An attacker got more than he bargained for after the lad he targeted turned out to be a mixed martial arts fighter. Footage shows the moment Stuart Briggs began fighting with teenager Alex Williams in Guisborough High Street.
Little did Briggs know he’d pitted himself against a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion.
The incident took place on September 14, 2021, with a clip from the incident showing Briggs approaching the young lad, who was 16 years old at the time.
As the fight unfolds, Williams stops his attacker by pinning him down to the ground using a double leg takedown.
Briggs leaves the scene and comes back again, but Williams is able to subdue him a second time, with the attacker eventually leaving the scene.
“When the fight or flight kicks in you’ve got to choose one or the other, and I chose to fight back, and I was focused.
“Obviously, I was worried in case he had a knife on him because he has threatened to stab me, but in situations like that it’s about surviving, and I was thankfully ready for him.”
Williams went on to explain that he was forced to restrain Briggs multiple times: “I thought after I had taken him down the first time that he would have walked away, but he came back for more, so I just continued to try to restrain him without hitting him.
While Williams was, thankfully, able to de-escalate the situation, he still sustained some injuries, adding: “There was blood everywhere, and I realised he had bitten a chunk out of my ear.”
Briggs appeared on Friday at Teesside Magistrates’ Court, where he pled guilting to GBH without intent.
Williams has gone on to start an anti-bullying gym for children, teaming up with fellow martial arts champion Serenity Scott.
And, by the looks of the video, we’d guess a fair few people are already signing up.
He is expected to be sentenced next month at Teesside Crown Court.
Williams has gone on to start an anti-bullying gym for children, teaming up with fellow martial arts champion Serenity Scott.
And, by the looks of the video, we’d guess a fair few people are already signing up. The 35-year-old from Middlesbrough was granted unconditional bail until October 11.
The aggressive thug, who bit a chunk out of the boy’s ear, launched an attack on the teenager, shouting: ‘I’m gonna smash your head in’ and ‘I’m gonna stab you down the alley.
But what Briggs did not realise is that the young boy was a multiple junior world champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Video footage shows the moment that Briggs approaches the teenager sat on a high street bench with a friend.
Briggs attempts to grab him but extraordinary footage captured the moment that Alex jumps into defence mode, and appears to lift the man – more than double his age- up and flip him over onto the floor as he restrains him.
The aggressor is able to briefly escape as Alex attempts to walk away from the situation but he keeps coming back at the then 16-year-old.
The teenager removes some personal belongings from his pockets as the two men square up to each other while bystanders watch on.
As the pair grapple on the floor, a man appears to approach them to help break things up.
Speaking about the September 14 attack last year, Alex from Redcar, North Yorkshire, previously told Teesside Live: ‘As he got closer to me I saw an opportunity to defend myself and fight back, so I took it.
A Violent street thug attacks a teenaged #MMA world champion!#bjj #ufc pic.twitter.com/8dzKALhTLy
— Fight Haven (@FightHaven) September 14, 2022