Kevin Holland Doesn’t Like “Superhero” Label
A professional MMA fighter who goes out of his way to rescue people is exactly the sort of person who has earned a “superhero” moniker. Kevin Holland, however, who seems to routinely engage in comic-book escapades like rescuing passengers from crashed 18-wheelers and apprehending gunmen with his bare hands, told MMAFighting during coverage of UFC Vegas 58 that he isn’t a fan of the label. He’d rather that everybody just be that nice.
“I’ve been inside. I ain’t been outside, I’ve been inside. I’m trying to stay out of the way, away from crime.
Honestly, it’s what you guys know. It’s what actually gets out to the media. You guys don’t know half the s*** that I do. You know what they call Fort Worth? It’s called Murder Worth. You got to Deep Elum in Dallas, there’s always a shootout in Dallas. There’s been more shootouts this year than there’s been in the last five years. I don’t know what the hell is going on, there’s something in the air. It’s wild where I live. I could give you a story right now that would probably make you tear up.”
Holland continued, pointing out that he moved to a nicer neighborhood and still faces these situations.
“If I do this, people always say I do it for the media. It’s just life. You all live this beautiful life and I need to move. I moved to a nicer neighborhood and I still deal with s***. Maybe I need to move to the woods with Ben Askren.
None of them are good, all of them are horrific. The guy who stole somebody’s car — if that was your car, you wouldn’t like the story at all, especially since the car got totaled. The person who ran into the car that totaled it, that was someone’s work vehicle, so I don’t think either likes that one.
If you were at a sushi bar eating with your family and someone opened fire, I don’t think you would like that either. You’d probably have PTSD from going out to eat. If you’ve seen an 18-wheeler flipped over on the side of the road, you’d probably just keep going. I just happened to pull over. If that was your buddy in the 18-wheeler and nobody helped them, you’d probably be like, ‘Damn, what the hell?’ Everybody’s like, ‘Wow, you’re a superhero, sounds fun,’ until you think about the people in those situations and it’s not that fun. It’s just doing the right thing. It’d be nice if people were like, ‘I’m proud of you for doing the right thing,’ instead of, ‘He’s a superhero.’”
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