Kevin Holland might just be a real life Batman.
For at least the fourth time in recent months, Holland jumped into action to stop crime, according to his manager Oren Hodak, of KO Reps, and a witness. The incident occurred less than 24 hours prior to his UFC on ESPN 37 bout Saturday against Tim Means.
While Holland awaited reservations Friday in Austin, Texas, he and his team stopped by a liquor store to grab some waters around 8:30 local time.
That’s when Holland and team witness a foot chase in the distance, according to Hodak. After the man in pursuit shouted something about a stolen item, Holland ran after him, took him down, and retrieved the allegedly stolen items, which turned out to be bottles of perfume.
In a video provided by Hodak to MMA Junkie, a man who allegedly witnessed Holland’s dismantling, recounted what happened from his perspective.
“I saw two guys running after some other guy and I thought they were just f*cking around, playing,” the man said. “Then, I heard one of the guys chasing say, ‘If you drop it, I won’t f*ck you up.’ I’m like, ‘Oh sh*t. That guy got robbed.’ Before I pulled out my phone to record any of it, they were long gone.”
A sweat-drenched Holland also provided perspective in the video.
“So we’re just sitting out here with nothing to do,” Holland said. “We had got some water from a liquor and wine stop with (coach). Then we see some guy running down the street, so we opened up our cardio and chased a crack head. That’s how we did it. That’s what we did today.”
Batman is back at it. Less than 24 hours before his #UFCAustin bout at approximately 8:30pm local time last night, Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) stopped another thief, per his manager @ko_reps. Here's a video of witnesses and Holland talking about it. pic.twitter.com/0ltTVnSFeT
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) June 18, 2022
The latest bound of heroism comes in a multimonth stretch of Holland making similar headlines. In October, Holland allegedly apprehended a car thief. In March, he was part of a successful takedown of a gunman in a Texas sushi restaurant. In May, he revealed he recently helped rescue a driver of an 18-wheeler that had tipped over on the side of a highway.
“I’m still a thug at the end of the day,” Holland told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a pre-fight news conference Wednesday. “I still do thuggish sh*t. I take the glasses off? Sh*t gets bad. I keep the glasses on? Shit stays good. So as long as I keep the glasses on, I think we’re good to go. (I’m) more Superman than Batman.”
