New York Mick Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 63-year-old holds off robber with rear naked choke By Maggie Hendricks 63-year-old holds off robber with rear naked chokeA robber messed with the wrong man in Florida on Thursday night. 63-year-old, 5-foot-7 Fred Kemp used a foot sweep and a rear naked choke to disarm a robber who pointed a gun at Kemp and his wife. The couple was getting into their car in Boynton Beach when a man came out of the darkness and approached them with what turned out to be a pellet gun. Wanting to keep his wife safe, Kemp returned to the skills that he learned as a wrestler for Hofstra University. "He started to hit me, so I reacted from there," a bruised but smiling Kemp said Friday. "I got him out into the street and held his arm. I foot-sweeped him down and I was trying to get a hold of the gun. He banged me up a little bit but my main concern was the gun." Kemp's quick thinking led him to apply a rear-naked choke, then when the robber was weakened, he took the gun from him. The police report mentioned that Kemp held the robber down until the police arrived. "He asked me to let him go when I had him down," Kemp said. "I said, 'No, I'm not going to do that.'" Fighters who started as wrestlers often go back to rely on their wrestling skills when they get in trouble in a fight. Clearly, that instinct sticks with them, because Kemp was smart enough to rely on his sport when danger found him. Joe DeMeo, a friend of Kemp's through wrestling, was not surprised to hear that Kemp took out the criminal. "Fred Kemp's the last guy I would rob," DeMeo said. "He'll go down fighting. … He does have a lot of physical ability. He's a no-nonsense, get-the-job-done kind of guy." Remember that the next time you approach a diminutive 63-year-old. It's probably not a good idea to mess with him. ******* love it, that's what you get for trying to rob an old couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 That is awesome. The idiot thought he had an easy target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York Mick Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 That is awesome. The idiot thought he had an easy target. Yup,he sees a 5'7" 60 year old and figures it's an easy score and gets his a$$ whopped instead. I'm sure he's going to do real well in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 good too bad he didn't kill him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Atleast the robber got some practice at being held down. Sure those skills will help him in the can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I watch MMA and all, but do the names of all these moves have to be so ******* gay? Seriously. If Vince McMahon got one thing right it was that finishers had to have badass nicknames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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