M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by M-1 Global

M-1 Global

M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...

. The event took place on November 20, 2011 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

At the end of the heavyweight bout, Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

 entered the ring to congratulate the winner, Fedor Emelianenko, and gave a speech. The crowd booed during the speech; although some Russian media reports claimed that they had been booing the American loser, Jeff Monson, BBC News

BBC News

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reported that several crowd members had stressed that they were booing Putin, and regarded Monson as an honorable loser.

Main card

• Heavyweight bout:   Fedor Emelianenko
  Fedor Emelianenko
  Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has won numerous tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, as well as medaling in the Russian national Judo...
  
   vs.   Jeff Monson
  Jeff Monson
  Jeffrey William Monson is an American mixed martial artist from Olympia, Washington. He is a 2 time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion. He currently holds the Heavyweight titles in the International Sport Karate Association...
  
  

Emelianenko defeated Monson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) .

• Lightweight Championship bout:   Jose Figueroa (c) vs.   Daniel Weichel
  Daniel Weichel
  Daniel Weichel is a German professional mixed martial artist who has fought for BAMMA, M-1 Global, Shooto, King of the Cage, and Cage Warriors...
  
  

Weichel defeated Figueroa via KO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Alexander Yakovlev vs.   Juan Manuel Suarez

Yakovlev defeated Suarez via TKO (punches) at 3:55 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Yuri Ivlev
  Yuri Ivlev
  Yuri Ivlev is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. M-1 Global Veteran.-Championships and Accomplishments:Mixed Martial Arts*M-1 Global**M-1 Challenge 2009 Lightweight Champion....
  
   vs.   Jerome Bouisson

Ivlev defeated Bouisson via TKO (punch) at 1:00 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Mairbek Taisumov
  Mairbek Taisumov
  Mairbek Taisumov is a Czechs-Austrians mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Taisumov has competed all over Europe, most notably for M-1 Global.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Joshua Thorpe

Taisumov defeated Thorpe via KO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout:   Albert Duraev vs.   Xavier Foupa-Pokam
  Xavier Foupa-Pokam
  Xavier Foupa-Pokam is a French mixed martial artist from Paris. Foupa-Pokam is best known for his brief career in the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their middleweight division, and his long career in British MMA with promotions such as BAMMA and Cage Rage...
  
  

Duraev defeated Foupa-Pokam via submission (triangle choke) at 2:37 of round 2.

Preliminary card

• Heavyweight bout:   Alexander Volkov
  Alexander Volkov (fighter)
  Alexander Yevgenievich Volkov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Volkov has competed almost exclusively for the M-1 Global promotion.-Background:...
  
  vs.   Arsen Abdulkerimov

Volkov defeated Abdulkerimov via TKO (punches) at 1:00 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Salim Davidov vs.   Sergey Kornev

Davidov defeated Kornev by unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout:   Mikhail Malyutin vs.   Seydina Seck

Malyutin defeated Seck via KO (punch) at 0:47 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Nicholas Kaushansky vs.   Alexander Vinogradov

Kaushansky defeated Vinogradov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:23 of round 2.