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[MMA] Fighters in L.A. for BJJ tournament stop a robbery at hotel
Yahoo Sports ^ | Maggie Hendricks

Posted on 11/06/2011 2:01:08 PM PST by Pan_Yan

Two mixed martial artists from Oregon were in Los Angeles for a grappling tournament, but they ended up using their skills to do much more than win a match. They subdued an armed robber who was holding up the clerk at their hotel. Watch the security video in this report from KCAL-TV.

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TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: losangeles; mma; robbery
The hotel employee was also a hero. He was the first to grab the guy then yell for help.
1 posted on 11/06/2011 2:01:09 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Did they make him tap out?


2 posted on 11/06/2011 2:08:01 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Anybody but Romney or Obama)
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To: Pan_Yan
Triangle choke with rear naked choke.

Bet that guy now wishes he had never chosen a life of crime. Or had remembered to turn towards the choking arm while controlling the wrist.

3 posted on 11/06/2011 2:09:39 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Pan_Yan

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8420209


4 posted on 11/06/2011 2:13:08 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Pan_Yan

I love stories like this on several levels.

Especially when the big bad perp ends up begging.

Nice.


5 posted on 11/06/2011 2:30:51 PM PST by Tigerized (Occupy Wall Street? Go find the real culprits in the Capitol Building...)
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To: Pan_Yan
"Mr. Cain, do you still beat your wife?"
6 posted on 11/06/2011 2:46:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The enemy of my enemy is my candidate.<sup>®</sup>)
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Wake Up And Donate!


Click The Pic

Let's Make The Bar Yellow!

7 posted on 11/06/2011 2:54:31 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Pan_Yan

sweep the leg, Danielson.


8 posted on 11/06/2011 3:06:49 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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Two mixed martial artists...

Or as John McCain calls them, "human cockfighters."

9 posted on 11/06/2011 6:30:08 PM PST by GunRunner (***Not associated with any criminal actions by the ATF***)
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