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Firefighter Who Filed for Workers Comp. Caught Moonlighting as MMA Fighter Named ‘The Noodle’

Apr. 10, 2012 9:40pm Mytheos Holt

Lying to get off work has long been a problem that has dogged employers. But perhaps no one has so fantastically bungled the deception than firefighter Rafael Davis, who apparently was using the pretext of work-disabling ailments to moonlight as a mixed martial arts fighter known as the “The Noodle” and fight in tournaments.

LA Weekly has the bizarre story in full:

Prosecutors say that laid-up L.A. city firefighter Rafael Davis was caught moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter, under the name “The Noodle:”

The 35-year-old was arrested at his Lomita home at 9 a.m. this morning on suspicion of insurance fraud, according to a statement from the L.A. County District Attorney’s office.[...]

Prosecutors contend that the Los Angeles Fire Department employee filed for workers compensation insurance between Dec. 2, 2008, to May 20, 2011, even as he fought in MMA bouts.

The consequences for “The Noodle” may be more dire than simple firing, however. Because he filed falsely for workers’ compensation insurance, he’s now being held on four counts of insurance fraud, with no less than $30,000 bail. Not exactly the kind of price tag he’ll be able to prize fight his way out of.

In Davis’ defense, he at least was good at mixed martial arts. His record on prize-fighting websites shows him winning 12 fights and only losing 2, suggesting that perhaps he had the wrong career all along. You can even watch him take on an opponent in this video:

During his alleged period of being “incapacitated,” Davis participated in no less than seven fights. He won all of them. If this is incapacitation, he should hope he’s that incapacitated when he’s in jail.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:35am
I can’t get past “The Noodle”. What kind of stupid name is that for a MMA fighter? “Ohhhh, watch out for The Noodle! Especially if his buddies, “Chicken” and the fighter formerly known as “&” is with him.” He should go to jail just for that ridiculous name.

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- rangerp
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:58am
  he needs to put a hoodie over his noodle, then he will get all manner of protection. The black panthers may even make death threats against his opponents
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:14pm
  He wasn’t using his noodle.
  
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- jaylew
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:52pm
  This kind of fraud goes on in millions of food stamp homes all over the country…so what is so different about this story??? We workers eat hamburger helper and chuck roast…..and food stamp recipients eat shrimp and crab legs and steaks. It’s no different than what this knucklehead was doing with workmens compensation. Half the country gets paid for working….the other half of the country gets paid for not working. This story is not one bit different. Liars and cheaters and losers are everywhere. Why do we have to give food stamps to a woman or man that weighs 300 something pounds? Haven’t they had enough to eat? We reward the welfare family with more free stuff….every time they pop out another kid. They can’t pay for the hospital and doctor bills for the childbirth…..they can’t pay for the new kids food or diapers or shelter…..and so we…..the half that work…..pay for yet another welfare receiving infant….one probably doomed to the same free loading lifestyle that mommy and the baby daddy muddle through every single day and night and month and year and decade…..it just never stops. The “benefits” never stop. I gave up long ago….those of us who work….have been duped like a bunch of stooges.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:41pm
  One of the last events this thief participated in was dubbed the “Strength and Honor” Championship.
  Yep. Way to give us a hero, Costa Mesa. He’s all class.
  
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sjohn70037
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:03am
Yet another union pos.

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- starman70
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:46am
  Yep, and the UNION will defend him and demand he be rehired. The Union Hacks (Bosses) don’t care that he defrauded the Workman’s Comp. system all they want is to use their political power and manipulate their political cronies.
  
  SAD!!!!
  
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- Dustoff
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:15pm
  Thanks to this jerk. they rest of us honest fire fighters look guilty.
  
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- Xyskalla
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:31pm
  If he’s guilty, he deserves prison. But I’d like more information before rushing to judgment (it’s unfair for anybody to be tried in the media, not just the people we like or agree with). What was the nature of his workers’ comp claim? It’s an important question, because on some safety-related jobs, the medication you’re taking could medically disqualify you from working even if you could bench press a semi. I don’t know about firefighters, but my job is this way.
  
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BobtheMoronsp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:00am
Come on, guys. It’s just another Californian doing what he’s been taught from the day he was born. I don’t see why you are so upset. The government and insurance companies have plenty of money and he’s just trying to get his share. When he goes to jail he might be eligible for some of Obama’s stash. And worst case he gets a free gym, three hots and a cot for a couple of years. It’s all good, Homes.

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- TAXEVERYONE
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:10am
  People in LA deserve the mess they have created with their voting record.
  
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thegodfather
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:24am
Firefighter union will defend him

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- rangerp
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:38am
  It is all going to come down to race. If he is a white hispanic, then he is guilty. If he is black, or just regular hispanic, then it is the fault of the employer and the government.
  
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OleCrusty
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:18am
Fraud!

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- koyettsu
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:22am
  Yep and he needs to be fired.
  
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IraHayesFlagRaiser
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:04am
We get what we pay for. We want workers protected against the employers we get judges who are activist who side with the ‘poor injured worker” who can’t work but can dance, run, fight, climb, carry, shovel, swing, pound, raise up, craw, drive, fish, bowl, play tennis, ball and all of the other things that are fun and useful, just can’t do these things on the job. These low-life misfits who are most UNION sheeples who look always to your pocket and never to their own! True Democrats!

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PowerPedlar
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:00am
Holder will rescue him from the obviously racist people accusing him.

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piper60
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:51am
The noodle needs to go to the rock.

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Atilla
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:25am
Similiar to a Boston firefighter that was caught doing a body building contest while being out with a “bad back.” Maybe not a typical public union hack but the examples are many more than meet the public eye.

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cassandra
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:25am
this is a problem through out the whole system I know many many people that are collecting disability that can work, instead of collecting SSI when they turned 62 they claimed an injury and bam they are on disability instead and yet people blame the baby boomers that put 30 + years into the system I think not

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- The Gooch
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:17am
  Social Security Disability is nothing more than the welfare lottery. This “safety net” is rife with frauds.
  
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dpro347
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:15am
Jail him!! Send a message to all cheats.

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mtonepa
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:05am
More like “Mr Noodle” from Elmo

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brntout
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:08am
Obviously wasn’t using his “noodle”.

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The-Monk
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:51am
Does anyone remember “The Noodle” from Bugs Bunny?

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- brntout
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:06am
  Yep,I do,was a stand up(right) kind of guy.More spine than any politician on record.
  
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babylonvi
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:26am
Ha, that one is obvious. It was a mental disease. He is obviously suffering from Acute Masochisim. Have you seen what these guys do to each other?

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- The-Monk
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:55am
  He’s clearly lost his noodles….
  
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Constructionist
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:14am
Don’t judge this man, it could be worse: He could be a porn star called ‘the noodle’.

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Magyar
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:59pm
Entitlement mentality & morally corrupt = criminal —–> PRISON!

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- manuelbetten
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:12am
  Sorry, but Prison is a socalist response, in my world Work Camp! let him work off the money he owes and when paid up he could go free.
  
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marine249
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:34pm
wait, when you fight fires you use diff—-no thats not what I ment to say
when you fight in a ring you use diff———- no I didn’t grt right
when you fight in a ring or a fire you use diff——– oh to he!! with it

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cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:20pm
not only should the noodle go to jail but the union lawyer the doctor who signed off on his so called injurys ..these people should all go to jail and maybe the next criminal who decides to sue the taxpayers will use his or her noodle…

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Mapache
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:05pm
I wonder how the other fire fighters feel about it?

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- The-Monk
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:00am
  They’ll call the fire hoses “noodles” from now on…. and collect their pensions.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:32am
  They go to the fights and cheer him on. Laughing, joking, drinking beer. “This is great, check out Noodle you guys!!!!HA HA HA HA HA….” They know all about it.
  
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Baddoggy
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:01pm
Cook his noodle! Then feed it to Debbie Wasserman Shultz…

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:37pm
  ech…
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:21am
  Rat Noodle Soup. Yummy.
  
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The Gooch
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:55pm
Cue the union and dirtbag lawyer:
- Fighting men is easier than fighting fires?
- Maybe he presents with dissociative identity disorder?
- Racists!!!
Every match he fought while engaging in fraud should be erased from his record and any complicit parties should also be prosecuted.

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Teabunny
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:53pm
epic oops!

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CatB
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:49pm
Arrest for fraud and throw away the key … make an example .. these “public servants” seem to have a pattern here.

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biohazard23
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:45pm
Oops.

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