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02/07/09 - Hardonk foils LA robbery
Antoni Hardonk gave three muggers more than they were bargaining for when they went on a jacking spree in Los Angeles recently.
The Dutch heavyweight told Yahoo! Sports how the thrio approached him looking for spare change to buy cigarettes with. He checked his pockets but did not have any, at which point one of the men produced a knife and demanded his wallet.
Hardonk, 6’4”, competes in the UFC heavyweight division and refused to give up his wallet without a fight. The three declined and left.
“In a similar situation in the future, it would probably be better just to give them the money and be done with that," he commented. "Obviously, I had much better skills, but is it worth the risk? They could have had a gun, other knives, who knows?
"But I'm stubborn. And I fight to earn my money and that's a hard way to make a living. And I'm not just going to give it away to guys like that."
Having thwarted the trio once, he was being driven home from the scene by a friend when he spotted them engaged in another attempted robbery.
Jumping from the car, he ran over to the crime-in-progress and knocked two of the men flying. The third made a run for it with the victim’s wallet, but was forced to abandon it as Hardonk gave chase.
All three men managed to get away and, according to Yahoo! Sports, Los Angeles police told Hardonk “that there were three similar incidents on the same block in the same week“.
No arrests have been made.
"[They were] really young guys, and I think they were probably on drugs or something," Hardonk said. "It's too bad. But I didn't think it was right just to stand by and do nothing."
FO Staff
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