Rio mugger attempts to rob UFC fighter Polyana Viana, also known as ‘The Iron Lady’. Bloody bad idea
- UFC strawweight says she was waiting for an Uber when she was approached by a man claiming to have a gun. The results weren’t pretty
A robber who tried to steal a mobile phone from a young woman in Rio de Janeiro learned the hard way that mugging a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who goes by the nickname “The Iron Lady” is not an excellent idea.
Polyana Viana, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight, brought the hapless perp down with two punches and a kick and held him in a “rear-naked choke” before making him sit and wait for the police, she told the sports website MMA Junkie.
The attempted crime happened late Saturday as Viana, 27, was waiting for an Uber outside her flat.
She said the man told her he had a gun but she surmised it probably wasn’t real and in any case “he won’t have time to draw it” before she went into action.
“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.