Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Jeff Monson (42-12-0) announced late Tuesday night via his twitter account that his next challenge will come in the form of Fedor Emelianenko (31-4-0) at an M-1 Global event, November 12, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
"Nov 12th vs Fedor in Russia M-1 confirmed... press conference on 16th in Russia," wrote "The Snowman."
Monson last appeared June 18 at Strikeforce - Overeem vs. Werdum, where the 14-year veteran of the sport battled Daniel Cormier on short notice, losing a unanimous decision over three tough rounds. Prior to that, Monson had rattled off eight consecutive victories with five coming by way of submission.
Emelianenko's last bout was under the Strikeforce banner as well, although the contest would be his first and last inside a Zuffa owned promotion as "The Last Emperor" dropped his third straight when he was knocked out by light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson inside the first round. Fedor has been stopped in each of his last three outings, and with limited top heavyweight talent outside of Zuffa's grasp, options are limited for quality opponents.
Also in the news, Dana White confirmed that AKA standout Josh Koscheck (15-5-0) will indeed get his wish to step up and face Matt Hughes (45-8-0) on short notice with the late hand injury suffered by Diego Sanchez while training.
"Diego broke his hand, so Hughes will now fight Koscheck," tweeted White on Tuesday evening.
It took less than 24 hours for the promotion to confirm the replacement, as Koscheck answered the call immediately upon hearing the news. The powerful wrestler last appeared in December of 2010 when he challenged welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre for his 170lbs title; the night did not go Koscheck's way as he suffered a broken orbital bone early in the fight that would keep him sidelined for much of 2011.
Hughes has not competed since 2010 either, when the Hillsboro, Illinois, native was knocked out by former rival B.J. Penn in 21 seconds at UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida. Prior to that outing, Hughes had compiled three straight wins topping New York based Jiu Jitsu practitioners, Matt Serra, Renzo Gracie, and Ricardo Almeida respectively. Hughes had no problems accepting Koscheck as a late replacement.
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