WATCH: MMA fighters subdue an armed robber

And he’d have got away with it, too, if it wasn’t for that pesky choke-hold.

IS IT JUST me, or did those fighters look positively thrilled to be grappling with a real-life, honest-to-god criminal? File that final choke-hold under “gratuitous”.

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