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Guy tries to rob MMA gym at gunpoints, leaks

Jacobe Powell: “I used my judo training to go ahead and subdue him, got the weapon away from him before the cops arrived.”

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Kirik Jenness
August 30, 2017 · 1 min read
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In a dual shocker, a man walked into an MMA gym and tried to hold it up at gun point, AND it wasn’t in Florida.

LA’s FOX11 reports that at around 9:00 p.m. an armed man walked into Defiant MMA & Fitness in Burbank, California, and tried to rob the facility as trainer Jacobe Powell was teaching a lesson. Powell, known on the UG as CobeTheProblem, disarmed the man.

My instincts kicked in,” said Powell to Speaking to FOX11. “I used my judo training to go ahead and subdue him, got the weapon away from him before the cops arrived. One of my guys who was here training called the police and I just subdued him until the police showed up.

The subduing process let the hapless miscreant bleeding profusely from the face.

The 34-year-old amateur lightweight fighter has a 4-8 official record. Now 4-8 plus 1 badass bad guy beatdown.

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