I found this story on The Drudge Report. Some of you may ask “what does this have to do with MMA?”
Well, at the Waffle House in Manning South Carolina, Crystal Samuels went into the Waffle House with her friends and proceeded to order food. After receiving the food her and the waitress Yakeisha Ward got into a verbal argument which turned physical after Samuels threw food at Ward (Bruce Lee called this “The Waffle”). Ward, in true Waffle House fashion, came over the counter and attacked Samuels. The fight continued as they went out the door and into the parking lot. It appears that Ward felt like the fight was not going her way, so she went to her car and got a pistol from the front of the car, and a loaded magazine from the back of the car, and proceeded to fire one round at Samuels, which ricocheted off of the parking lot allowing shrapnel to lodge in Samuels arm. The fight continued until police arrived and took Ward into custody. Ward was charged with Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill, and was taken to jail. The next day the news station found Ward back at the Waffle House working her shift, after posting $500 bail.
1. The waitresses don’t take crap off of anybody.
2. Sit at the counter, so when the waitress come at you, your not stuck in the booth, with her in the mount.
3. When the waitress goes to her car in the middle of the fight, you better get your butt out of there cause she’s going for a gun.
4. When you order the Allstar, you better be ready to throw down.
What’s the moral of the story here? If your gonna try and kill someone, do it in Clarendon County, the bail is only $500 and you’ll be out of jail before the victim’s out of the hospital.
And what does this have to do with MMA? Well, if Samuels wasn’t in the heavyweight division, and was doing a little training she may have been able to choke Ward out and the gun would have been left in the car.