Professional Athletes Who Are Real-Life Heroes

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

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“Then I just had enough, so I did a head-and-arm-throw… We hit the concrete and it knocked him out,” Guy Mezger said. The MMA fighter, who had been retired six years by then, then went to see if the woman was okay. The boyfriend quickly reemerged and soon came at Mezger with a knife.

The cops arrived as Mezger was subduing the man with his fists and ended up tased as a result. The retired fighter informed the police he was only trying to defend the woman. It was only while he was evaluated at the hospital that Mezger realized the man had slashed through his hand in the heat of the moment.