Looks like Manny Pacquiao isn’t the only Filipino making waves in the fighting circuits. (He fights Oscar De La Hoya this weekend.) Filipino-American Mark Munoz defeated Ricardo Barros to win his second World Extreme Cagefighter (WEC) fight. The former UC Davis wrestling coach and Vallejo native Mark Munoz beat Barros by TKO due to strikes at 2:26 of Round 1. This was the last 205-pound fight in WEC history. In his previous fight, Munoz knocked out his opponent, Chuck Grisby, in 4 minutes and 15 seconds.

Munoz has an impressive background. Not only is he the first Filipino-American World Extreme Cagefighter (WEC), but he also possesses a 5-0 mixed martial arts (MMA) record and is a Division 1 NCAA Wrestling Champion and a two-time Big 12 Wrestling Conference Champion. In addition, he has conducted training sessions with some of the best MMA fighters, including WEC’s Featherweight Champion Uriah Faber, Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Randy Couture and Brandon Vera, just to name a few.

MMA fighter Mark Munoz post match interview