{"id":366619,"date":"2020-11-03T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=366619"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:46:55","slug":"two-mma-fighters-saved-a-police-officers-life-during-shooting-in-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/two-mma-fighters-saved-a-police-officers-life-during-shooting-in-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"Two MMA fighters saved a police officer&#8217;s life during shooting in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world is mourning the death of at least four people killed during a terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria on November 2.<\/p>\n<p>The number of casualties of this attack could have been higher, though, if it wasn&#8217;t for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/159655-mikail-ozen\">Mikail \u00d6zen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/242947-recep-gultekin\">Recep Tayyip G\u00fcltekin<\/a>, two Turkish-born, Vienna-based mixed martial arts fighters who risked their lives to rescue a police officer in need.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/turkey\/turkish-man-recounts-brush-with-death-in-vienna-attack\/2028709\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/bild-plus\/news\/ausland\/news-ausland\/die-helden-von-wien-mma-kaempfer-retteten-polizisten-aus-kugelhagel-73735766\">European<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2020\/11\/03\/attentato-vienna-chi-sono-i-tre-giovani-che-hanno-salvato-il-poliziotto-ferito-un-23enne-palestinese-e-due-lottatori-di-mma-turchi\/5990053\/#Echobox=1604416026\">outlets<\/a>, the two Austrian-Turks were in Vienna&#8217;s city center when the attacks began. They started to follow the sound of the gunshots and saw a man shooting at civilians.<\/p>\n<p>First, they reportedly rescued an injured elderly woman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After I carried the woman to a nearby restaurant, the terrorist pointed his gun at me,&#8221; Gultekin said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/two-austrian-turks-save-policeman-and-two-elderly-women-in-vienna-attack-41129\">TRT World<\/a>. &#8220;A pellet from this gun hit the back of my right leg. However, it did not cause any major injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After their first rescue, they headed to the nearest police station. On their way, they helped another woman who was in shock and aided a wounded police officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other police officers were looking at [the wounded officer], they did nothing while I shouted at them for help,&#8221; Gultekin continued. &#8220;I told Mikail we will do this. We reached the police. We carried the police to the ambulance me, by holding his back, and my friend by his feet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The medical team offered to bring the hurt fighter to the hospital, but he refused since, according to him, &#8220;there were many people suffering injuries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to the combat sports database Tapology, Mikail Ozen holds a professional record of one victory and two losses, all of which happened in the Austrian mixed martial promotion <a href=\"http:\/\/vendetta.at\/\">Vendetta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recep Tayyip Gultekin, on the other hand, never made his professional debut and has only one amateur loss in the aforementioned promotion, Vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>The team at BJPENN.com sends its thoughts to those affected by this tragedy in Vienna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is mourning the death of at least four people killed during a terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria on November 2. 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