Ro Malabanan was walking to his post as a boxing instructor when he saw a man pointing at a construction worker.
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A fighter’s instinct also applies outside the six-sided cage.
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In a video shared on Instagram, mixed martial artist Ro Malabanan is seen subduing a reported assault suspect in the village of Soho in New York.
According to the New York Post, Malabanan was walking to his post as a boxing instructor when he saw a man pointing at a construction worker.
Malabanan took to Instagram to tell his side of the story. After checking on the construction worker, the MMA fighter said he chased the man and shot him from behind.
“My jiu-jitsu instincts kicked in. I jumped on his back,” he said. “He tried to swing me then…but for those of you in the know…a seatbelt position dragged him to the ground, and I immediately grabbed his back and pinned him to the ground.”
The footage – which was filmed outside the Converse store on Broadway in Manhattan – showed Malabanan sitting on the suspect’s back, with the man pinned face down.
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Malabanan said other victims of the suspect quickly gathered.
“Out of nowhere, people were like, ‘Yeah, that guy punched me in the face,’ ‘Yeah, that guy punched me,’ ‘That guy punched an old man,'” he said. declared.
Some of Frazier’s other reported victims then tried to kick the suspect while he was down, but Malabanan said he asked them to stop and call authorities instead.
In the video, the trapped suspect attempted to play the part of the victim, telling Malabanan that the victims were “walking towards me”.
“No it’s *** bulls bro, you still don’t punch people in the face for no fucking reason,” the MMA fighter replied. Two cops finally placed the handcuffed man.
Cops told the New York Post that the “unprovoked” man attacked a 50-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy. Samuel Frazier was later charged with two counts of assault.
Malabanan has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and yellow belt in judo. His MMA career was cut short due to concussions.
He now works as a martial arts and boxing instructor with the goal of helping New Yorkers stand up to bullies by teaching them how to defend themselves.
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