An MMA fighter in Florida removed an alligator from a road in Jacksonville this week by wrestling with it with his bare hands.
Video showed licensed trapper Mike Dragich, known in the MMA world as “Blue Collar Brawler,” chasing down the reptile near a strip mall on Sunday evening.
Dragich was reportedly in the area to attend a Jacksonville Icemen minor league hockey game when he got the call from law enforcement. It was because he was at the game that he did not have his equipment and had to use his bare hands.
“I was at a hockey game in downtown Jacksonville with my family,” Dragich told News4JAX. “Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office called the emergency alligator situation to FWC and I was dispatched. It was only five minutes from the game, so I literally left the game, caught the alligator, and then went back to the game.”
The Tampa Bay Times reported that the ranked middleweight fighter has a 2-2-0 record, but hasn’t stepped in the octagon in a year and a half. “He also leads a nonprofit called Project Savior Outdoors, which uses outdoor adventures to help veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder,” the report added.
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