MMA fighter ‘elbowed clubber in face’

An MMA fighter ‘elbowed’ a clubber in the face while working as a bouncer, a court heard. Anthony Kannike, 32, allegedly assaulted Brandon Baker at PRYZM nightclub in Kingston-upon-Thames on 16 July last year. Kannike claims he ‘instinctively’ reacted with an elbow to Mr Baker’s chin after he was kicked. Ciaran Cronin, prosecuting, told Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court: ‘This case involves the defendant who is a bouncer in the nightclub and Brandon Baker who was at the nightclub that night. ‘Mr…