MARK MUÑOZ

ATTRIBUTES

OFFENSIVE SKILLS

DEFENSIVE SKILLS

ULTIMATE TECHNIQUES

LEFT/RIGHT OVER HOOK

Level 2—Both Standing, Striking Range

Muñoz can batter his adversaries on the feet with these heavy hooks, which he throws with tremendous force. Pound rivals with these strong technique strikes to inflict maximum damage.

STRONG LEFT/RIGHT UPPERCUT

Level 2—Muay Thai Clinch Cage, Offense

Muñoz’s clinch grappling is one of his strongest talents—smash his opponents against the cage and then work them over with these crushing uppercuts.

LEFT/RIGHT HAMMER FIST

Level 2—Open Guard, Top

“The Filipino Wrecking Machine” does his best work when he’s on top and hurling massive bombs down at his opponent from Open Guard, Half Guard, or Mount. Pulverize rivals with these brutal blows.

STRENGTHS

• Improved striking

• Ground-and-pound

• Former NCAA champion

“The Filipino Wrecking Machine,” Mark Muñoz, is a rising UFC middleweight contender with knockout power in his hands and superior grappling skills.

Most known for his overwhelming ground-and-pound, Muñoz uses his powerful standing strikes conservatively as he looks to move into the clinch or set up a diving takedown that plants his opponent on the mat.

Either way, his goal is to bring his opponent into the grappling game, where he can use his great strength and tremendous ground-and-pound to deliver crushing hammer fists from the top.

Muñoz is also strong in the clinch, both at controlling and striking in the position, and at using the clinch to bring his rivals to the ground with powerful trips and throws.

Take advantage of his strong grappling ability and make use of his heavy hands at every chance to punish his opponents with his unstoppable striking onslaught.

WEAKNESSES

• Footwork

• Kicks

• Submissions

Muñoz is a dangerous takedown artist with heavy hands, but his lack of speed and poor footwork can be exploited by experienced striking specialists.

He has poor kicking ability as well, so try to capitalize on this weakness by landing heavy leg kicks from the outside.

Mix in head kicks if he is trying to counter grapple, punishing him with other long, quick strikes and then quickly moving out of his countering range.

Don’t clinch or grapple with Muñoz—he’s too dangerous in these areas of the fight game, and he’s most vulnerable to being rocked by standing strikes.

Use strong takedown defense to keep the fight standing, and be conservative with your striking game to maintain the ability to defend against his powerful takedowns and grappling game.