MMA Fighter Wrestles Monster Alligator to Protect Students Outside School, Video

MMA Fighter Wrestles Monster Alligator to Protect Students Outside School, Video

Isaac Darko
updated at June 3, 2023 at 7:31 AM

It was a wild scene when Mixed Martial Artist Mike Dragich turned into a hero for the students of outside an elementary school in Florida.

The amateur MMA fighter came to assist Florida officials who were trying to contain a 10-foot alligator that was outside the institution.

Mike Dragich, MMA fighter, Alligator
Mike Dragich turned into a hero for the students of an elementary school in Jacksonville. Credit: @marca
Source: Twitter

According to Marca, the wild incident happened outside a Jacksonville elementary school and was even captured on camera.

It was later uploaded to Instagram by Dragich, who can be seen fighting against the gator as concerned locals look on.

Mike chose to wrestle the alligator while wearing a thin muscle shirt and a baseball cap, even though most people would want some protection when doing so.

The video has gained a lot of attention, garnering over 860,000 views on social media and the attention of a local news organization, Fox 35 Orlando.

Dragich, the alligator trapper

Crazy as it might sound, this wasn't the first time the MMA fighter wrestled with an alligator... Nor the second!

Mike Dragich describes himself as an "alligator trapper" on his social media profiles, which are crammed with images and videos of him handling, posing with, or just having fun with reptiles.

He displays getting up close to an enormous alligator in this video below.

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The new revelation was disclosed recently by fellow UFC fighter, Sean O’Malley, while speaking on a podcast streamed by Suga on YouTube.

Izzy and his ex-girlfriend were never married and have no children, yet she appears ready to approach the court for her investment in his success.

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The Nigerian-born Kiwi defeated Pereira for the title in the main event of UFC 287 and wants more fights.

Sports Brief previously looked at the five potential fighters who could next take on the Last Stylebender.

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Isaac Darko is a La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga editor at Sports Brief with a Degree in Journalism and Communications from Ghana Institute of Journalism (2010)
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