"If I didn't positive have people influencing my life in a positive way, I don't know where I'd be right now. So if I can do that just in one person's life, it's all worth it to me." —Mark Munoz

"If you sit in the cage and you start thinking, the opportunity passes you by." -Mark Munoz

Mark Munoz on leadership

 

 

UFC middleweight Mark Munoz on his viewpoint on being a leader. He takes a holistic approach in trying to lead others in every realm of life and do so via setting a great example as a human being:

 

What it means to be a good leader is to lead by example...Your actions speak louder than your words...For me, what it means to be able to lead other people is to be able to impact them in a positive way: mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically.

Michael Bisping and Mark Munoz set to fight in Manchester

Michael Bisping will take on Mark Munoz on October 26th in his home of Manchester, England. The  American Munoz is fresh off a win over Tim Boetsch via decision, and Bisping is coming off a victory over Alan Belcher.

Mark Munoz campaigned for a title shot and rematch against Chris Weidman when Anderson Silva initially pushed aside the idea of rematching Weidman for the UFC title. However Munoz will not be getting a title shot and the UFC is going to make the Silva-Weidman 2 bout.

But if Weidman does in fact defat Anderson again, then that opens up the division tremendously. Munoz already had a shot at Weidman and was defeated via knockout, so he won't likely get a crack at him in the near future. However, if both Bisping and Weidman win their next fights a title fight between those two is possible. While I noted that Bisping would make for a good challenger for the title against Bisping, I detected some eye-rolling from colleagues of mine on the matter, but not sure why. Styles make fights and Bisping is a solid style against most challengers at middleweight, including Chris Weidman. Michael Bisping has a very strong ability to get back up when taking down and is a solid striker: he punches others and is hard to hit. That's pretty much the name of the game. He has losses to Chael Sonnen, Wanderlei Silva, and Rashad Evans, but they were all close fights. His KO to Dan Henderson was devastating, as the fight with Vitor Belfort was a tough pill to swallow. But Bisping did well in the second round against Hendo and was doing quite well against Vitor Belfort, but ultimate the speed and power and accuracy proved to be too much as the Brazilian scored the big KO with a headkick. But Bisping's strong cardio, the fact he gets stronger as the fight progresses, scrambles well off his back, and picks up tendencies and adapts to fighters' styles as the bout goes one, makes him a good challenger against Weidman. But first he has to get past Mark Munoz, who is reinvigorated and ready to make a title run of his own.

Mark Munoz on overcoming depression through determination, will, desire

Mark Munoz on winning a battle outside of the cage with depression:
I really went through a depression I never thought I would, but I'm just living proof what you can do with determination and will and desire

Mark Munoz on loving his teammates and giving back

Mark Munoz is a very positive individual and it's apparent you've ever had the chance to meet him or see any of his interviews online. That positivity is shown towards his teammates at his gym, the Reign Training Center:

I love all the guys that actually are part of Reign, and I'm going to be with them until the end. That's who I am in a nutshell. And I love giving back.

Mark Munoz on Depression and Compassion

Mark Munoz on how overcoming depression has helped him become more compassionate:

In that year I learned so much about myself, it gave me a new perspective, and now I can actually look at people when they say they're going through depression; I can look at it with eyes of compassion.

Mark Munoz on being a positive influence

Mark Munoz on helping others:

In the process of me being one of the top fighters I've actually influenced a lot of people to live a healthy lifestyle, to become straight with their life, make the best choices that they can make as far as life is concerned...for me that's what's most important.

Mark Munoz on overcoming depression

Mark Munoz on overcoming depression:

For those that actually have gone through some type of depression or going through some tough times in their life, I'm here to let them know that they can transcend any type of adversity they've gone through; whether it's financial, whether it's physical, whether it's social, mental, emotional, whatever it is...you can rise above that adversity.

Mark Munoz: Bruce Lee Created Mixed Martial Arts

Mark Munoz on Bruce Lee being the Godfather of MMA:

He's the first one who created mixed martial arts because he took the very first forms of fighting and made his own form: Jeet Kune Do; which is taking each style and make it part of your own.

Quotes on Discipline

Quotes on Determination and Perseverance

Mark Munoz on Anderson Silva's advice to him

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Mark Munoz on the 5 "D"s of success

Mark Munoz on Hard Work and Passion

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Mark Munoz on his mind

I truly believe my body fails before my mind.
- Mark Munoz


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Mark Munoz on Character

 

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Mark Munoz on Character

 

"I wouldn't say sport builds character; I'd say character is revealed through sport."
-Mark Munoz

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Mark Munoz on adversity

 

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Mark Munoz on what 90% of life is

"Life is 10-percent of what happens to you and 90-percent of how you react to it." 

-Mark Munoz

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