By Mike Russell
(In your face, Jon Jones)
In spite of the fact that Guy Mezger retired seven years ago this month from active MMA competition, the 44-year-old former Lion’s Den fighter proved recently that he is still a badass.
Mezger, who is the president of HDNet, stepped in to offer assistance to a woman who was being roughed up by her boyfriend outside a Dallas sports store the week before Christmas and soon found himself in a fight with the angry beau.
According to the UFC 13 tournament winner, most of the onlookers just stood and gawked as the angry man repeatedly pushed the terrified woman to the ground while hurling obscenities at her, so he decided to try to diffuse the situation by stepping in between the pair and talking it out with the attacker. The next thing he knew, the guy was rushing him.
Big mistake.
“He wasn’t a big guy. He was maybe 150, 160 pounds. I’m presently about 200, 210 give or take, so I figured my physical size would be somewhat intimidating to him, which it wasn’t. I said, ‘Listen, the cops are called,’ and he said, ‘You called the cops?’ I was like, ‘Yeah,’ and he starts coming at me. It’s funny because he didn’t know how to fight,” he explained to radio host Bob Carson on Carson’s Corner last night. “It was hilarious, actually. I just kind of grabbed him and held onto him with an overhook on the right side and he was trying to hit me with his left. I’m like, ‘Hey buddy, settle down…calm down,’ and all this stuff. He tried to bite at me and then he tried to grab my nuts with his left hand. Then I just had enough, so I did a head-and-arm-throw. [It's] one of my better throws. We hit the concrete and it knocked him out.”
After the brief “fight,” Mezger went to check on the woman to make sure she knew she was safe now and to see if she was hurt. In the meantime, the guy he just KO’ed came to and was even more incensed than he was before.
“I didn’t expect him to get up. I figured [he'd do] one of two things: he’s either back off and talk shit, which I expected because he got handled pretty east, or he’s coming. I was acting like I wasn’t really paying attention, but I was paying attention. Somehow in there he pulled a knife out, but I really didn’t see it because I really was paying attention up until then. I work with law enforcement and I work with our military. I have a contracting company that teaches hand-to-hand [combat]. I might even consider myself an expert at it. I didn’t see him pull it out,” he recalled. “He came at me and I knew he was coming, so I kind of pushed him away and side-stepped. He was throwing a really kind of wild punch, which I thought was a punch — I didn’t know he had a knife in his hand — and I kind of blocked it with my left and hit him with the right and knocked him out again. When he fell down, the knife fell out of his hand and I was like, ‘Oh, shit. I got lucky. I could have got stuck.’ I didn’t even see it. When I looked at my hand I saw a little bit of blood, so I just put pressure on it. I didn’t realize how bad it was.”
The crazy thing is, in spite of getting KTFO TWICE, the dude woke up and tried to attack Guy again.
“I went back over to the girl and picked her up because I accidentally pushed her when I was trying to get her out of the way and the guy starts rolling over crawling towards the knife. I kicked the knife about two or three feet away and he started crawling towards it, so I had to go after him again,” Mezger said with an incredulous laugh. “I swear to God, just as I punch him in the face to knock him out the third time, the cops pull up and they pull out their tasers and I’m like, ‘No good deed goes unpunished.’ I got tased for trying to help this chick out. [No], I didn’t get tased. Things got worked out. [I was] like, ‘I’m the good guy, not the bad guy.’ That was basically it.”
After giving his statement to police, Guy went to the local hospital to get his hand stitched up. That’s when he first realized just how badly injured he really was.
“I didn’t see the knife. That’s the reason I got caught the way I did. I didn’t see the knife until… I mean, he had slashed me on the hand and I didn’t feel it. It’s not because I’m a tough guy, I just really seriously, honestly didn’t feel it. This is the most amazing thing because he sliced through three of my tendons [of my hand] and it never hurt. When I went to the emergency room, I was just trying to get in there and get out because my son had a soccer game and I didn’t want to miss it and I also had my company’s — my company that I own’s Christmas party. I was the only one in the emergency room and then a guy came in with an aneurysm, so I knew that I wasn’t going to get seen, so I said the nurse, ‘Hey, could you Steri-Strip this for me and I’ll come back tomorrow and get stitches?’ So they were like, ‘Okay, let’s look at it.’ When they were looking at it I saw my tendons and I was like, ‘Oh goodness,’ and I shot a photo of it on my phone,” he explained. “I called a surgeon buddy because his partner is one of the best hand surgeons in Texas and I thought I could see my tendon hanging out, so I sent him the picture and I was like, ‘Hey, can you get me an appointment?’ So I hadn’t even seen the emergency room doctor yet and I had an appointment with the best hand surgeon in Texas, and he said to go ahead and plan for surgery on Tuesday. So I was actually taken care of really well. It happened Sunday, Monday I got to see [the surgeon], Tuesday I had the surgery and I’ve been on the mend since then and they say I can expect a one hundred percent recovery.”
The craziest part is that this is the fourth time Mezger has incurred a knife wound in his life. I don’t even know if I know anyone where I live who has been stabbed once and Guy has gotten stuck or slashed four times. Remind me not to vacation in Texas.
“This is not the first time [I've had a knife pulled on me]. I had a rougher upbringing than most guys. I’ve been stabbed before. I have a pretty good knife wound on the palm of my left hand, and one on my face, and I got stabbed in the hip once. It’s not my first time, but you never get used to it and act like nothing happened. I think the reason I was so calm and cool about it was that I didn’t actually feel it and I didn’t see the knife until it fell out of his limp hand,” Guy said. “I’ve been very reflective about it since it happened because I kind of had a similar incident about eight or nine months ago and my wife was like, ‘You’ve got to stop doing shit like this. Let somebody else be Captain America.’ So I was like a little concerned about her and I had to plan out how I was going to tell her. Really, what it was is I’m a father now. I’ve got an older son who’s grown, but I’ve got two younger children and I’ve got a beautiful wife and I was thinking, ‘Man, I got lucky.’ It’s very tough to remember everything that happens in a fight. You think you remember, but generally it’s not how it really happened. I think he was really throwing that shot at my neck, which is how I got cut. Obviously, it could have ended in a much more serious situation. I’m just grateful that it didn’t.”
The story does have a happy ending, though. Apparently the scumbag with the knife had an outstanding warrant for a parole violation, which coupled with this incident will likely ensure that he’ll be behind bars for the next five to ten years.
“Your biggest fear is that the girl isn’t going to press charges, but she’s been extremely grateful since it happened. Apparently this guy had been terrorizing her all day and terrorizing her three-year-old daughter, so they’re throwing the book at him,” Mezger says. “There was actually an outstanding warrant for him for a parole violation, so he’s been in prison before. This is not an ‘A-class’ citizen we’re dealing with. This is a guy who’s a pretty vicious little bastard and he gets to go back to prison and probably get another five or 10 years tacked on him, so good riddance. Hopefully they’ll keep him in there next time.”
Guy is one of the nicest and most humble people in the sport. He sends me a birthday wish every year on Facebook and I’ve never actually spoken to him, which says a lot for the character of a dude who is as busy as he is and is the president of a television network. Hell, I have relatives who don’t bother to send their regards on my birthday.
Hearing that he didn’t hesitate to be a Good Samaritan to someone in need doesn’t surprise me one bit.
Thankfully it ended how it did.
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Comments
Fri, 01/20/12 - 09:58
Freaking Stud
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:11
Awesome.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:13
Gay Mezger ftw
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:14
Mezger's ko highlight of his career right there.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:30
i'm assuming that girl is single now. she should call me . . .
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:34
pretty sure ive seen this movie before
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:36
Honestly, its shit like this that restores my faith in humanity. For a bitchy bastard like me that's no small feat, Mezger is all sorts of awesome
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:40
I wonder if he still has a job at HDNet since Cuban announced the restructure of it this week?
Fri, 01/20/12 - 10:58
What a scumbag I hate those losers who try to interject themselves in a domestic dispute. They need to mind their own business. I love how he says he had to push the girlfriend out of the way that's obviously because the girlfriend was trying to stop him from attacking her boyfriend. Guy Metzger should be arrested for assault and battery. He couldn't make it as a MMA fighter so now he's picking on 160 pound guys what a coward
Fri, 01/20/12 - 11:07
That guy should make a T Shirt that says 'I'm Gay Mezger's bitch'
Fri, 01/20/12 - 11:09
I want to see the pic of his hand!
Fri, 01/20/12 - 11:23
Awesome win for the good guys. And yes, CAPS LOCK TROLL-Y, those are definitely the actions of a coward... --- CAPTCHA: Feed immart
Fri, 01/20/12 - 11:32
Guy was lucky. What if bad guy had pulled a pistol? Guy would be dead.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 11:43
CAPS LOCK TOMMY--Brett Rogers, is that you?
Fri, 01/20/12 - 11:55
should have given him a flying triangle
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:01
Guy Mezger seems like a good guy, but the douchie comment about the guy "terrorizing the chick, and her kid" was a bit too much. . She was the one hanging with a unbalanced ex-con, and taking him around her kid. I am guessing. Maybe she should have called the cops and dealt with it. . Maybe she needed a hero, Mezger got to don his cape for the day, and a guy who likes to use a knife got a free ticket to go practice in the big house for a years. . Sounds like 4 winners to me. . Who's the fourth, the writer. Great read!
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:01
Any word if the guy was a big headed loud mouth and the female was an ex porn star?
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:14
that dude should totally get a " I'm guy metzgers bitch" tshirt... that way when he goes to prison he can say, "see that, I'm someone's bitch!... so I can back off nasty Nate!" anyways its great to see a guy like guy metzger... I mean we probably all think that we would do the same in the same situation but more than likely we wouldn't... we would be the ppl that stand and gawk and then blog about it later... props to him for being a good dude... hes got a new fan in me...
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:14
Can't Mezger press charges too? I mean, assault with a deadly weapon is pretty serious shit. As long as Mezger didn't start the physical conflict, he should be able to bring his own case against this guy.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:15
U... you can back off nasty Nate...
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:17
Very ballsy. There's too many crazy people out there, and the dude could have had a gun.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:20
nah, because we all know that big head wouldn't have got back up after being dropped once
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:21
Ah great.. I just moved to Texas. I have to say, a stabbing would not surprise me at all in san antonio, especially the ghetto latino areas. Dallas is really nice though.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:23
Also, I'd like to recommend a cagepotato ban. No posting your captcha if it is neither funny or relevant to the discussion. I've been seeing a lot of completely random captchas being posted, and I don't understand why.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:32
When I first read the story I was thinking "Guy Mezger" was actually a pseudonym for Xero, seeing as how badass the hero handled himself against the knife wielding thug. I'm so silly.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:37
ArmFarmer Says: . Yeah, me too. I think that when people write there must be some connection to the Captcha that is now part of the deal. . Kind of like a guy, who's got a chick with a kid. Its just part of the deal. But you somehow get intertwined with the kid too. . People write based off emotion (except Danga, he's a stone cold killer) and I think they see shit that isn't there in the random words. . What the fuck are you doing in Texas, I thought you are from Vegas. Did I have that all fucked up?
Fri, 01/20/12 - 12:48
Three KOs in one fight? Does that officially beat the record two Cyborg got in the Yamanaka fight?
Fri, 01/20/12 - 01:41
just think if it was someone like franl mir.. who does carry a weapon, that guy would have been shot... . hell i would have shot him myself, and it would have all been legal cause the guy had a knife, and was the aggressor.. . to bad..now we have to support him in his prison stay with our hard earned tax dollars. . sumbitch
Fri, 01/20/12 - 01:50
I've lived in Northern VA/DC area for the last 18 years, just moved to San Antonio because I was sick of the cost of living, traffic, and hated my job. Never even been to Vegas, so yeah you're mistaken.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 01:55
@ArmFarmer Says: . My future may hold a relocation to the VA/DC area. FROWN . OK, my bad.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 02:09
If Mark Wahlberg was there, he would have been knocked out the first time.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 02:11
Texas is great... Just not for pussies. :) . If someone fucks with your car, house, family, or any piece of property you can kill them. Texas Castle Law baby
Fri, 01/20/12 - 02:14
Armfarmer, I'd go Austin Dallas or Houston way before S.A. If you have the choice
Fri, 01/20/12 - 02:45
Too soon, Spaceman. Too soon.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 02:52
@RSparrow I've heard a ton of good things about Austin, I know Dallas is nice because my parents live there, Houston I've heard mixed reviews. I'm in sa for the moment though, I like my job too much to leave. As for your advice on home defense.. I have an ar15 loaded with 30 rounds, a 9mm, and a lil .32 by my bed, knives, and a good deal of hand to hand training.. so I'm safe enough lol, I certainly sleep well at night. Thing is they'll get your car while you're sleeping, or at least the wheels and/or contents. Of course it helps to just avoid the slums and live on the nicer side of town.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 03:02
@shitbag To me, this is just another reminder of how over-tolerant humanity is. The fact that this loser gets to continue to exist and that the general population has to now support him seems counterproductive to a well-functioning society. It sounds like the loser should have been euthanized long before this ever happened. It should have been within Mezger's rights to execute the loser after he pulled a knife out.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 03:15
thank god some people still act like real men in the world.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 03:42
It was not real men. It was (210 pound) superfighter vs (150 pound) bad guy. Besides, it could have ended pretty badly for him if she decided not to press charges, if the bad guy had a gun, etc. It would have been disastrous (and probably lulzy) if good Guy couldn't fight.
Fri, 01/20/12 - 06:23
@Fried Taco.... http://a.yfrog.com/img735/3049/f4ayl.jpg *barfs*
Fri, 01/20/12 - 06:32
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Sat, 01/21/12 - 09:44
maybe its him who keeps saving people. dudes a badass though
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Sun, 01/22/12 - 04:26
I'm a stepper inner, too. These fucking scumbags . . . I don't know how many times I've been told, 'it's none of your business, man' or whatever. Guess what, ass-hat, if you do it near me, where I can hear or witness it with any of my senses then you just made it my business. These little dicked bitches think they can treat public spaces like they are in their shitty trailer-park living-room/guest-room/baby room/dinning room. I just can't tolerate it around me.
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Tue, 01/24/12 - 08:51
"I also had my company’s — my company that I own’s Christmas party" Heh...
Wed, 02/01/12 - 08:10
Crazy! I trained my first time with Guy Monday and we all saw him wearing that arm brace, glad things worked out the way they did.
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