MMA fighter takes down armed robber in Burbank

FOX 11 ^ | 08/30/2017 | na

[Vaduz]

The armed robber becomes another member of the what’s the last thing I’m going to see club.

[SandRat]

where he found out, that the E-Room staff on duty, all held senior belts in MMA.

[Billthedrill]

That’s the perp? They were gentle with him and I’m not kidding. That clown would have to bulk up to rob a lemonade stand.

[Dilbert San Diego]

God I love happy endings!!!!

Yep he picked the wrong place.

Reminds me of a story I heard, where somebody was going to rob a bank. An off duty policeman was in there, taking care of his personal banking business at the time, and arrested the perpetrator. That robber was unlucky enough that a cop just happened to be on the premises then.

[BuffaloJack]

My oldest daughter has been taking Karate lessons for about 36 years; she’s currently a 7th level black belt.
About 4 years ago, she was Christmas shopping with her sensei and his wife.
Some fool decided to mug them. After beating the crap out of the mugger, they told him he could retrieve his wallet and handgun at the local precinct.

[Yaelle]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[fidelis]

If I were a skinny little wanna-be robber making a list of what places I was going to hold up, probably an MMA gym would be way near the bottom— right above a biker bar and a police station.

[DoughtyOne]

bring a gun, go out feet first > imo

The gun reveals a willingness to use deadly force.

Time to give this guy a permanent early retirement.

[Hot Tabasco]

He has an 8 pack!

Well, I have a keg.......

[Defiant]

a man walked into the Defiant MMA & Fitness studio in Burbank

Way to go, my peeps!

[Secret Agent Man]

Perp looks like a drug addict.

[left that other site]

That’s like trying to rob the local Rod and Gun Club!

hahaha

[AnotherUnixGeek]

An instructor, lightweight MMA fighter Jacobe Powell, knocked the gun out of the suspect's hand and pinned him down until police arrived to take him into custody, authorities said.

A pity Powell didn't do far worse to this criminal.

[dp0622]

That is one thing as boxers we could not do LOL. Legs are a lot longer than arms.

[luvbach1]

Not surprising. MMA fighters are extremely tough and skilled.

[GnuThere]

Scrawny tatted-up addict needing a fix, who probably didn’t even notice the sign.
Lucky guy to only have his face messed up a tad.

[Bikkuri]

Lol :)

+1 for ya >:~)

[Right Wing Assault]

I think he was saying the guy had 3 and 1/2 on each side. The top ones are a bit smaller.

[Impala64ssa]

Years ago we were at a car show and oldies concert at Orchard Beach in the Bronx to benefit the families of the police and firefighters who died on 9/11. I was chatting with an NYPD detective who restored a couple of the big old Plymouth Furys from the late 60’s the NYPD used. He told me the stuff you see on shows like Law and Order, CSI, etc., most cops run into such cases once or twice in their careers. Most of the criminals they deal with are more like what you’d see on Cops and they really ARE that stupid.