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History · 2000 · UFC 29: Defense of the Belts · Chuck Liddell vs Jeff Monson
From the tape · 16 Dec 2000

Chuck Liddell vs Jeff Monson

UFC 29: Defense of the Belts · Tokyo, Japan
Result

Chuck Liddell beat Jeff Monson

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
MiddleweightMain cardReferee · Mario Yamasaki

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

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Red corner ChuckLiddell“The Iceman”The Pit · San Luis Obispo, California
VSOn the tape
JM
Blue corner JeffMonson“The Snowman”American Top Team · Miami, Florida
Middleweight3 rounds16 Dec 2000
21-8
Record
60-26-1
30
Age
−1 yr29
+5″6' 2"
Height
5' 9"
+2″76″
Reach
74″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+23
UFC bouts
1
1/250% of wins
Finishes
0/10% of wins
The Pit
Gym
American Top Team
San Luis Obispo, California
From
Miami, Florida
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Chuck Liddell11 sig landed
HEAD64%7 of 17BODY9%1 of 1LEGS27%3 of 4
Jeff Monson2 sig landed
HEAD100%2 of 6BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
11 of 22
Sig.
strikes
2 of 6
0 of 0
Take-
downs
1 of 8
0:45
Control
0:59
Distance 9Clinch 2Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 2Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 25:00 of action
Chuck Liddell12 sig landed
HEAD33%4 of 17BODY0%0 landedLEGS67%8 of 11
Jeff Monson3 sig landed
HEAD67%2 of 7BODY33%1 of 1LEGS0%0 landed
12 of 28
Sig.
strikes
3 of 8
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 5
0:27
Control
0:04
Distance 10Clinch 2Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 2Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Chuck Liddell19 sig landed
HEAD37%7 of 14BODY21%4 of 4LEGS42%8 of 9
Jeff Monson1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 6BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
19 of 27
Sig.
strikes
1 of 6
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 4
0:28
Control
0:00
Distance 12Clinch 1Ground 6
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

No scorecard record on file

This bout went to a decision, but no judge’s card for it has reached our sources yet. Rather than draw an empty grid, the section says so; it fills in on its own when the record catches up.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Chuck Liddell

0.44takedowns / 15 min
0.44 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.06 / 15m
0.59 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
8.83 / 15m
75%
ACCURACY
12%
0.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.70 / 15m

Jeff Monson

1.06takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Chuck Liddell vs Jeff Monson.

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