MMA fighter protects daughter and dog from five machete wielding home invaders

David Pugh was asleep at the time the burglars entered his home

A homeowner fought off a gang of burglars after they entered his home waving machetes. David Pugh, 55, was asleep at the time the gang of five stormed into his house in the West Midlands, attacking his teenage daughter, dog and demanding cash from Pugh and his child. Pugh however stood his ground and valiantly fought back the masked men - who were armed with knives, baseball bats and golf clubs - making them leave empty-handed. Disturbing pictures show the extent of the MMA fighter's injuries, suffering a broken nose and facial injuries when defending his home.

The incident occurred at around 3am in the morning after he spotted masked men attacking his his 17-year-old daughter, leading to the parent - who is trained in mixed martial arts - to defend the house. Recalling the incident, he said: "By the time I got out of bed, totally naked, I was approaching the door and it was kicked in. It went with a right smash and there was four or five guys on the landing in balaclavas. The men kept shouting 'where’s the money? Give us your money!' "I grabbed the first couple I could, it turned into a brawl and a battle. I just grabbed what I could and hit them with aftershave bottles and chairs. I was getting hit repeatedly on the head – they had machetes, a baseball bat and a golf club. "I was desperately trying to get to my daughter’s room, but I had so many splits to my head, I was drenched in blood. We could only assume they saw that and thought, 'we have gone too far' and got out of here. "They must have thought they half-killed me. In retrospect we were probably quite lucky." He revealed that the aftermath of the attack has left his daughter traumatised while his puppy Zeus received a nasty cut to the head and fell into a canal after becoming disorientated. Related links: