'I’m Mad Because This Was My Rank Up Game' — Fighting Game Player-Turned-Sumo Wrestler Bodyslams Knife-Wielding Apex Legends Fan in New York City

A heroic subordinate of the warring crippled assemblage is being praised for apprehending an agitated Apex Legends subordinate who pulled retired a weapon astatine a gaming lounge successful New York City.

The incidental took spot connected the nighttime of June 20, erstwhile Kofi ‘Koustics’ Miller was successful the mediate of streaming League of Legends connected Twitch astatine OS NYC, a gaming lounge and lawsuit space, erstwhile helium stepped distant from his setup astir an hr into his broadcast.

During that time, Koustics attempted to de-escalate a unsafe concern involving an Apex Legends player, who brandished a weapon aft peaceful moderation had failed.

Koustics explained that the subordinate had confronted an worker astatine the bar, drafting his attraction distant from his stream.

“I stepped outside, dude is brandishing a knife,” an animated Koustics described to his friends successful a Discord call. “First we were like, ‘Yo, you gotta go, you’re banned.’ We get him to locomotion outside. But he’s tweaking. He’s screaming. He tries to travel backmost successful with the knife, truthful I bodyslam him and clasp him until the constabulary come.”

Koustics claimed that the subordinate landed connected their ain limb during the incident, bloodying up his clothing, which Koustics showed disconnected during his Twitch stream.

“I enactment him successful a afloat choke,” Koustics relayed. “...I’m huffy due to the fact that this was my fertile up game, too. This dude outgo maine 14 LP.”

Firsthand accounts of the incidental were subsequently posted connected societal media, with collegiate League of Legends subordinate ‘Shogo’ sharing footage from wrong the bar, showing the flashing lights of constabulary vehicles conscionable extracurricular the establishment.

NYC is truthful brainsick similar wdym an apex legends subordinate got huffy astatine the game, started breaking stuff, got kicked out, pulled a weapon connected the unit and accidentally stabbed himself arsenic helium got tackled onto the ground??
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Koustics himself besides posted photos straight aft constabulary arrived connected the scene, including the bloody aftermath of the ordeal. “Don’t miss the stream,” helium joked.

Koustics told america that the subordinate had gotten upset portion playing Apex Legends, which yet escalated into the unsafe country that played retired successful beforehand of the gaming lounge.

"If you consciousness similar a crippled is affecting you that much, you ever person the prime to measurement away," helium advised. "If the games are going that badly, past possibly effort thing little stressful.”

Lmao don't miss the watercourse (Stopped a dude with a knife) pic.twitter.com/N6T4dUKrv6

Koustics is simply a fashionable fig wrong the warring crippled community, known for commentating Dragon Ball FighterZ tournaments. He’s besides a Sumo Wrestler, who adjacent appeared connected a November 2025 occurrence of SNL for a drama skit.

He credited his Sumo skills for helping him instrumentality down the upset player, saying it helped him support his chill during the stressful situation.

"I kept my cool," helium said. "Everyone got retired harmless and sound, and nary 1 got wounded excessively badly. It ended up being a funnier communicative than it could person been.”

Koustics teaches full-time successful the Bronx, wherever helium instructs his students successful robotics, coding, and adjacent gaming. Previously, Koustics told quality outlets that helium “feels similar a superhero” for his secondary and tertiary careers arsenic a gamer and Sumo wrestler — and he’s surely surviving up to that presumption with his latest heroic exploit.

Image credit: YouTube / Bandai Namco Entertainment America.

Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s News Editor. With 10 years of acquisition reporting connected games and entertainment, she’s got a storied inheritance successful the warring crippled community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her connected Twitter astatine @TheeMissGlaze.