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They picked the wrong gas station: Clerk pulls out his MMA fighter skills...
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 07/27/2014 7:37:24 PM PDT by TigerClaws

He's skilled in cash-handling, customer service ... and fighting off would-be thieves.

When Texas gas station clerk Mayura Dissanyake saw his colleague being attacked by two men, the trained mixed martial arts professional unleashed his fury.

Security footage shows him running to his co-worker's defense outside Fuel Depot in Houston before laying into the alleged attackers with moves honed through years of cage fighting.

'The first guy I saw, I just kicked him in the face,' the native Sri Lankan told Click 2 Houston. 'Then I punched the other guy.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2707629/They-picked-wrong-gas-station-Clerk-pulls-MMA-fighter-skills-tackle-thieves.html#ixzz38j8Ho3tW Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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Nice skills, but he's lucky they didn't have guns ready.
1 posted on 07/27/2014 7:37:24 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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Yeah, it’s good they didn’t have guns, but he done good.


2 posted on 07/27/2014 7:43:14 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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I’ll bet Fuel Depot fires him.


3 posted on 07/27/2014 7:44:02 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarc tag?)
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To: TigerClaws

Direct YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgf2lWMIlk

Brit newspaper link, though, shows good still photos of the guy in the ring and with his MMA buddies.


4 posted on 07/27/2014 7:44:17 PM PDT by gaijin
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Direct YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgf2lWMIlk


LOL!! I believe the thug that was caught got tripped up because his pants were falling down. That should be a lesson to thugs — wear a belt you idiot.


5 posted on 07/27/2014 7:51:48 PM PDT by boycott
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To: TigerClaws

Another lesson here:

You can be a nationally-known top athlete in Sri Lanka, but if you become a gas-station attendant in Houston….

It’s a PROMOTION.

Feel a little appreciation, much..? JUST WOW.


6 posted on 07/27/2014 7:53:48 PM PDT by gaijin
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I’ll bet Fuel Depot fires him.

If Fuel Depot's insurance contract requires that employees not resist, I bet you're right. However, a good case could be made that this guy was just defending his co-worker, not trying to protect Fuel Depot's property. That might help.

8 posted on 07/27/2014 7:55:11 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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I’m wondering if that Doctor that shot the murderer this week will get fired. He had concealed carry and saved lives but...


9 posted on 07/27/2014 7:58:05 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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HAHAHA! They got out of there so fast they left their fat friend behind to be arrested.


10 posted on 07/27/2014 7:58:43 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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I could be wrong, but it look like the the reason why he got attacked, was because he pulled into a parking spot while another car was trying to back into that spot


11 posted on 07/27/2014 7:59:47 PM PDT by 4rcane
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He’s a righty but the final two kicks that totally leveled Fat Albert with the problem pants there at the end were LEFTS.

Very nice work, I can’t help wondering how he would have turned out if he’d have been flattened by his rights.

Wow.


12 posted on 07/27/2014 8:00:10 PM PDT by gaijin
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I’m wondering if that Doctor that shot the murderer this week will get fired.

While that hospital might have a policy of forbidding firearms, I doubt that the hospital's insurance specifically forbids employees from carrying firearms or resisting attacks. So the hospital board of directors might be able to say, "We do have a no-gun policy, but we're not going to enforce it this time." without violating any contracts.

Just guesses.

13 posted on 07/27/2014 8:18:10 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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Second bad pick of this kind in a couple of days. I think a couple of days ago a pro wrestler put a guy in a headlock until the cops came.


14 posted on 07/27/2014 8:25:07 PM PDT by jiggyboy
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Armed robberies carry heavier sentences. I expect they were hoping to grab the bag out of his hands, making it grand theft at worst.


15 posted on 07/27/2014 8:43:25 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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You’re probably right, but it’s okay. I’m sure someone will hire him. Perhaps as some executive’s bodyguard.


16 posted on 07/27/2014 9:11:15 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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My best friend’s nephew almost got robbed whhile pumping gas. They thought he was just a dumb redneck (Atlanta) didn’t realize he is a registeres MMA fighter.


17 posted on 07/27/2014 10:24:00 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: TigerClaws

Gosh I.have fat thumbs on this touch screen.


18 posted on 07/27/2014 10:32:08 PM PDT by autumnraine
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don’t help the thugs, please.


19 posted on 07/27/2014 11:07:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigerClaws

...on second thought, that’s not a bad price for cigarettes.


20 posted on 07/28/2014 3:10:25 AM PDT by BobL
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