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\nDefeating Cody Garbrandt was one of the high points of Pedro
\nMunhoz’s UFC career. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n
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Pedro The 39-year-old Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cSince 2014, I\u2019ve been part of the UFC, building my name, proving \u201cThere comes a point in life when you don\u2019t just stay comfortable, \u201cI\u2019m not retiring yet. Still hungry. Still focused. Still ready to A former Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion, Munhoz went 10-10 <\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defeating Cody Garbrandt was one of the high points of Pedro Munhoz’s UFC career. | Getty\/UFC Pedro Munhoz is ready to move on to the next phase of his career. The 39-year-old UFC bantamweight veteran revealed via Instagram that he has requested his release from the Las Vegas-based promotion. \u201cThe Young Punisher\u201d hasn\u2019t competed since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMunhoz<\/a> is ready to move on to the next phase of his career.<\/p>\n
\nUFC<\/a> bantamweight veteran revealed via Instagram that he has
\nrequested his release from the Las Vegas-based promotion. \u201cThe
\nYoung Punisher\u201d hasn\u2019t competed since November 2024, when he
\ndropped a unanimous verdict to Aiemann
\nZahabi<\/a> at UFC Fight Night 246.<\/p>\nA New Direction<\/h2>\n
\nmyself, and showing what I\u2019m capable of inside that octagon. After
\n32 fights, I can proudly say I\u2019ve never been submitted or knocked
\nout. I\u2019ve always stepped in there with heart, discipline, and
\nrespect for the game,\u201d Munhoz wrote.<\/p>\n
\nyou take control of what\u2019s next. Right now, I feel it\u2019s time to
\ntake a new direction, explore different opportunities, and focus on
\nother important areas of my life. I\u2019ve asked the UFC to release me,
\nand I\u2019m currently in the process of becoming a free agent.<\/p>\n
\nput on great fights and make statements.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nwith two no contests during his UFC tenure. The American Top Team
\nproduct earned noteworthy wins over the likes of Rob Font<\/a>, Cody
\nGarbradnt, Jimmie
\nRivera<\/a> and Chris
\nGutierrez<\/a> during his time with the organization.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n