Former UFC featherweight Felipe Colares used his jiu-jitsu expertise to cease a person accused of stealing a telephone Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro. The MMA fighter was filmed holding the alleged thief on the bottom whereas ready for police to reach.
Colares shared images and a video of the incident on his social media, explaining that he witnessed an “alleged assault to a girl” when he was leaving the gymnasium at Recreio dos Bandeirantes seashore.
“I went again to my automobile and went to the lady to examine the state of affairs, and certainly it was a theft,” Colares wrote. “My pals and I went again to the automobile and noticed the person. After noticing he was unarmed, we intervened and managed to pin the robber utilizing jiu-jitsu strategies.”
Colares is seen asking folks to name the cops whereas holding the person on the bottom. The person could be heard saying the lady is his ex. In the meantime, an older man could be seen pulling the person’s ear whereas saying, “I’ll kill you proper right here.”
“Don’t name [the cops], man,” the previous man tells Colares. “Let’s throw him at a ditch proper there.”
Colares wrote on his social media they have been capable of return the telephone to the lady and added “at this time we’ve one much less robber within the streets.”
“I don’t suggest unprepared folks to try this,” he wrote, “however at this time I grew to become one p.c higher.”
Colares (10-4) fought 5 instances within the UFC, scoring wins over Luke Sanders and Domingo Pilarte. He’s presently scheduled to make his Ares FC debut towards Alioune Nahaye on Feb. 17.
