Interview with American Top Team fighter Pedro Munhoz, who is gearing up for UFC 238

Pedro “The Young Punisher” Munhoz (18-3) of Torrance, California, fights Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling (17-3) of Uniondale, New York, in a bantamweight battle during UFC 238 on Saturday from the United Center in Chicago.

Munhoz, who trains at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, is ranked No. 4. His background is in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and kickboxing.

Sterling, who has an amateur wrestling background, is ranked third.

My video interview with Munhoz at American Top Team.

The main event is for the vacated UFC Bantamweight Title with Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo (14-2) against Marlon “Magic” Moraes (22-5-1). Cejudo is the UFC flyweight champ.

The co-man event is UFC Women’s flyweight champ Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko (16-3) against Jessica “Evil” Eye (14-6).

The show is available via ESPN and ESPN+. Also for more action subscribe to UFC Fight Pass.

Visit https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-238.

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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription