latmmrh - rather see monson over belfort
"Monson has about as much chance as Belfort, and a loss would hurt his standing less than it would hurt Vitor's. "
How would a heavyweight's standing be hurt less by a loss to a fellow heavyweight than a 185er losing to the same heavy?
Monson is a decent replacement actually, considering Overeem is hurt and Werdum and Rogers are apparenlty out
Very interesting matchup if it happens, I like it...
Jeff Monson:
Win Jimmy Ambriz Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) TC 33 - Total Combat 33 7/11/2009 1 1:09
Win Sergei Kharitonov Submission (North-South Choke) Dream 8 - Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Opening Round 4/5/2009 1 1:42
Win Sergei Maslobojev Submission (Anaconda Choke) CW - Decade 3/29/2009 2 2:30
Win Roy Nelson Decision (Unanimous) SRP - March Badness 3/21/2009 3 5:00
Win Ricco Rodriguez Decision (Unanimous) Mixed Fighting Alliance - There Will Be Blood 12/13/2008 3 5:00
Win Jimmy Ambriz Submission (North-South Choke) Beatdown - 4 Bears Casino 10/11/2008 1 1:50
Win Mark Kerr Submission (Rear Naked Choke) VFC 1 - Vengeance Fighting Championship 1 9/27/2008 1 3:17
Loss Josh Barnett Decision (Unanimous) Sengoku - Second Battle 5/18/2008 3 5:00
Win Hakim Goram Decision (Unanimous) PFP - Ring of Fire 12/9/2007 3 5:00
Loss Pedro Rizzo TKO (Punches) AOW - Art of War 3 9/1/2007 3 2:40
Win Kazuyuki Fujita Submission (Rear Naked Choke) PRIDE 34 - Kamikaze 4/8/2007 1 6:37
Loss Tim Sylvia Decision (Unanimous) UFC 65 - Bad Intentions 11/18/2006 5 5:00
Win Anthony Perosh TKO (Punches) UFC 61 - Bitter Rivals 7/8/2006 1 2:22
Win Marcio Cruz Decision (Split) UFC 59 - Reality Check 4/15/2006 3 5:00
Win Branden Lee Hinkle Technical Submission (North-South Choke) UFC 57 - Liddell vs Couture 3 2/4/2006 1 4:35
Win Marc Emmanuel Submission (Rear Naked Choke) CWFC - Strike Force 4 11/26/2005 1 0:58
Win Devin Cole Decision XFC - Dome of Destruction 3 10/15/2005 3 5:00
Win Jay White Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) SF 12 - Breakout 9/16/2005 1 1:23
Win Rich Wilson Submission (Armbar) Extreme Wars - X-1 7/2/2005 1 1:56
Win Tengiz Tedoradze Submission (Rear Naked Choke) CWFC - Ultimate Force 4/30/2005 1 1:59
Win Jay White Submission (Injury) Euphoria - USA vs World 2/26/2005 1 4:07
Win Brian Stromberg Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) SF 8 - Justice 1/8/2005 1 N/A
Win Tengiz Tedoradze Submission (Rear Naked Choke) CWFC 9 - Xtreme Xmas 12/18/2004 1 3:51
Win Pat Stano TKO (Knee to the Body) Euphoria - Road to the Titles 10/15/2004 2 3:11
Win Carlos Clayton Decision AFC - Brazil 1 8/28/2004 3 5:00
Win Don Richard Submission (North-South Choke) IHC 7 - The Crucible 6/5/2004 2 2:25
Win Joe Nye Submission (Rear Naked Choke) MD 12 - Mass Destruction 12 8/16/2003 1 3:02
Win Mike Delaney Submission (Choke) AFC 4 - Absolute Fighting Championships 4 7/19/2003 1 4:27
Loss Forrest Griffin Decision WEFC 1 - Bring It On 6/29/2002 4 4:00
Loss Ricco Rodriguez TKO (Punches) UFC 35 - Throwdown 1/11/2002 3 3:00
Win Roman Roytberg Submission (Choke) AMC - Revenge of the Warriors 7/21/2001 N/A N/A
Loss Chuck Liddell Decision (Unanimous) UFC 29 - Defense of the Belts 12/16/2000 3 5:00
Win Tim Lajcik Decision UFC 27 - Ultimate Bad Boyz 9/22/2000 2 5:00
Win Bob Gilstrap Decision (Unanimous) AMC - Return of the Gladiators 1 7/29/2000 3 5:00
Loss David Dodd Submission (Armbar) EC 23 - Extreme Challenge 23 4/2/1999 1 0:46
Win Roger Neff Decision URC 1 - Ultimate Ring Challenge 1 3/1/1999 3 5:00
Loss Tom Sauer Submission (Rear Naked Choke) EC 20 - Extreme Challenge 20 8/22/1998 1 3:47
Win John Renfroe Submission (Strikes) UWC - Ultimate Warrior Challenge 8/2/1998 1 2:45
Win Cy Cross Submission (Choke) UFCF - Night of Champions 3/14/1998 1 3:47
Monson would be a good replacement, not quite as good of chances as barnett, but very close.
i WISH it was overeem
Rather see Vitor.
I said ages ago that Monson would be the man to beat Fedor
1armedScissor - I said ages ago that Monson would be the man to beat Fedor
And you where laughed at then, and will be laughed at again.
mshagger -Only time will tell.1armedScissor - I said ages ago that Monson would be the man to beat Fedor
And you where laughed at then, and will be laughed at again.
Monson is too slow onthe feet and has short arms= quick ko for fedor
What a horrible turn of events.
Instant, boring, fail...
Fedor by brutal assault.
Steve4192 -Card - Anybody but Belfort please... We must save Vitor Belfort vs Jorge Santiago
This.
I am really looking forward to Vitor-Santiago. If they pull Vitor out of that fight, they'll end up fucking up two fights rather than just one.
Outgrappled by Tim Sylvia and basically the only guy in ages to NOT wreck Rizzo standing.
orcus - Outgrappled by Tim Sylvia and basically the only guy in ages to NOT wreck Rizzo standing.
He was NOT outgrappled by sylvia.
I like Monson vs Fedor, as long as it keeps Vitor vs Santiago intact.
Monson vs Fedor
Santiago vs Vitor
Babalu vs Mousasi
Buentello vs Yvel
Gomi vs Tractor
That is still one hell of a show.
JDV - ugh, no desire to see Monson/Fedor...iirc he had trouble getting past Tim's jab. The reach discrepancy was too large. Fedor doesn't have Tims reach.
He could barely get Timmay down, and did nothing with it. He has no stand up threat to Fedor, and he's not going to submit him. He doesn't even have a puncher's chance, really.
Monson could sub him from a north/south choke. It would be awful to see fedor go to sleep.