UFC fighter Polyana Viana gave her account Thursday of how she shut down an attempted robbery Saturday night.
In an interview with TMZ Sports, Viana explained the incident through a translator:
Viana said a man confronted her outside her apartment in Rio de Janeiro and told Viana to hand over her phone after pulling out an object that initially appeared to be a gun.
When Viana saw the object bend, however, she realized it was made of cardboard, which prompted her to attack the would-be robber.
"[I] thought, 'That's not a real gun.