Mugger Gets More Than He Bargained For Robbing Ultimate Fighter

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 5, 2011 7:20PM

Meet Anthony Miranda, a 24-year-old with an extensive arrest record that includes a conviction for residential burglary. Miranda was out and about doing what he does best Friday night on the Southwest side when he decided to rob a man in a parked car. The man complied with Miranda and gave him his money, but that wasn't enough for Miranda, who ordered the man out of the car.

What happened next can be called either divine intervention, alert thinking, or karma coming back to bite Miranda in his ass. Miranda's attention was diverted, which allowed the man in the car to grab Miranda's gun. In the ensuing scuffle, Miranda accidentally shot himself in the ankle. The man Miranda also decided to rob was a martial arts expert and ultimate fighter, so a gunshot wound to the ankle was the least of Miranda's injuries.

When police arrived at the scene, the man had Miranda subdued, to say the least. Miranda is now charged with armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class X felony. He's held in Cook County jail on a $350,000 bond. We're going to take kickboxing lessons.