LAS VEGAS – Getting into a punch-for-punch shootout with a heavy hitter like Cody Garbrandt doesn’t seem like the type of thing a fighter – especially one with a submission-rich background – would actively want to pursue in the cage. Yet, that’s exactly where Pedro Munhoz found himself in the first round of a UFC 235 bantamweight battle. That’s the type of thing that happens in MMA; sometimes a fighter will stray off the strategy laid out by his team and will see their moment of recklessness pay off. Munhoz’s decision to engage paid off Saturday
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