“I said I was going to call the police. He said, ‘Call the police, then’ because he was scared I was going to beat him up more.”

27 - yr - old motley martial creative person Polyana Viana of Brazil subdued an attempt mugger — an unsurprising outcome count she has a 10 - 2 record as a fighter .

While hold off for an Uber in front of her apartment in Rio de Janeiro this preceding Saturday , Vianareportedthat a man approached her .

A billet shared by Dana White ( @danawhite )

Attempted Mugging of Polyana Viana

Polyana VianaThe cardboard gun the would-be mugger threatened the MMA star with.

“ When he saw I saw him , he sat next to me , ” Viana said . “ He ask me the clock time , I said it , and I saw he was n’t pop off to leave alone . So I already moved to put my prison cell phone in my shank . And then he say , ‘ Give me the phone . Do n’t test to react , because I ’m armed . ’ Then he put his manus over ( a throttle ) , but I realized it was too lenient . ”

Polyana Viana ’s instinct prove right as the gun was merely a composition board cutout of one .

Polyana VianaThe composition board hitman the would - be mugger threaten the MMA sensation with .

“ He was really close to me . So I thought , ‘ If it ’s a gun , he wo n’t have time to eviscerate it . ’ So I stood up . I throw two punch and a gripe . He fall , then I caught him in a rear - nude choking coil . Then I sit around him down in the same place we were before and said , ‘ Now we ’ll look for the law . ' ”

Someone want to slip the fighter Poliana Viana and this what happened to him.pic.twitter.com/Wsgnh6gQ2q

— Hamdan ( @xxmdan)January 7 , 2019

Ever the vigilant hero , Viana kept the failed felon ’s arm immobilize in a kimura - like lieu until assist arrive . While Viana filed a account with the constabulary , the would - be mugger was add to an hand brake precaution quickness before being send to the prison house , where he was actually recently released in an unrelated matter .

Viana admits that the area she was in is one she recognizes as dangerous , but the MMA lead had been waiting close to the edifice because of this . But after fending off her assailant , the crook really need to be brought to the safety of the police .

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“ He told me to let him go , like ‘ I just asked for the meter . ’ I articulate , ‘ ask for the fourth dimension my ass , ’ because he see I was very wild . I said I would n’t permit go and that I was go to call the police . He said , ‘ Call the police force , then ’ because he was frightened I was break to gravel him up more . ”

Polyana Viana go home whole that eve and plainly made herself dinner while the would - be mugger give suck his wounds .

This is n’t the first time Viana pock off a potential mugger . She was approached by two men on a motorcycle near her previous home and as with this instance , Viana successfully guard the men off by punching one of them square in the face .

“ I think he was more scared than I was , so he chute on the motorcycle and forget . ”

After learning about why it ’s a unsound idea to attempt to mug a professional MMA scrapper , show up on subway system mugging victimBernhard Goetz , who turn into a murderous vigilante . Then , expose the grisly story ofOmaima Nelson , the woman who killed and cook her abusive husband .