On Saturday night at around 8 p.m. local time, a man tried to steal UFC strawweight Polyana Viana's phone. Not only did he leave empty-handed, but he also got some painful reminders of his mistake in the process.
On Sunday, Viana recounted the events to MMAjunkie.
According to Viana, she was waiting for an Uber in front of her apartment complex in Jacarepagua, a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, when a man approached her. He must have been sneaky, Viana said, because when she noticed his presence he was already quite close.
"When he saw I saw him, he sat next to me," Viana said. "He asked me the time, I said it, and I saw he wasn't going to leave. So I already moved to put my cell phone in my waist. And then he said, 'Give me the phone. Don't try to react, because I'm armed.' Then he put his hand over (a gun), but I realized it was too soft.
"He was really close to me. So I thought, 'If it's a gun, he won't have time to draw it.' So I stood up. I threw two punches and a kick. He fell, then I caught him in a rear-naked choke. Then I sat him down in the same place we were before and said, 'Now we'll wait for the police.'"
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January 07, 2019, 08:24 PM
Cliff
Damn. Two punches and a kick? looks like more then that. She beat that ass. Good on her. Don't start none, won't be none.
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January 07, 2019, 08:28 PM
Expat
His poor face.
January 07, 2019, 08:41 PM
nhtagmember
priceless
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January 07, 2019, 08:49 PM
bigdeal
Why can I not stop laughing...
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January 07, 2019, 08:50 PM
kimber1911
The poor guy obviously needed the phone to call somebody for a sandwich.
By the looks of her arm she squeezed a bit of blood out of him with that rear-naked choke.
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January 07, 2019, 08:59 PM
Patrick-SP2022
Looks like the guy needs the “amber lamps.”
January 07, 2019, 09:43 PM
tatortodd
quote:
By the looks of her arm she squeezed a bit of blood out of him with that rear-naked choke.
It looks like she tried to pop his head like a zit
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January 07, 2019, 09:50 PM
Edmond
He chose poorly.
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January 07, 2019, 10:05 PM
Rey HRH
I’m giggling that her shirt says UFC. What a maroon.
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January 08, 2019, 06:03 AM
HayesGreener
Kind of reminds me of the Florida boy in Thailand who picked up a Bamboo Viper thinking it was just like the non venomous Florida Green Snake back home. I swear nature has a way of culling some of the dumbest
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January 08, 2019, 07:02 AM
Leemur
When there’s no ref to separate you and there’s no gloves it can be a quick and dramatic amount of damage from a trained fighter.
January 08, 2019, 08:11 AM
Muddflap
I would’ve paid 50 cents to sit on a bench and watch that.
January 08, 2019, 08:40 AM
oddball
His "gun" would have gotten kids expelled in certain U.S. public schools
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January 08, 2019, 08:48 AM
gearhounds
“What happened to you bro?”
“Got beat up by a girl... but she was, like, a real badass girl!”.
Yeah, that’s not going to help his machismo much. He’ll be an easy target in jail.
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January 08, 2019, 09:34 AM
Expert308
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: “What happened to you bro?”
“Got beat up by a girl... but she was, like, a real badass girl!”.
Yeah, that’s not going to help his machismo much. He’ll be an easy target in jail.
Yeah, and she's a skinny little thing too. Good for her!
January 08, 2019, 11:55 AM
tatortodd
quote:
Originally posted by Expert308: Yeah, and she's a skinny little thing too. Good for her!
