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BATTERED and bruised, this is the face of an armed mugger after his latest victim turned out to be a cage-fighting champion.

Serial thug Anthony Miranda, 24, needed hospital treatment when the tables were turned as he picked on the wrong guy.

He ended up with two black eyes and shot himself in the foot, literally, after trying to rob the unnamed 18st martial arts expert at gunpoint.

And last night he was facing jail after being arrested as he writhed in agony following the incident in south west Chicago late on Friday.

Miranda had allegedly walked up to a parked car and asked the driver for a light before pulling out a pistol and demanding cash.

A police spokesman said: “At some point while Miranda’s attention was diverted the victim was able to grab the gun and wrestle his attacker.”

During the fight the gun went off, blasting him in the ankle, and the professional cage fighter pinned him down until cops arrived.