Monson was a better fighter, I'm not sure there's many people who will argue against that, but at the moment he's lucky he's not in a ****ing wheelchair considering the state his back and knees are in. Nelson isn't (or at least, he doesn't appear to be) the most skilled guy in the world, but to say Monson is the better fighter at this point is pretty laughable.
Monson seems to be going fairly well with his health. The only thing was the beating his leg got from Fedor's leg kicks but that seems to be healing pretty well, and he is going to be fighting pretty soon. This just adds to Monson's toughness which IMO unrivaled in the HW division. I rate Monson as a better fighter than Nelson, this has been proven before and nothing has changed. Monson is still as active today as he was in 2009 when he fought Nelson (5 fights in 2009, 9 in 2010, and 6 in 2011).
I am? You are the one trying to claim that young Stefan Struve is more of a challenge than ****ing Kharitonov
You find me the post where I said Struve is more of a challenge than Kharitonov and I'll do my best to argue the point, until then, eat a dick.