Viana dished out some justice of her own in Rio de Janeiro last Saturday night, despite the man's claim that he was armed at the time. A female UFC fighter left a robber bruised and bloodied after he tried to rob her using a cardboard gun. He told me to let him go, like "I just asked for the time." Crying toddler is found wandering the streets of Hull alone - as passer-by spots him and calls the police. A female UFC fighter left a robber bruised and bloodied after he tried to rob her using a cardboard gun. The Elgin Marbles are going nowhere: British Museum says controversial objects WON'T be removed from display... Oliver Dowden insists 'no offers have been made' over new Ofcom and BBC chairmen - with ex-Daily Mail editor... UFC fighter Polyana Viana beats up man who tried to mug her. 'So I was scared, but I think he was more scared than I was, so he jumped on the motorcycle and left.'. Then I sat him down in the same place we were before and said, "Now we’ll wait for the police"'. So he didn’t react anymore. It's double trouble for Boris: PM faces warnings from Tory party donors over 'bleak' economy... as poll... Supermarkets stock up on flour as Waitrose boss slams panic buyers for stripping shelves of staples and... Can Tory rebels defeat Boris Johnson in vote on 'draconian' coronavirus laws? Another shows the 'weapon' was actually just a cardboard cut-out. 'He said, "Call the police, then" because he was scared I was going to beat him up more.'. 'Bull****... Where is that in the rule book? Government plans to shut pubs and restaurants for two weeks... Zoe Ball 'asks BBC to pay her LESS because she feels uncomfortable with £1million pay rise that took her... Coronavirus patient, 41, becomes first in the UK to receive experimental arthritis drug in trial to treat... American faces two years in PRISON for posting negative 'unfair' reviews on TripAdvisor about an island... DOMINIC LAWSON: Why don't doctors ever have anything good to say about people with Down's? '2019 is off to the best start! Describing the incident, she said: 'He tried to take it from my hand, I punched him in the face, and he was scared. Throw him to the lions! I don’t know if it was because there were two of them. UFC fighter, Polyana Viana (pictured), left a robber bruised and bloodied after he tried to rob her using a cardboard gun, Polyana Viana (left), was waiting for an Uber in Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, when the man ordered her to hand over her phone, warning her he was armed. Jailed crime boss serving 20 years for machine gun plot wins state compensation when his £1,500 blue... Could turmeric tablets give your pet a new lease of life? MPs' anger grows over use of... UK records another 17 Covid deaths in 24 hours and 5,693 new cases - 46% higher than last Sunday - as 60% of... Mass roll-out of Covid vaccine could be delayed for TWO YEARS by Government failure to get to grips with... Half a million sharks may be killed in effort to make Covid vaccine, wildlife experts say. She is 5'9" (or 175cm), which places her as one of the taller female MMA fighters. The comments below have not been moderated. The fighter has had to defend herself in Brazil before when a robber tried to take her phone in her home town of Belem. Published: 11:05 BST, 7 January 2019 | Updated: 18:13 BST, 7 January 2019. Rachael Cummins is a "bantamweight" MMA fighter, from the United States of America. She told MMA Junkie how the man asked her for the time and then saw he was not going to leave. Officers later took the man to hospital and Viana later learned that he had only just been released over a separate crime. As of now, Yana is #8 ranked in UFC’s women’s bantamweight division. Don’t try to react, because I’m armed". Parliament's bars are NOT subject to 10pm curfew and MPs don't have to give their contact details to get a... A THIRD of patients have put off visiting their GP as new poll reveals extent of fear among Britons over... Confessions of a Tinseltown reject: RUPERT EVERETT starred opposite Madonna and Julia Roberts, but then... Boris Johnson earmarks area the size of the Lake District and south Downs for protected status in bid to... Joaquin Phoenix 'welcomed his first child with fiancée Rooney Mara a month ago... and named the boy after... Donald Trump tears into the New York Times for 'made-up, phony' story that he paid no income tax for 11... Trump's demoted campaign manager Brad Parscale was 'under investigation for stealing from the president's... Judge blocks Trump administration's order that would have banned TikTok from being downloaded in the US.