Pedro Munhoz stopped Bryan Caraway in devastating fashion back in November, dropping the bantamweight veteran with a body kick in the opening round before finishing the job with a few more punches. That win earned him the biggest opportunity so far in his career.
“The Young Punisher” enters the Octagon for the first time in 2019 on Saturday, facing former 135-pound champion Cody Garbrandt at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the main card of UFC 235, and that’s exactly the kind of opportunity he expected after making a statement against Caraway and scoring his sixth victory over his last seven bouts.