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Nebraska man breaks into UFC contender's house, somehow lasts five minutes in ensuing fight.


A Nebraska home invasion predictably ended in violence Sunday after that home turned out to be owned by UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith, who fought the suspect to protect his family in the house.
However, the ensuing fight was apparently much more competitive than you would guess.
Anthony Smith recounts scary and surreal home invasion
Smith, the UFC’s No. 3 ranked light heavyweight, recounted the terrifying night in an interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, saying that his wife woke him up just after 4 a.m. CT. He could hear a man in the house “screaming at the top of his lungs,” then found the man — later reportedly identified as one Luke Haberman — in the family’s computer room.
Meanwhile, his wife gathered their three daughters in a bedroom and closed the door.
A fight soon ensued. Smith, who lost to light heavyweight champion Jon Jones last March, called it “one of the toughest fights” he ever had.

Anthony Smith reportedly fought the suspect for more than five minutes.


From ESPN:
Smith fights at 205 pounds. Somehow, he said, this man who weighed around 170 pounds was still coming at him, an elite UFC fighter, for minutes.

"No normal human is able to fight like that," Smith said. "I'm by no means the baddest dude on the planet. But he's a regular Joe and I had a hard time dealing with him. And he took everything that I gave him -- every punch, every knee, every elbow. He took every single one of them and kept fighting me."
At one point, Smith said, his mother-in-law brought him a kitchen knife, which he held to Haberman, who continued to fight him, Smith said.
Per Smith, the fight ended up lasting more than five minutes, with police eventually subduing and arresting Haberman. Smith and his family were uninjured, though blood was all over the computer room and Haberman had cuts and swelling on his face.
Curiously, Haberman — who was later charged with first-degree criminal trespass — reportedly did not appear to steal anything. Smith didn’t know why Haberman was in the house, and the suspect reportedly said “Hey man, I’m sorry,” as he was walked out of the house.
BTW...Last day..here in Omaha before heading to Des Moines..tomorrow.
Have a great day!