On Sunday, April 21, Mike Dragich was filmed wrangling an 8-foot alligator barehanded on a busy street in Jacksonville, Florida. The footage shows a shoe-less Dragich pursuing the gator while wearing shorts,

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Fox35 in Orlando, Mike Dragich, a former Marine and an amateur MMA fighter who is also a licensed alligator trapper, was called in to wrangle the 8-foot gator, which was in an area near a local school.

Florida MMA fighter and licensed alligator trapper Mike Dragich describes wrangling the 8-foot alligator with his bare hands on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

Wild encounter between MMA fighter and alligator has gone viral on social media. The incident took place in Jacksonville, Florida.

MMA fighter Mike Dragich on how he tackled an alligator and his efforts to help veterans suffering with PTSD