Jeff Monson

Jeff Monson interests me as much for his convictions as for his grappling. A heavyweight submission specialist who fought across PRIDE, the UFC, and beyond, he built a reputation on relentless ground game and a refusal to back down. What sets him apart, in my view, is that he carried that same defiance outside the cage, voicing his politics loudly and even running for office. You can disagree with his positions, but it's hard not to respect a fighter who stakes his beliefs as openly as he stakes his career. That kind of unbending sincerity is genuinely uncommon in his world.

Name (English)

Jeff Monson

Name (Japanese)

ジェフ・モンソン

Reading

じぇふ・もんそん

Born

January 18, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Origin

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Height

175 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / boxer / Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner / politician

High school

Timberline High School

University

Oregon State University

• Official sitehttp://jeffmonsonmma.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jeffmonsonmma/
• Xhttps://x.com/JeffMonson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Monson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968168

Tags

• Minnesota
• mixed martial arts fighter
• boxer
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.