Nambour bus station attack: Emotional scenes as mother of man attacked at bus station meets MMA fighter who intervened and saved his life

The mother of a man who was beaten and trampled at a bus station has met the Good Samaritan who intervened and saved his life.

MMA fighter James William, 31, came to the aid of Linda’s 39-year-old son Jay, who was brutally attacked at Nambour bus station, north of Brisbane, on Sunday afternoon.

The father-of-two was rushed to Sunshine Coast University Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.

His attacker, who the king hit him and repeatedly stomped on his head, remains on the run five days later.

Mr William’s instincts kicked in and he ran in to stop the attacker, losing several teeth in the process.

‘[The attacker] stomped on his head before I could get there,” he said Nine news.

An MMA fighter has told how he almost stopped an unprovoked attack at a bus station on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Sunday (pictured)

Linda couldn’t be more grateful that Mr. William intervened, saying she hopes the attacker is caught “before someone else gets hurt.”

“The circumstances could have been very different,” she said.

‘We are hopeful of a full recovery. It’s hard, but we’re getting there.’

The emotional grandmother hugged and thanked Mr William as the pair met for the first time on Thursday.

“I want to thank you for being there because the circumstances could have been very different,” she told him.

Mr William replied: ‘I couldn’t stop it, but I’m glad I was able to chase him away.’

Footage captured by a shocked bystander showed jiu-jitsu-trained Mr William wrapping his body around the man, but he slipped away and fled the scene.

Mr William said the man was ‘going crazy’ and felt he had to protect those around him.

“If I hadn’t known jiu-jitsu (a martial art based on wrestling and submissions), I would have been in big trouble,” he said.

‘He aimed at a poor fellow, the king struck him, and before I could turn around and get over there, he stamped on his head, probably ten times.’

Linda’s son Jay (pictured left) remains in critical condition in hospital

Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Senior Sergeant Craig Mansfield said police were ‘concerned’ by the condition of the attacker, who ‘appeared to be under the influence of certain substances’.

“These were apparently random attacks on these two victims and appear to have been unprovoked at this stage,” he previously told reporters.

“It was a brutal attack.”

The attacker was described as white and wearing a gray sweater, dark shorts and thongs.

Anyone with information, including footage of the fight, is asked to contact police.