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Convicted felon picks wrong victim; beat up by MMA fighter during carjack

A would-be mugger on Chicago’s Southwest Side picked on the wrong person — a mixed-martial artist — and ended up…

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Chris Palmquist
December 5, 2011 · 1 min read
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A would-be mugger on Chicago’s Southwest Side picked on the wrong person — a mixed-martial artist — and ended up with two black eyes and a gunshot wound to the ankle, the police say.

Police say 24-year-old Anthony Miranda walked up to a parked car near 55th and Kenneth around 11:30 p.m. Friday and asked the driver — whose identity was not released by police­­ — for a lighter.

When the driver said he didn’t have one, the police say Miranda pulled a handgun on the driver and demanded money. After getting some, he ordered the driver out of the car, Officer John Mirabelli said.

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