Mark Munoz will step foot inside the Octagon for arguably the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career when he takes on heavy hitting Chris Leben at UFC 138 in Birmingham, England.
Munoz, also known as the “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” is on the best stretch of his professional career as he’s won three consecutive fights and six of his last seven.
However, Munoz will face his toughest task yet when he touches gloves with Leben on November 5th, 2011.
It’s hard to deny just how good of a striker Leben is as he’s knocked out many opponents over the course of his UFC career.
And, not only is Leben a heavy hitter, but he’s home to one of the strongest chins in the sport of mixed martial arts today.
UFC fans don’t expect Munoz to come out and stand with Leben as his night could come to an end very quickly.
Instead, it’s likely that Munoz will look to punish Leben with his take-downs which will eventually lead to his vicious ground-and-pound strikes and elbows.
And, to Munoz’s advantage, Leben doesn’t display an affective take-down defense very often.
However, in order for Munoz to defeat Leben he will have to be very careful of his opponent’s submission attempts.
While Leben isn’t a world class submission artist by any stretch of the imagination, we have seen him pull it off before.
If Munoz can stick to his game plan of punishing Leben on his back, he should have no problem leaving UFC 138 with his fourth consecutive victory.
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