Fighter in Brazil defeats armed robber

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                    <p>In the afternoon on New Year&#39;s Day in&nbsp;Campinas<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">,&nbsp;</span>S&atilde;o<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">&nbsp;Paulo, Brazil, a convicted criminal armed with a knife assaulted an elderly, 64-year-old woman, fleeing with her purse. In good news, the crime was witnessed by a BJJ and Muay Thai fighter, who determined to do something about it.</span></p>

Hugo Gervais, 26, chased after the perpetrator, took him down, and immobilized him with a rear naked choke for some 20 minutes for the police to arrive. He also regained the woman's purse, and returned it to her.

“I was driving and saw him assaulting a lady in the corner," said Gervais to the Brazilian language media giant Globo. "He threw the woman on the floor, grabbed her purse and ran. I went into action. I have been through many situations like this where I could not do anything. I know what I’m doing here.”

The suspect was identified as Cacielino Rocha, 25. He has been previously arrested for drug trafficking but was released. Rocha declined to give a comment about the incident to the media. He did however confess at the police station.

The elderly women is okay, with only a bruise on her arm.

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I love how the lady starts bitchin' at him lol

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Another mma example of a failure of sticking to your strengths. The robber used his knife skills in the past successfully but decided to go to the ground with him, unfortunate. Phone Post 3.0

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Winnipegger - I love how the lady starts bitchin' at him lol
She pulls his arm and tells him not to hide his face. She remarks he wasn't so afraid of robbing a 64-year-old lady. Phone Post 3.0