Filipino-American MMA fighter Mark “Mugen” Striegl wants to be just like his idol, Manny Pacquiao, when he returns to the cage on December 2.

Striegl will square off against Brazilian bantamweight Rafael Nunes in the event dubbed ONE: Age of Domination at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

“One thing I love about Manny’s fight style is that he’s an action-packed fighter. He just keeps going and going and moving forward. That’s something I try to do in my fights,” said Striegl, who will be fighting for the first time since losing to Fil-Australian prospect Reece McLaren in December 2015.

“You’ll never see me in a boring fight. I always press the action, I always come forward. I’m not a point fighter. Sometimes I put myself at risk by doing that but it’s better than being a point fighter, like a Floyd Mayweather-style kind of fighter.”

Striegl wants to get past Nunes before embarking on a title campaign.

“My goal when I entered this sport was and is to win a world championship title for the Philippines and bring it back here to Manila. That’s what I think about and it’s been my goal since I was young,” he said.

Since his last bout, Striegl has been hard at work preparing for his return, training with ONE heavyweight champion Brandon “The Truth” Vera.

Striegl has split his training schedule between Evolve MMA in Singapore and the high altitudes of Baguio City for his next match.

While he is in the country, Striegl hasn't had any shortage of workout opportunities.

“Here in Manila, I’ve been fortunate enough to train with Brandon Vera and AJ Matthews. Mark Munoz also came through one time so I got to pick his brain a bit,” Striegl said.

“There are so many good gyms to work with in Manila. MMA is getting really big in this country. I’ve just been jumping around and training with Brandon and it’s been great.”

Striegl made his ONE Championship debut in April of 2015, defeating American Casey Suire impressively by first round submission. In his second bout months later however, he fell to McLaren.

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