If robbers are looking for new victims, they should probably make sure that they aren’t UFC fighters first! UFC strawweight Polyana Viana was waiting for a cab when she claims a man tried to steal her phone. Since she’s a mixed martial artist, she put her skills into use to prevent the theft. Click through the gallery for all the info.
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Polyana, 26, was sitting outside her apartment in Rio when she says a man approached her. He told her to give him her phone and threatened her with a gun.
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“He was really close to me. So I thought, ‘If it’s a gun, he won’t have time to draw it,’” she explained to
MMAJunkie.
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“So I stood up. I threw two punches and a kick,” she said. “He fell, then I caught him in a rear-naked choke.”
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Once he was subdued, Polyana stopped. “Then I sat him down in the same place we were before and said, ‘Now we’ll wait for the police,’” she recounted. After the police arrived, she found out the gun was actually made of cardboard!
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Once he was subdued, Polyana stopped. “Then I sat him down in the same place we were before and said, ‘Now we’ll wait for the police,’” she recounted. After the police arrived, she found out the gun was actually made of cardboard!
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What do you think of Polyana beating up her attacker? Sound off in the comments!
Polyana, 26, was sitting outside her apartment in Rio when she says a man approached her. He told her to give him her phone and threatened her with a gun.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“He was really close to me. So I thought, ‘If it’s a gun, he won’t have time to draw it,’” she explained to
MMAJunkie.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“So I stood up. I threw two punches and a kick,” she said. “He fell, then I caught him in a rear-naked choke.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Once he was subdued, Polyana stopped. “Then I sat him down in the same place we were before and said, ‘Now we’ll wait for the police,’” she recounted. After the police arrived, she found out the gun was actually made of cardboard!
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What do you think of Polyana beating up her attacker? Sound off in the comments!
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