Kenny Monday
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Born | November 25, 1961 (age 62) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
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Kenny Dale Monday (born November 25, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. He is a 3X Olympian.
Monday attended Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma), where he won four state titles and the 1977 Junior National championship. He never lost a dual from seventh grade through the end of high school and finished with a record of 140-0-1.
As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the NCAA title in 1984 at 150 pounds. His collegiate record of 121-12-2 contributed to the Cowboys winning two Big Eight titles. He won the 1989 World Championship and a series of USA Freestyle championships in 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1996. He won the Olympic Championship in 1988 in a 2-2 overtime against the Soviet Union's Adlan Varaev.
Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
On March 28, 1997 Monday competed in a mixed martial arts bout defeating John Lewis by TKO in round two at Extreme fighting 4, which was held in Des Moines, Iowa.
Monday has also worked as the wrestling coach with the Blackzilians, a mixed martial arts camp based in Boca Raton, Florida. He is married to wife, Sabrina Goodwin Monday and has three children, Sydnee Monday, Kennedy Monday, and Quincy Monday. He now resides in the DFW area.
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Mixed martial arts record
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1 match | 1 win | 0 losses |
By knockout | 1 | 0 |
By submission | 0 | 0 |
By decision | 0 | 0 |
Draws | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 1–0 | John Lewis | TKO (punches) | Extreme fighting 4 | March 28, 1997 | 2 | 4:23 | Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
Submission grappling record
Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Notes |
Loss | ![]() |
Submission (ankle lock) | The Contenders | 1997 | 1 | 0:45 |
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