(CNN) — Inundated with messages of support after taking on a wannabe thief, UFC fighter Polyana Viana has begun to reflect on an incident that has gone viral.
The 26-year-old was waiting outside her apartment in Rio de Janeiro when she was approached by a man demanding her phone.
Viana's assailant had a fake gun but he hadn't accounted for the Brazilian's Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training as she launched a devastating counterattack -- aiming two punches and a kick at the man before subduing him with a choke hold from behind.
Viana held the man down until police arrived to make the arrest.
It probably indicates some personal character flaw in me, but when I hear/see/read news of an intended victim giving the perp the old "what fer", I cheer.