Female fighter in Brazil thwarts robbery attempt with triangle
“There were two guys, and they were using knives, but I was able to use my jiu-jitsu and get my phone back. It’s a huge risk, but I did it to defend myself and my friends.”
Brazilian women’s strawweight Monique Bastos was on the way to Jiu-Jitsu class with two friends in Acailandia, Brazil, on Tuesday, when she was attacked by two men. They wanted the women’s cell phones. What they got was an ass whipping.
“I was going to my jiu-jitsu training when they arrived on a motorcycle and said they wanted our phones,” said Bastos to Guilherme Cruz for MMAFighting.com. “I tried to hold my phone, and I realized they were not armed. When they tried to escape, I lifted the rear wheel of the bike and they fell on the ground. The guy who took my phone ran away, but I was able to get the other one.”
“I’ve been through this a few times before, and it’s the second time I fought back. There were two guys, and they were using knives, but I was able to use my jiu-jitsu and get my phone back. It’s a huge risk, but I did it to defend myself and my friends, so I used what I learned.”
Bastos, is a veteran of six processional MMA fights, with competitive experience in Muay Thai and BJJ. She applied a rear naked, took down the assailant, and held him with a triangle choke until police arrived, and arrested Wesley Sousa de Araujo.
