- Tyson Pedro was training for his boxing debut
- Star ran to the aid of the wounded man.
Former UFC star Tyson Pedro has been pictured saving a man who suffered a horrific seizure attack in Sydney just days before the fighter’s debut as a professional boxer.
The 33-year-old was training on Friday ahead of his long-awaited bout against Kris Terzievski when he came to the aid of a man who had collapsed and lay convulsing on the sidewalk of a park in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. .
The man, 46, had fallen off his bike due to the attack and appears to have hit his head on the concrete while bleeding from his face when the fighter treated him and called Triple Zero.
Paramedics were called and the man reportedly suffered another seizure while being taken to an ambulance.
“It was terrible to witness,” Pedro, who is good friends with NRL star Nathan Cleary, said afterwards.
“It was driving me crazy, because that part of the area doesn’t have much cell service, but luckily I managed to get through to Triple Zero.
Pictured: The moment Tyson Pedro calls an ambulance after running to help a man who had a seizure and was convulsing on the pavement in front of him on Friday.
Pedro (above right) watches as paramedics help the man, who was left bleeding after falling from his bicycle during the health emergency.
“It was terrifying.”
Later, a friend of Pedro praised the fighter.
‘Tyson is a hero. “The man could have easily died, but Tyson stopped his career, stayed calm and made sure the man was taken care of,” said the boxer’s partner, who preferred to remain anonymous. news corporation.
‘After calling Triple Zero, he held the man and waited for the paramedics to arrive.
“Tyson followed the ambulance to the hospital and was greeted by the man’s family, who said they will be forever grateful for what he did.”
Doctor friends told Pedro that the man will make a full recovery.
According epilepsia.comPeople who experience repeated seizures are at risk of permanent injury or death.
Pedro’s fight for the WBC international bridgeweight title, which can be seen on Stan Sport next Wednesday night – was originally scheduled for June 12, but had to be postponed when the former MMA star suffered a serious injury while training in May.
The former UFC star (pictured training) was training for his professional boxing debut next Wednesday night when the drama unfolded.
He took to social media to share a gruesome image of the moment his elbow bent in the wrong direction while training, writing: “Not the way you want your arm to move.”
On Friday, Terzievski attacked his opponent with a hail of fire.
‘You have a UFC fighter who is entering the boxing world now. He couldn’t make it in his own sport and says he’s not doing this to make money,” said the Victorian, who beat NRL pug great Paul Gallen in 2022.
“I heard his last interview, in his UFC competition, he said he had to rob someone on the way out because he wasn’t making enough money and all of a sudden he comes to boxing and he’s the A side, making all the money.
‘This is the Tyson Pedro show.
‘The reality is this… all the pressure is on me. I’m fighting a 0-0 boxer.
‘The fact that they are disrespecting me makes me feel like I’m Gallen again. I had an NRL guy who thought he was a boxer, he moved into the sport, did a few things and suddenly I’m the underdog on the B side.
“So they’re going to learn for the second time that they picked the wrong guy.” They have made the mistake again and on November 20 I am going to prove it to everyone.’