Ivan Skoko began training with his cousins at age 14 and rose on the MMA circuit, winning gold at the London Fall International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The 29-year-old, a 6ft3, 15-stone black belt and physiotherapy graduate, was travelling from Fight City Gym to a training session when two women screamed at Borough station. Skoko reacted, opened the closing doors, used a foot sweep to knock an alleged pickpocket to the ground and restrained him. The suspect was later found with a claw hammer and two smartphones. Skoko held the man for 25 minutes until police arrived.
"I boarded the train and had AirPods in my ear, so I was not even focusing on other people. At Borough, someone boarded and there were these two ladies on my left hand side. And when the doors were about to close, I just heard a very loud scream. I thought someone got hit by a train or stabbed. I immediately jumped and I tried to try to react somehow because I am first-aid trained."
"Having started training with his cousins aged 14, the Croatian national quickly made a name for himself on the MMA circuit and this year won gold at the London Fall International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship. On Tuesday, at around 7pm, the 6ft3 black belt was traveling on the Tube from Fight City Gym in Elephant and Castle to a training session in Hackney when he took matters into his own hands."
"Footage shows 15-stone Mr Skoko restraining the alleged thief, who was wearing a puffer jacket, tracksuit bottoms and running shoes. Mr Skoko used a foot sweep to knock the pickpocket to the ground and held him for 25 minutes before police arrived He was later found to be in possession of a claw hammer along with two smartphones that were reportedly stolen."
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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