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[MMA] Fighters in L.A. for BJJ tournament stop a robbery at hotel
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| 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.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:01:09 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
Did they make him tap out?
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:08:01 PM PST
by
Darren McCarty
(Anybody but Romney or Obama)
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.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:09:39 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:13:08 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Pan_Yan
I love stories like this on several levels.
Especially when the big bad perp ends up begging.
Nice.
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:30:51 PM PST
by
Tigerized
(Occupy Wall Street? Go find the real culprits in the Capitol Building...)
To: Pan_Yan
"Mr. Cain, do you still beat your wife?"
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:46:51 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The enemy of my enemy is my candidate.<sup>®</sup>)
Wake Up And Donate!
Click The Pic
Let's Make The Bar Yellow!
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posted on
11/06/2011 2:54:31 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: Pan_Yan
sweep the leg, Danielson.
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posted on
11/06/2011 3:06:49 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
To: Pan_Yan
Two mixed martial artists...Or as John McCain calls them, "human cockfighters."
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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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