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04-24-2008, 09:06 AM
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Barnett Vs. Monson Set for Sengoku II!
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Josh Barnett (Pictures) will battle his longtime compatriot Jeff Monson (Pictures) at Sengoku II. World Victory Road (WVR) announced the bout, slated for May 18, on its Web site Thursday.
Barnett's fight with Monson marks the second time in two WVR events that the "Babyface Assassin" will have fought a friend. At the inaugural event in March he squared off with Hidehiko Yoshida (Pictures).
While Barnett does have friendly ties to the Japanese Olympic judo gold medalist, his relationship with Monson (24-7) is even closer. Having trained together on numerous occasions, Barnett appeared in Monson's corner for his UFC championship challenge against Tim Sylvia (Pictures) in 2006.
Barnett (21-5) was last in action in March, submitting Yoshida with a heelhook near the end of the third round. The 30-year-old heavyweight sat out all of 2007 because of a contract dispute with his old employer Pride Fighting Championships.
The 37-year-old Monson, one of the most decorated heavyweight grapplers in the history of the sport, last fought in December, taking a unanimous decision victory over Hakim Goram in Manila.
Previously announced was the opponent for Kevin Randleman (Pictures). The American wrestler will square off against Japanese striker Ryo Kawamura (Pictures) in his debut fight for World Victory Road. Also scheduled to appear on the card, but still without an opponent, is Brazilian jiu-jitsu wunderkind Roger Gracie
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Personally, I feel that Barnett should win this fight because he is better than Monson in every aspect of MMA. But I'm still pretty excited and feel that Monson can make quite a good fight of it, but in the end, has no real chance to beat Josh.
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04-24-2008, 09:10 AM
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I can't help but think this is going to be a really easy fight for Barnett.
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04-24-2008, 09:12 AM
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Monson is turning into the new Elvis Sinosec at heavyweight. (no offense monsonbychoke) they just seem to throw him in there seemingly at random to test guys.
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I also think Barnett will take this quite easily. I just hope Jeff dosn't get hurt with the high number of fights he's got in such a short time span.
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04-24-2008, 09:25 AM
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seriously Monson probably has all sorts of injuries we dont know about. Walking around with all that muscle back to back to back training camps with no real rest. Not looking good for the Snowman.
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04-24-2008, 09:37 AM
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Monson has always been very active in the world of Grappling and has had very short turn around fights in MMA before.
There is no reason to think he's injured.
I just hope he stays that injury free.
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at least they have Barnett fighting a decent opponent, I would love to see Barnett fight Fedor or Couture or Sylvia soon
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04-24-2008, 11:55 AM
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Yup...thats his last name..anything else to add? 
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Yup...thats his last name..anything else to add? |
Nope, cuz that's all that needs to be said.  |
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