Was Jeff Monson involved in a confrontation with Russian Police, just days before fighting Fedor?
Posted on November 25, 2011, 03:32 PM by Anton GurevichAccording to Russia Today, Mixed Martial Arts veteran Jeff Monson was involved in a confrontation with Russian Police, just few days before his bout with "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko in Moscow, Russia. Apparently, Monson tried to defend a homeless guy who was about to picked up by the Russian law-enforcers at one of Moscow's subways.
The details of the confrontation are still unclear (note: despite the report saying Monson "beat-up" the cops), as some of the fans online are already speculating about the reason behind Jeff Monson limping on his way to the ring for a fight with Fedor Emelianenko. Let your imagination run wild.
Here's the report:
On Monday, the Russian internet simmered with discussions of Fedor Emelianenko’s latest win over the American veteran fighter Jeff Monson. While the majority of fans celebrated Fedor’s return to the sport’s elite, the others, quite a significant part it must be said, admired the American.
One of the LifeJournal users was shocked when he met Monson in the city’s Metro, which he decided to take in order to make the 40-minute trip to the Moscow outskirts, where he was to hold a master class the day before the fight. He was dressed in hooded top and wearing flip-flops. The temperature on that day was around zero degrees.
On one of the stations he noticed two policemen trying to calm down a drunken man. Their methods seemed too aggressive to the American and he rushed to calm down the policemen. Monson’s escort decided not to wait until the American, known for his penchant for anarchism, beat up the surprised law-enforcers and stopped the scuffle.
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Having watched the event, he was indeed limping towards the ring... this is so sketch. Don't count on getting much info though, Russian's wouldn't want Fedor's win to be tarnished
Agreed! Im a Fedor fan but you're on point.
Yeah, it could be crooked but this IS Jeff Monson. He probably did get in a legit scuffle defending a homeless guy. It would be totally in keeping with his personality. He is an awesome person and doesn't watch injustice without getting involved.
The lesson for the day is this: If the Police are busy doing something......Don't ever interrupt them or try to get involved. Especially in Russia.
I guess know what people think of that now don't you douche nozzle.
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
Guess we all know what kind of character you are.
IF this si true thats f'ed up
What did he have to gain from that incident with the Homeless guy. Was he trying to go to jail so that he would not have to meet up with Fedor?
Maybe doing what he thought was the right thing? Some people still have values.
Monson denies rumors,
quote from his twitter ''To dispel the rumors- I didn't beat up 2 Russian cops. Just gave a hand to a homeless guy on metro being harrassed by cops''