Video footage reveals woman fighter Monique Bastos foiling a robbery attempt and humiliating the thief in a submission hold.
On Tuesday night in Acailandia, Western Brazil, strawweight women's MMA fighter Monique Bastos was attacked in the street on her way to jiu-jitsu class. One of the men, Wesley Sousa de Araujo, was left crying on the floor when he attempted to steal Bastos's phone.
Bastos, a professional fighter and jiu-jitsu practitioner with six fights to her name, neutralised Araujo with a rear-naked choke and an inverted triangle submission. The attacker was arrested when the police arrived fifteen minutes later.