A UFC fighter performed hero in his Phoenix neighborhood late Friday night time by apprehending the driving force of a car that crashed right into a neighbor’s residence.
Henry Cejudo stated he noticed a automotive “in all probability going 80 to 100 miles an hour” and heard a loud growth. He then noticed the automotive had crashed into his neighbor’s residence.
After listening to the crash, Cejudo noticed the driving force depart the automotive after a little bit of a wrestle and tried to get him to cease.
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Henry Cejudo is launched earlier than combating Track Yadong in a bantamweight bout throughout UFC Battle Evening at Local weather Pledge Enviornment. (Steven Bisig/Imagn Pictures)
The proprietor of the house did the identical. However when the driving force “cold-cocked” the neighbor, “that is after I needed to step in,” Cejudo advised MMA Junkie.
From there, it was straightforward for the previous flyweight and bantamweight champion and his neighborhood wrecking crew.
“Just about all my neighbors got here in to battle the state of affairs. I ended up lifting him, dropping him, slapped him round somewhat bit and simply just about managed him,” he stated.
“He wasn’t that powerful.”
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The motive force, a 22-year-old man, now faces prices of driving underneath the affect and assault, in keeping with ABC15 in Arizona.
Cejudo stated the state of affairs might have been a lot worse.
“If somebody was standing in there, they might be useless. All these children are fortunate to be alive,” Cejudo stated.
Cejudo stated a block occasion was held on the road earlier within the day.
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“If it was a pair hours earlier, somebody can be critically injured,” Cejudo stated.
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