Biography mma fighter kills mountain lion

Travis Kauffman spoke publicly for the first time since his life-and-death encounter with a mountain lion in Colorado, describing in vivid detail how he wrestled with the cat before killing it.

Kauffman, with scars from the attack visible on his face and neck, spoke Thursday, Feb.

14, about trying to scare off the mountain lion before it lunged, then tumbling down a hill with the cat’s teeth locked onto his wrist. He stabbed it with sticks, repeatedly struck it on the head with a rock, and finally got on top of the cat and suffocated it.

His girlfriend, Annie Bierbower, sat by his side during the nearly hourlong press conference in Fort Collins organized by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Kauffman, 31, a resident of Fort Collins, said he began his trail run on Feb.

4 in Lorrey State Park, heading out for an anticipated 12-15 miles. About a quarter mile after taking a spur off the West Ridge