MMA Saves Lives

Mixed martial arts: it’s not just for hurting people.

MMA fan Joseph Lozito helped police nab alleged murderer Maksim Gelman above a packed No. 3 train car last Saturday. From the New York Post:

“[Gelman was] two or three feet away from me, and he pulls this knife out, looks me in the eye and says, ‘You’re gonna die!’ And he lunged at me with the knife.”

Gelman stabbed Lozito on the head.

As the psycho drew his arm back for what might have been a fatal cut, Lozito said, he saw an opening.

“There was a split second as soon as I saw his arm go back, I knew it was my chance to move,” Lozito said. “I tried to take him down with a wrestling move called a single-leg takedown, but it ended up more like a football tackle.”

As blood poured from his wounds and the pair scuffled, the cops brought Gelman down.

This is exactly why we need more unarmed combat training in our schools.