Jeff Monson appears to have stayed busy since announcing his retirement from combat sports last month. The 51-year-old has apparently been hard at work putting together a documentary focusing on Ukraine’s Donbas region. Monson detailed the project in a recent interview with RIA Novosti that was posted on Telegram (h/t Bloody Elbow)….

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Jeff Monson Announces Retirement Fight After Loss To Neo-Nazi

Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Jeff Monson has announced his upcoming retirement having fallen to defeat against a Russian Neo-Nazi in his most recent outing. Across a career spanning 25 years and over 100 professional combat sports fights, Mo…

Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Jeff Monson has announced his upcoming retirement having fallen to defeat against a Russian Neo-Nazi in his most recent outing. Across a career spanning 25 years and over 100 professional combat sports fights, Monson has thrown hands with names like Daniel Cormier, Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Chuck Liddell, and Aleksei…

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10 MMA Stars Who Caused A Political Storm

Check out 10 MMA stars who made a splash in politics – for better or worse:

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The rise of the internet and social media, together with the explosion of mixed martial arts (MMA) as a major global sport, has meant that today’s fighters are under intense scrutiny not just in the cage, but at all times – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

As such, some fighters have managed to ignite a storm with politically motivated remarks and motivations, while others have infamously gone as far as to rub shoulders with some of the world’s most powerful and influential leaders.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at 10 MMA stars that have courted controversy and hit the headlines by stepping out of the Octagon and into the all-too-often murky waters of politics – for better or worse.

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Tim Kennedy

Kennedy captured global media attention earlier this month when he became the willing participant in a demonstration about the controversial interrogation technique known as ‘Waterboarding.’

Kennedy, a special-forces soldier and ex-UFC contender, live-streamed himself being waterboarded off-and-on for 40 minutes in an attempt to prove that it was not a form of torture, and instead was simply just ‘uncomfortable’.

There was a political motive behind the demonstration though – to support Gina Haspel, who was coming under fire for having overseen ‘black-sites’ in which waterboarding had been used during the ‘War On Terror.’

“Right now, an amazing hero has been appointed to be director of the CIA and because of that, some of the things she has done are being attacked,” Kennedy wrote alongside the video feed.

If I can change one person’s mind about what torture is and what I would do to protect American freedom, I will do this for years.”

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