Andre Muniz Welcomes Brawl with Uriah Hall: ‘There is No Easy Way to Fight Him'

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Andre Muniz will take a four-fight promotional winning streak into his matchup with “The Ultimate Fighter 17” finalist Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night on April 16.

“Hall is very tough, experienced guy who already had great fights against top opponents,” Muniz told Sherdog.com. “We already studied some of his fights against jiu-jitsu opponents and we know how hard it is to take him down. He has good takedown defense and strong jabs and spinning kicks.

“So there is no easy way to fight him. I will have to brawl with him, answering every single strike, pressuring him and when I get the right timing, take him down.”

Muniz, who lives in Minas Gerais, Brazil, came to Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 30 to begin his camp at Tata Fight Team.

“I’m already in Rio doing my camp at TFT with my masters Philipe Lima and Tata Duarte,” Muniz said. “I have great muay Thai and wrestling coaches here as well as training partners. There is a muay Thai guy here who has the same body type as Hall, and he is helping me a lot.”

The fact that Hall has already faced former TFT training partner Thiago Santos was also seen as a positive point by the jiu-jitsu black belt.

“My masters Tata and Philip studied his game a lot back in 2014 when he fought Thiago ‘Marreta,’” Muniz said. “Of course it will help me to prepare a great strategy to earn my fifth UFC win.”

If he beats Hall, Muniz believes he will need two more victories to reach a UFC title shot.

“If I win, I believe they must give me the loser of [Jared] Cannonier vs. [Derek] Brunson or [Sean] Strickland vs. [Jack] Hermansson,” he said.

Muniz also weighed in on the clash between Bruno Silva and Alex Pereira scheduled for UFC Fight Night 203 on March 12.

“’Blindado’ has heavy hands and ‘Poatan’ is a two-time Glory champion,” Muniz said. “’Blindado’ already guaranteed that he will brawl against ‘Poatan,’ who is obviously superior in the standup game. But of course, it´s MMA. All it takes is one punch. I have no doubt that this fight will finish in the first or second round. I believe ‘Poatan’ will win via KO in the second round.”