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The offender is alive, but he needed the help of doctors.

The head of the UFC Dana white posted on instagram a message about a courageous act 26-year-old Brazilian Viana Mota Polyany.

Athlete serving us promotion into the minimum weight category, managed to stand up for themselves while attacking the robber on the street of Rio de Janeiro. The man tried to Rob a lonely woman mobile phone, and paid dearly for his act.

Last Saturday evening, Viana was waiting on the street for a taxi, when she came is unknown. “When I saw him, he was already near, – said Poliana. He told me: “Give me your phone, and do not try to resist, because I’m armed”. Then he put his hand on the bulging under clothes, a gun, but I realized that it looks unnatural. The man stood very close to me, and I thought, even if he is actually a gun, he will not be able to quickly get it”.

Athlete struck the offender two quick blow, and when he fell, did the choke hold. Disarm the robber, Viana asked passersby to call the police and held the man until the arrival of the outfit. In the words of a brave woman, at first the guards brought the detainee to hospital for medical aid, and then to the office where Poliana wrote a statement about the attack on her smartphone.

The police revealed that no weapons from the offender in fact was not. Under the clothes the guy was hiding a piece of cardboard in the shape of a gun. But this does not detract from the courage Viana, as she waited for her opponent can grab a knife or something more serious.

Under the clothes the robber was hiding a piece of cardboard in the shape of a gun. Photo usatmmajunkie.com

The robber had already had trouble with the law, and has only recently been released from custody. Viana said that the attack was committed in a disadvantaged area of Rio. Usually she avoids to go there alone. However, on Saturday evening, the woman decided to take a chance because she had to get a taxi right at the entrance to a secure building. Anyway, all that happened is UFC fighter survived easy enough. “I’m fine – said Polyana in an interview with MMAJunkie. – After the criminal was rebuffed, he was very frightened, tried to escape and even asked to call the police. I think the guy was afraid I would beat him even more. He said he just wanted to ask me what time it is”.

After leaving the police station, Viana just went home and cooked myself dinner. She felt a little sore hands, but no serious damage she received. The attack on the street was the second such case to Polany. When she lived in the city of belém in Northern Brazil, it was approached on the street by two men on a motorcycle. “One stayed behind the wheel, and the second came at me, – said the athlete. – He broke my umbrella and tried to snatch from the hands of the phone. I hit him in the face, he got scared, jumped on the bike and left. But this time I was much worse, because the criminals were two.”

26-year-old Brazilian, acting under the pseudonym “Paulie” and “the Iron lady” (Dama de Ferro) has been in the MMA 12 fights, 10 of which he won. In 2018, she signed a contract with the UFC in February performing in a show in his native Belem. After a beautiful victory over Maya Stevenson in the first round she received an invitation to the UFC-227. Unfortunately, 4 Aug Poliana lost in Los Angeles decision the American J. J. Aldrich.

At the moment, Viana no scheduled fights in the UFC. But, most likely, happened in Rio will add to her popularity, and a new battle not far off.

Dmitry SOMOV, Sport-Express