Bloody Elbow · May 26, 2022
UFC vet Mark Muñoz issues statement, denies encouraging students to ‘settle a dispute through fighting’
Mark Muñoz during the UFC Fight Night Manila open workout in 2015.Former UFC middleweight fighter Mark Muñoz has been involved in a bit of controversy. “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” will reportedly lose his job as a high school wrestling coach at Fairmont Private Schools in Anaheim, California for supposedly allowing two students to settle their rift via a playground boxing match.
Per the reports that went around, the incident was “more jovial than violent” and no one seemed to have gotten hurt. But according to a spokesperson for the school, the 44-year-old Muñoz has been placed on administrative leave and won’t have his contract renewed once it lapses.