MMA-leraar vecht acht overvallers met messen van zich af

Een groep straatovervallers heeft duidelijk het verkeerde slachtoffer uitgekozen. Het bleek namelijk om een MMA-leraar te gaan, die absoluut niet van plan was om zijn telefoon zonder slag of stoot af te geven.

De Louis Nicholson liep rond 16:00 uur over straat in de Engelse stad Grays, toen hij door acht overvallers belaagd werd. Toen hij weigerde zijn telefoon te geven vielen ze hem met messen aan.

Nicholson vertelt: “Long story short I said I was ready to fight them because I was not going to give them my things – it was probably a stupid move, I realise that now. So anyway, we start fighting – it was one person against eight, baring in mind. “I was doing my best to keep them at bay even manage to punch two of them in the face so they dropped to the floor. Only after they had already attacked me though of course. Anyway at this point the absolute cowards decide eight versus one isn’t a big enough advantage for them. So they pull out there blades and start stabbing and slashing at me while I’m trying to fight off the others.”

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Het gevecht duurde volgens Louis ongeveer twee minuten, voordat hij de aanvallers kon afschudden. “I got away with all of my stuff. I was fighting them and they had me circled then one of them broke the circle like a coward when I went to swing for him so I ran out of that gap he created. I ran in a building site that was open at the time and shouted for the blokes to call the police. And the funny thing this all happened at four o’clock in the afternoon in broad daylight.”

“I have to say though that with zero shadow of a doubt martial arts saved my life. I would not be here if not for being able to create space and get out of there. So honestly get your kids trained in martial arts, I can not stress it enough, it is literally a matter of life and death – stay safe everyone.”

Louis moest zich in het ziekenhuis aan zijn verwoningen laten behandelen, maar had niks ernstigs.