Female UFC fighter Polyana Viana rubbishes fake ‘arrest warrant’ story after beating up man who tried to mug her in Brazil
- Fake report claimed non-existent prosecutor ‘Juan Carlos Rosario’ ordered Viana’s arrest for ‘excessive self-defence’
- The Brazilian, also known as ‘The Iron Lady’ hailed as inspiration to women on social media after manhandling assailant
UFC fighter Polyana Viana has rubbished a fake news report that she received an arrest warrant for leaving a would-be mugger bloodied and beaten in Rio de Janeiro.
The 27-year-old strawweight – known in the Octagon as “The Iron Lady” – was waiting for an Uber on Saturday outside her flat in Rio’s West Zone when she was approached by a man claiming to have a gun, and the results weren’t pretty.
But debunked online reports in Brazil claimed a prosecutor named “Juan Carlos Rosario” – whose name does not show up on the website of the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro, nor the members list of the Federal Public Ministry’s website – had ordered her arrest for the crime of serious bodily injury and excessive self-defence.
“I just finished training, my sparring for today. Many people ask me about the ‘bad’ news that was published on a website,” Viana said to her 424,000 followers on her Instagram on Tuesday night.
“It says I received an arrest warrant. I didn’t receive anything. The case is, I reacted to the assault … I acted and defended myself within the law.