5 times UFC fighters were real-life superheroes

#4. UFC welterweight fighter Kevin Holland stops a carjacking

The year 2021 was not the best for Kevin Holland. He suffered back-to-back losses to Derek Brunson and Marvin Vettori before ending the year with a no-contest decision after an accidental clash of heads with Kyle Daukaus. The narrative at the time was that 'Trailblazer' needed to devote more time to improving the deficiencies in his skill-set, namely his wrestling. Thus, no one expected to hear much about the welterweight contender until his next bout was announced.

Yet little more than 2 days after his final UFC bout in 2021, Holland captured headlines for his heroic actions. He found himself involved in a maddening car chase. He pursued an accused carjacker before finally reaching him. The multi-divisional contender tackled the alleged thief, using his grappling experience from MMA to subdue the carjacker and neutralize him until local authorities arrived to make the arrest. It was the first of many instances in which Holland would engage in heroics.

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#3. Kevin Holland stops gunman

While UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is known to have saved roughly a 100 lives from the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey back in 2017, he is not the only fighter to have endeared himself to Houston, Texas for his altruism. Only five months after stopping a carjacking, Kevin Holland found himself in Houston. He was in the company of one of his training partners, Patrick Robinson. The two were enjoying sushi before the sound of a gunshot and the sight of terrified people fleeing the scene caught their attention.

Within moments, the two sighted a man attempting to disarm the gunman. Both Holland and Robinson rushed to the man's aid, helping him subdue the gunman until local law enforcement arrived to make the arrest. After recounting the incident, the 'Trailblazer' asserted that he'd never recommend that anyone else take the same actions he did, for he trains in self-defense alongside mixed martial arts, rendering him better prepared for such situations than the average person.