MMA: Munoz ready for UFC 108

By Derek Wilson, Vallejo Times Herald

Mark Munoz always had faith. It would seem that faith is being rewarded.

Munoz was struck by that thought recently when his wife, Kristi, found a photo from a family vacation to Carlsbad to visit Legoland. There was a miniature Lego statue of the MGM Grand. As Kristi recalled in an e-mail, Mark stood in front of the statue, put his fist in the air and said ‘Take a picture Kris! I will be fighting here one day!’

“Now, here I am today at the MGM Grand fighting in Las Vegas,” Mark Munoz said before he returns to the octagon Saturday for UFC 108 in Las Vegas. The Vallejo native resumes his mixed martial arts career against Ryan Jensen in a 185-pound bout.

Jensen, a former wrestler from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, stands almost even with Munoz on the tale of the tape, but Jensen is far more experienced, with a 15-4 record.

Munoz, who wrestled at Oklahoma, is 6-1 in his young MMA career.

“I never thought I’d be a fighter. It just so happens I am,” said Munoz, who was working toward his Master’s degree at UC Davis when he was first encouraged to join the world of MMA. It was while he was at a New Year’s UFC event in 2006 that he found his new career path.

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Mark Munoz debut in UFC 96, Photo from markmunoz.net

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“What’s on my mind? I’m pissed, I’m really pissed but you know, in the sport of MMA – she, MMA, is a bitch and if you let it go to the judges, you let it go out of your hands you know?

“So, I’m going to take the blame for this loss, I’m going to man up, it’s my fault, I should have finished the fight – I had a couple of opportunities throughout the fight. I’m super happy I got the opportunity to fight Randy Couture – he’s my hero, my legend. I’m letting the rest of the 205lb division know, I’m going to whoop your ass if you get in the octagon with me.”