Mark Striegl
Mark Edward Martinez Striegl is a Filipino-American professional mixed martial artist and sambist also known as Mugen. Fighting in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions, he has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, ONE Championship, the Universal Reality Combat Championship and the Pacific Xtreme Combat.
In 2019, Striegl won a gold medal in sambo in the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.
Early life and education
Mark Striegl was born on June 23, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan to his German-American father Frank Striegl Sr. from New York City, United States and Filipino mother Sonia Martinez Striegl from Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.Mark and his older brother Frank Striegl Jr. grew up in Tokyo. After graduating from St. Mary's International School in Tokyo where their parents worked as teachers, Mark went to the University of San Diego in California, USA then transferred to Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
Mixed martial arts career
Early career
While in high school, Mark Striegl began his martial arts journey with wrestling. He later transitioned to aikido, taekwondo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu under the tutelage of his brother Frank Jr.It was Frank Jr. who suggested Mark's fight name Mugen, which is Japanese for "limitless" and a name of a character from the Japanese animated series Samurai Champloo.From 2009 to 2012, Striegl was undefeated with 12 wins. He made his professional MMA debut in a Total Combat event in San Diego in 2009 and competed in Pacific Rim Organized Fighting in Taipei, Taiwan in 2010.
In 2011, Striegl competed in the URCC, Trench Warz, the Legend Fighting Championship and Pacific Rim Organized Fighting. In the same year, he relocated to Baguio City, Philippines.
In 2012, Striegl won six bouts, including two in the PXC. He had his first loss in the PXC in 2013 and earned one win in Malaysian Invasion MMA in 2014.
ONE Championship
In 2015, Striegl joined ONE Championship. That year, he defeated Casey Suire via rear-naked choke before losing to Reece McLaren also via rear-naked choke. Mark's third fight in the promotion ended in a unanimous decision victory against Sotir Kichukov in 2016.URCC
In 2017, Striegl defeated two URCC opponents namely Andrew Benibe and Ki Sung Kim. In 2018, Mark became the new featherweight champion of the promotion after dethroning Do Gyeom Lee. When Mark defended the title against Shunichi Shimizu in 2019, the bout ended in a No Contest.UFC
In August 2020, it was announced that Striegl had signed with the UFC. He was scheduled to make his promotional debut against Timur Valiev on August 22, 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar. However, Mark tested positive for the new coronavirus and was pulled from the event.On October 18, 2020, Striegl made his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie and lost to Said Nurmagomedov via knockout. After going on hiatus in 2021, Mark returned to the cage on February 19, 2022 at UFC Fight Night 201 where he lost to Chas Skelly via technical knockout.
Sambo career
Striegl competed in sambo at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines. He won against Ashvin Jaswant Singh of Singapore in the gold medal match of the 74 kg division final.At the 2023 Southeast Asian Sambo Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Striegl won a gold in the combat sambo -79kgs division and a bronze in the -79kgs sport sambo division.
Television
In 2023, Striegl was in the cast of the film Keys to the Heart, a Filipino adaptation of the 2018 South Korean comedy-drama film of the same name. In 2024, he was one of the celebrity guests of the second season of Running Man Philippines. In 2025, he and Manny Pacquiao were two of the six members of the Philippine team that competed in the Netflix reality competition series Physical: Asia, which was filmed in South Korea, and he appeared in a fight scene with Gerald Anderson in the ABS-CBN series Sins of the Father.Personal life
Mark Striegl is married to Starr Cabuco, a former varsity player for the Ateneo Lady Eagles who runs a school in Baguio. They have two children.Championships and accomplishments
- Universal Reality Combat Championship
- * URCC Featherweight Championship
Mixed martial arts record