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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Javier Baez brutally slammed a man on pavement who attacked him with a huge knife in viral CCTV FOOTAGE smack down in Miami.
Baez seemed unperturbed in the aftermath, dropping lots of classic quotes as he told his story to the local NBC crew.
“When you train so many times, it becomes just a reflex. He was out there screaming, going crazy. I think he was drugged up. I put him in a chokehold and he kinda just let it go. No one is worried about anything else but breathing when you are losing air.
“I was able to hold him down with my knee and call the cops. He woke up and cops came and it was good. Easy.”
This past Wednesday, Baez was attacked in a parking lot in Miami by a knife-wielder. The CCTV footage that went viral showcased that he was able to take the attacker down and put him in an arm triangle choke.
The Police later identified the attacker as a 50-year-old man, Omar Morreno, and the arrest report revealed that Morreno saw Baez in his vehicle and started hitting his window with a knife before the MMA fighter got out.Addressing the attack during an interview with ABC, Javier Baez spoke about how the attacker gave up when he was put in an arm triangle. He said:
“Once I started putting the choke in, he kind of just let go because no one is worried about anything else but breathing when you’re losing air.”
Further, Baez also spoke about how it was second nature for him to subdue the attacker thanks to his training, He said:
“When you train so many times it becomes just a reflex.”
Retired MMA fighter Javier Baez hasn’t fought in the cage since 2018 when he dropped his second fight in a row, losing to Diego Silva via submission in the second round of their XFN 22 bout.
But Baez made the news this week when he used his grappling skills to subdue a dude with a huge knife.
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