Mark Munoz “I am not trying to say I am calling out Anderson, not my intent, but I want to be the best!”

This past Saturday at UFC 138, UFC middleweight Mark Munoz put on the most impressive and dominating performance of his career, beating Chris Leben via corner stoppage before the third round of their five round bout. It signaled the fourth straight win for Munoz, who at this point has beaten everyone the UFC has put in front of him minus a split decision loss to Yushin Okami.

Munoz’s stock has certainly risen with in the middleweight division, with the fighter himself finally calling for a title shot when in the past he had been quiet and reserved. It goes to show that Munoz is coming into his own and truly believes he has made the next jump in skill level. The UFC title picture is murky at current writing, with strong indications that Chael Sonnen will have the next crack at champion Anderson Silva, Munoz believes in fact he should be next in line. He makes a pretty strong argument while talking to our Fight Hub TV correspondent Marcos Villegas. If he does in fact get a title shot, he will be facing a friend in Anderson Silva, “I am not trying to say I am calling out Anderson, that is not my intent. I have the up most respect for him. Just so happens he is the world champ and you know, I want to be the best in this weight class. That is why I am here in the UFC,” Says Munoz.