Inundated with messages of support after taking on a wannabe thief, UFC fighter Polyana Viana has begun to reflect on an incident that has gone viral.The 26-year-old was waiting outside her apartment in Rio de Janeiro when she was approached by a man demanding her phone.
Viana’s assailant had a fake gun but he hadn’t accounted for the Brazilian’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training as she launched a devastating counterattack — aiming two punches and a kick at the man before subduing him with a choke hold from behind.
“When he got close, I already thought if this guy is a thief, I’ll do this and that. I already knew what I was going to do,” Viana told CNN Sport.”I did not do it on impulse, I was calm, I knew what I was going to do. But I only did it because I knew he did not have a gun.”Viana held the man down until police arrived to make the arrest.
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