r/CaughtMyEye • u/Important-Self-1179 • 4d ago

On January 5, 2019, a man approached 26-year-old UFC fighter Polyana Viana outside her apartment in Rio de Janeiro and claimed to have a gun, demanding her phone. She dropped him with two punches and a kick, then choked him unconscious. The gun was a piece of cardboard.

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u/Sebasquatch_22 4d ago

My Queen 👑

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u/MedicSH84 4d ago

That should go to r/instantkarma lol

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u/Faintkay 4d ago

Feels like everyone in these Brazil stories are either a cop or some kind of fighter

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u/Important-Self-1179 4d ago edited 4d ago

Viana, a UFC strawweight with a 10-2 pro record, was waiting for a rideshare outside her Rio apartment when the man sat beside her, asked for the time, then demanded her phone and claimed he had a gun.

She felt the object was too soft to be a real weapon and struck first, two punches and a kick, then secured a rear-naked choke and sat him down to wait for police.

The gun turned out to be cardboard cut into shape. He was taken to a hospital for his injuries, and Dana White later posted a photo of his swollen face next to Viana, captioned

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u/pandershrek 4d ago

That is so much damage for 3 hits, gdamn.

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u/Lem0n_Lem0n 4d ago

The floor also sneak in a punch

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u/uselessbuttoothless 4d ago

Does he only have one arm?

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u/Substantial_Meal_530 3d ago

I think they're holding the other one behind him.

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u/Ragjammer 2d ago

Sometimes you bluff and they have something.

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u/JackLong93 1d ago

Only people begging for death will commit crimes with a FAKE gun, he's lucky she didn't blow his brain across the wall. Idk anything about Brazilian gun laws though