Kevin Holland might as well be superman.
The UFC welterweight was involved in yet another heroic incident, this time rescuing a driver from overturned 18-wheeler in his home state of Texas.
Holland (22-8 MMA, 9-5 UFC), who returns to action on June 18 in Austin against Tim Means at a UFC Fight Night, has a track record of being a hero in tough situations like taking down a gunman at a sushi restaurant and stopping an alleged thief.
Although all seem risky and scary, this was the first time Holland has admitted to being scared.
“I get the guy out, there’s fluids flowing out of the car, I get the guy out of the truck and I’m scared,” Holland told MMA Fighting. “Every other time things have happened, I’ve been calm, cool and collected. This time, I’m scared.
“I’m like the truck’s going to blow up. The guy gets back in his truck. He’s like ‘I need my phone.’ I’m like bro, I got a second phone in the car, you don’t need your phone. We’ve got to go. He’s like ‘I’ve got to go get my s***.’
According to Holland, this all happened after he was driving down the highway. He noticed an incoming truck merging into the highway a bit too quickly. Seconds after, Holland said he took another look and noticed the vehicle was in trouble.
“I looked back to the right-hand side and he’s sliding sideways,” Holland recalled. “I’m like gosh. I pull the Regal over, glad I put the new brakes on there. Hopped out, ran over there, jumped on top, ripped the door open, got the guy out.”
Holland is unsure what went wrong with the truck or the driver, but he says the man was safe following the incident.
“He slid perfectly on the grass,” Holland said. “I think the dude fell asleep while trying to get on there. Who knows. I know how it is. I’m tired when I drive, too. I’ll be swerving. It happens.
“The guy was perfectly fine, but all of a sudden when the officer pulled up he was [screaming]. I was like you’re playing.”
Holland doesn’t understand how he keeps encountering these situations where he chooses to do the right thing and help those in need. He’s beginning to think there’s something to his glasses, just like Clark Kent.
“What I’ve learned talking to a good friend of mine, she actually has a fight coming up, she said ‘my boy, when you do ratchet hood stuff, you take your glasses off,” Holland said. “When you do good stuff, you keep your glasses on. You’re reverse Clark Kent.’ I like that a lot so I might start calling myself Clint Kark.”
UFC’s Kevin Holland says he rescued a driver from an overturned 18-wheeler: ‘This time, I’m scared’
