Video shows 'pickpocket' being tackled by martial arts champion

This is the moment a suspected pickpocket was dealt some instant karma - after he 'struck' in front of a black belt martial artist. Ivan Skoko, 29, tackled the alleged thief using his Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills at Borough Tube station last month.

Video taken in the aftermath shows the man saying, 'I don’t want to stab you, bro' as he lies on the floor, under the pro fighter's knee. Originally from Croatia, Ivan won gold in the men’s ultra-heavy category at the British open earlier this year.

He says he leapt in to action at after hearing a 'very loud scream' from a fellow passenger on the Northern Line. He said: “I was thinking someone got stabbed or something happened.

“I realised in a split-second there was a robbery, as

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