Bleacher Report · Jan 10, 2019
UFC's Polyana Viana Talks Punching, Choking Would-Be Robber in TMZ Interview
UFC fighter Polyana Viana gave her account Thursday of how she shut down an attempted robbery Saturday night.
In an interview with TMZ Sports, Viana explained the incident through a translator:
Viana said a man confronted her outside her apartment in Rio de Janeiro and told Viana to hand over her phone after pulling out an object that initially appeared to be a gun.
When Viana saw the object bend, however, she realized it was made of cardboard, which prompted her to attack the would-be robber.
"[I] thought, 'That's not a real gun.' So, I got up and threw two hooks," Viana said. "After that [I] just threw a kick to his face and that's the damage you all saw in the photos."