Thank you @brandonthetruthvera for being who you are! “It’s like ‘I was able to do it and so can you. It was a lot of fun,” Muñoz continued. In the combat sports world, retirements are often short-lived. I mean, I’m training with guys now so [Ovince Saint Preux] came in and we trained and I went with him and I was like wow, I could really still do this,” Muñoz admitted in his interview on The Hitlist vodcast. All Videos shot, editing, and directed by director Mark Munoz from Made Films and Syndicated TV Show Daytime with Kimberly and Esteban. I love it and it’s still gonna be inside of me so when people come to the gym and just I’m ready to go. “I’m just focusing on family and make sure they’re taken care of.”A two-time state champion at Vallejo High School, Muñoz was also an honor roll student and member of the National Honors Society. It was like I was stepping into the octagon” of being a mixed martial artist.So excited backstage, “I was shadow boxing,” he said smiling, having no trouble remembering when he was in eight grade.He emphasized hope to the teens on Thursday, encouraging them to realize their “their choices, their words, their behavior not only impact their own lives, but others.”“I know the environment.

On his official website, Munoz showed before and after pictures detailing how hard he worked to get into shape for UFC 162 next week.

I will never forget the love you showed to my family and I! Right now, I’m still coaching.” 

I know the city,” he said. I was away a lot,” Muñoz said “I’m trying to make up for lost time.”Though several of Thursday’s celebrity speakers live somewhere in the state, Muñoz was the only one who can relate to the kids as someone who grew up in Vallejo.“That very same time, I was at my crossroads in my life,” Muñoz said.A noted speaker around Orange County — “I talk about my experience, about kindness and respect and honor and how building relationships catapults you to be successful” — Muñoz  said he actually got nervous thinking about returning to Vallejo to speak “and I don’t really get nervous. Dr. Munoz works in Dallas, TX and 3 other locations and specializes in Neurology. Mark Munoz prepares to take on Roan Carneiro at UFC 184, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Being bullied and ultimate beat up for a pair of shoes in 8th grade–Mark shares about how that moment changed his life.

Instagram » YouTube » Featured News ... Mark Munoz "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Born: 1978-02-09 AGE: 42 Mission Viejo, California United States. '”Muñoz couldn’t help but grin thinking of himself as a motivational speaker.“To see people like that, I’m actually star-struck,” Muñoz said.

Join Facebook to connect with Mark Munoz and others you may know. Saint Preux, or OSP as people call him, is a veteran in the UFC as well. “He is doing so well in the Philippines.

He was like ‘Mark pagbalik mo dito,’ He was like ‘come train with me, I’d take care of everything.’”The full-blooded Pinoy who grew up in the United States was 37 years old when he called it a career, wrapping up his notable run as a middleweight in the UFC with a victory over Luke Barnatt in the promotion’s inaugural card in Manila back in 2015. It’s been a little over five years since Filipino-American mixed martial artist Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Muñoz retired from active competition. “I see Brandon Vera, he’s a brother from another mother for sure, and I love Brandon and he is a big reason why I’m where I’m at today because he was there since the beginning since I decided to fight.” Muñoz admits however that the itch of competition still hits him every now and then. View this post on Instagram .