{"id":149676,"date":"2015-06-15T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=149676"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:04:41","slug":"jeff-monson-seeking-russian-citizenship-ive-always-felt-russian-in-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jeff-monson-seeking-russian-citizenship-ive-always-felt-russian-in-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Monson Seeking Russian Citizenship: &#8216;I&#8217;ve Always Felt Russian In Spirit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.10.16-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.10.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-15 at 8.10.16 PM\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.10.16-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.10.16-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.10.16-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-8.10.16-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Monson has made a name for himself traveling around the world, putting on some entertaining fights and welcoming newcomer heavyweights to the world of mixed marital arts. It appears, however, that Monson seems to be favoring Russia over any other country and he is to become a Russian citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel Russian in spirit, and recently I&#8217;ve been spending more and more time in your country,\u201d Monson told Russian TV channel <a href=\"http:\/\/tvrain.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dozhd<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Monson has fought in Russia eight times since 2014, and it looks like he will be staying there for good if he can gain citizenship there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes some time, particularly at the moment, when there are problems &#8212; sanctions &#8212; between Russia and the US. 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