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• ▸ Of Monson's 35 recorded matches, 31 were nogi and only 4 were in the gi. That tracks with a grappler who built his name on the ADCC circuit rather than gi competition.
• ▸ Monson met Saulo Ribeiro 3 times on record and came out ahead 2 to 1, including a win over Ribeiro at the 1999 ADCC World Championship.
• ▸ None of Monson's 22 recorded wins came by submission, giving him a submission win rate of 0 percent against a site average of 40 percent. His wins leaned on control and position, with 5 coming by points.
• ▸ The ADCC World Championship was Monson's main stage, with 5 appearances at the 2009 event and 5 more at the 2000 event on record.
• ▸ Monson's recorded matches span from 1999 to 2017, with his busiest single year being 2009 at 5 matches.