Mark Striegl

BIOGRAPHY

Mark Striegl is an MMA fighter hailing from the Philippines. The 30 year old featherweight fighter has been competing in combat sports since 2008 and his career highlight was winning a title at Pacific Xtreme Combat (PXC). He also has a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a black belt in Judo.

Striegl started his martial arts journey when he was 14 years old, starting with karate and then adding judo to the mix later on. He trained hard for two years before competing in local tournaments, winning them all. His success brought him to Japan where he competed against some of the best judokas and karatekas in the world. This experience made him realise that if he worked hard enough and got better technique, he could be one of the best fighters around.

In 2009, Striegl made his professional MMA debut at PXC 23 against Yusuke Endo; unfortunately losing via armbar submission but later avenging this loss by defeating Endo twice more – once by unanimous decision, then again via guillotine choke submission victory which earned him Performance Of The Night honors from PXC officials. From then on out Mark had multiple successful fights earning three more wins consecutively before getting signed by ONE Championship to compete exclusively with their Asian based organization as well as becoming UFC’s first Filipino athlete taking part during UFC Fight Night Manila back on 2019 alongside Frankie Edgar & Urijah Faber main eventing that night versus Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung while having successfully competed against other high level opponents like former Pancrase Featherweight Champion Tatsuya Kawajiri or well known Shooto Veteran Masakazu Imanari among others during his time there being considered one of Asia’s top Featherweights before transitioning over to US based promotions such as Combate Americas or Bellator recently making his promotional debut there versus Leandro Higo who defeated him via unanimous decision last month hoping make further strides towards success towards 2021 onwards inside various UFV affiliated organizations trying reach championship status for good soon enough under their respective banners after many ups & downs throughout year 2020 due Covid-19 pandemic ruining plans accordingly so far… currently resides within Philippines where continues staying active doing seminars wherever possible helping upcoming talents hone craft same way did prior immersing himself within training while working other opportunities aside always looking forward next challenge presented!