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MMA fighter takes down armed robber in Burbank
FOX 11 ^ | 08/30/2017 | na

Posted on 09/02/2017 10:08:09 AM PDT by ForYourChildren

An armed robbery suspect found out the hard way that holding up a mixed martial arts studio is not an easy target.

Police said shortly after 9 p.m., a man walked into the Defiant MMA & Fitness studio in Burbank and pulled a gun on employees and customers.

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.

The suspect was left bloodied and taken to a local hospital for treatment.


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KEYWORDS: banglist; mma; robbery; stupidhurts
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To: ForYourChildren

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


21 posted on 09/02/2017 10:39:25 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: ForYourChildren
where he found out, that the E-Room staff on duty, all held senior belts in MMA.
22 posted on 09/02/2017 10:40:09 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: COBOL2Java

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.


23 posted on 09/02/2017 10:40:12 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ForYourChildren

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.


24 posted on 09/02/2017 10:46:51 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ForYourChildren

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.


25 posted on 09/02/2017 10:48:11 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: ForYourChildren

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!


26 posted on 09/02/2017 10:51:50 AM PDT by Yaelle (We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
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To: ForYourChildren

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.


27 posted on 09/02/2017 10:58:05 AM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: ForYourChildren

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.


28 posted on 09/02/2017 11:13:54 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: Grampa Dave
He has an 8 pack!

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

29 posted on 09/02/2017 11:16:20 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: ForYourChildren
a man walked into the Defiant MMA & Fitness studio in Burbank

Way to go, my peeps!

30 posted on 09/02/2017 11:22:49 AM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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To: ForYourChildren

Perp looks like a drug addict.


31 posted on 09/02/2017 11:30:53 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ForYourChildren

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

hahaha


32 posted on 09/02/2017 11:58:25 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: ForYourChildren
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.
33 posted on 09/02/2017 12:15:34 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Grampa Dave

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


34 posted on 09/02/2017 12:43:43 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: ForYourChildren

Not surprising. MMA fighters are extremely tough and skilled.


35 posted on 09/02/2017 12:48:00 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: Billthedrill

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.


36 posted on 09/02/2017 1:12:06 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Hot Tabasco

Lol :)

+1 for ya >:~)


37 posted on 09/02/2017 6:02:06 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: ForYourChildren; CarolinaPeach
I think he was saying the guy had 3 and 1/2 on each side. The top ones are a bit smaller.

38 posted on 09/02/2017 6:23:55 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR, antifa, SPLC)
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To: ForYourChildren

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.


39 posted on 09/02/2017 9:05:57 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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