UFC middleweight contender Andre Muniz went by fairly a scare throughout a bus journey in his residence state of Minas Gerais, Brazil final Sunday. Whereas asleep within the early hours of the morning, the car received right into a head-on collision in opposition to a automotive, leaving one particular person useless.
Though no person on the bus was critically injured, a 50-year-old lady within the passenger’s seat of the automotive died immediately, in accordance with Combate’s report. Per the police, the accident was attributable to the automotive’s driver, a 45-year-old male who allegedly drifted into the opposing lane, thus inflicting the collision.
In an interview with the Brazilian MMA information outlet, Muniz defined that he didn’t get harm as a result of he was sporting his seatbelt on the time. Nonetheless, the sensation of being woken up by a crash was scary sufficient. Moreover, the Brazilian was unhappy to be taught in regards to the lady’s demise.
“What a scare, I used to be asleep,” Muniz stated. “It was between 3:40 and 4 within the morning. The bus breaks, then I hear a loud noise. I believed we had hit a pothole or one thing. If anyone was not sporting a seatbelt, they most likely harm their face. I used to be sporting mine, so I simply received scared by the impression. We received off the bus and noticed the accident. It was ugly, actually unhappy. That lady’s neck snapped proper then. We needed to wait round on the street for about three hours till one other bus got here. No person on the bus received critically harm, although. It was only a scare. Thank God.”
At present on a four-fight profitable streak within the UFC, Muniz (22-4) scored three submission wins in his final three outings, which included victories over Eryk Anders, Ronaldo Souza, and Bartosz Fabinski. The 32-year-old’s final loss occurred in October 2016, when he received knocked out by Azamat Murzakanov.
Muniz is anticipated to tackle Uriah Corridor at UFC 276, on July 2, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For now, an official major occasion has but to be introduced by the promotion.
