RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Polyana Viana impressed UFC president Dana White with her Octagon debut in February when she submitted Maia Stevenson in less than four minutes. Now, set to return against J.J. Aldrich at Saturday’s UFC 227 card in Los Angeles, Viana reflected back on everything she’s been through ahead of the biggest fight of her life.
Born and raised in a tiny little city called Sao Geraldo do Araguaia in Para, Brazil, Viana was a sports fan since her early days, but never thought about training any type of combat sport.