Jeff Monson

Heavyweight · 60-26-1 · orthodox

Last 5
LWWWL
Height
5'9"
175.26 cm
Reach
6'2"
187.96 cm
Age
55
Elo Rating
1536.3

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 111 Heavyweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Avoids 59% of opponents' significant strikes — better than 91% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Attempts 0.70 submissions per 15 minutes — better than 77% of Heavyweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Lands just 30% of the significant strikes they throw — worse than 95% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Lands only 0.97 significant strikes per minute — worse than 92% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Completes only 12% of their takedown attempts — worse than 85% of Heavyweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    0.97
    Bottom 8%
  • Striking accuracy
    30%
    Bottom 5%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    2.87
    Top 36%
  • Striking defense
    59%
    Top 9%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    1.06
    Top 48%
  • Takedown accuracy
    12%
    Bottom 15%
  • Takedown defense
    66%
    Top 46%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    0.70
    Top 23%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1541, higher than 50% of Heavyweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1536).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202513:00Rodriguez4:35Hinkle15:00Cruz2:42Perosh25:00Sylvia
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

UFC 65: Bad Intentions
2006-11-18 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
UFC 61: Bitter Rivals
2006-07-08 · KO/TKO, R1 2:42
UFC 59: Reality Check
2006-04-15 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
2006-02-04 · Submission, R1 4:35
UFC 35: Throwdown
2002-01-11 · KO/TKO, R3 3:00
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
2000-12-16 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
2000-09-22 · Decision - Unanimous, R2 5:00