By Bleacher Report’s Karlo Silverio III Sevilla:
With the majority of their MMA triumphs having gone the short route, Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Munoz or Demian Maia can notch another finish at the expense of the other.
The powerful ground-and-pound specialist Munoz (10-2 with five wins by KO and one by submission) is coming fresh from a first-round KO victory over C.B Dolloway just last March 3.
On the other side, top-of-the-line Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Maia (14-2 with eight wins via submission and two by KO), with his last three conquests coming by unanimous decision, is itching to tap somebody out inside the octagon again.
And he wants to scratch it badly with the decorated wrestler.
“That (winning by submission) is what I want to do for sure and that’s something I’m looking for,” said Maia, whose last submission win was over Chael Sonnen way, way back in February of 2009.
So, should Munoz avoid the ground game like an allergen? Same as Anderson “The Spider” Silva, who “effectively” showboated and danced away from Maia’s ground-game invitation en route to retaining the UFC middleweight title?
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