It’s been almost a year since Chris Weidman shattered Mark Munoz’s 4-fight win streak last July. Injury hassled the 35-year-old prior to the brutal loss, and has done the same since.
With not only the loss on his mind, elbow surgery and a broken foot kept Munoz (12-3) out of action, causing the middleweight to contender fall into depression, and gain weight.
Munoz explained via Twitter: “Battled through injury, self-doubt, and depression. I turned to food for comfort and what I found was more heartache. A never ending cycle of eating because I was sad and sad because I was eating,’”
Having ballooned up to 261lbs, Munoz hit the comeback trail, five months later he now stands at 199lbs through hard work, dedication, and help from friends.
“Thank you all who believed in, encouraged, motivated and prayed for me! I thank you for you compassion and care! Now I am going in confident to #UFC162 with all I had to work through!”
‘The Filipino Wrecking Machine’ returns to face Tim Boetsch (16-5) at 185lbs on July 6, at UFC 162.
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