UFC bantamweight Pedro Munhoz has found a second love in MMA as a coach, and while he’s not sure when he’ll go full time coaching, it won’t be at UFC Edmonton where he faces Aiemann Zahabi on Saturday night.
So how much longer will he continue to put on the gloves and fight?
“That’s a good question. Definitely a question that I ask myself every single time. I live every day of my life thinking about fight. Every time that I go to bed thinking how excited it’s going to be tomorrow morning to go train,” Munhoz told Cageside Press.
“For the last two years also being a coach at American Top Team. So I’m transitioned to that version also.”
Munhoz (20-9) at 38-years-old and over 20 fights in the UFC is much closer to the end of his career than the beginning. Never one to turn down fights he’s taken another one against an up-and-comer. He’s also coming into this one on a two-fight skid. So why keep on going?
“Being in the gym, being in (an) MMA environment, is something that definitely makes me happy and content as a person. It’s a big part of my life. I grew up on the mats. I don’t feel the game has passed me yet,” he said.
“I get to test myself at American Top Team with a bunch of good fighters from all over the wold. I feel that I have the fire inside of me.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Pedro Munhoz above. He takes on Aiemann Zahabi at UFC Edmonton on Saturday night.
