Mark Munoz is a former NCAA wrestling champion, but Yushin Okami showed in their UFC fight Sunday that a good sprawl can be effective against even the best wrestlers. Okami simply wouldn’t allow Munoz to take the fight to the ground, and as a result Okami won a split decision.
The story of the fight was Munoz trying takedown after takedown, and Okami responding with sprawl after sprawl. The result was two judges scoring it 29-28 for Okami, and one scoring it 29-28 for Munoz.