UFC fighter Polyana Viana beats robber to pulp, puts him in chokehold until police arrive

Pro Tip scumbags of the world: Stop trying to rob Polyana Viana. According to MMA Junkie, on Saturday night the UFC strawweight was sitting outside of her apartment in Rio de Janeiro waiting for a cab when a stranger approached her. The man first asked for the time (classic) before threatening her with a “gun” and telling her to hand over her phone. First mistake, last mistake, as they say.
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Instead of screaming for help or giving up her phone, Viana's fired up the ol' confrontation engine. “He was really close to me. So I thought, ‘If it’s a gun, he won’t have time to draw it.’ So I stood up. I threw two punches and a kick.” says Viana, describing what happened next. “He fell, then I caught him in a rear-naked choke. Then I sat him down in the same place we were before and said, ‘Now we’ll wait for the police.’”
Neither that nor the fact she emerged entirely unscathed and only discovered her assailant's “gun” was a..

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Golf Channel’s Jim Mackay on how Phil Mickelson’s superstition changed numbers

FacebookPinterestHarry HowPhil Mickelson in this file photo with his former caddie Jim Mackay. (Harry How/Getty Images)

Professional caddies have stories, maybe none to the degree that Jim Mackay, aka Bones, has stories from his decades working with Phil Mickelson.
Mackay, who parted ways with Mickelson two years ago and landed as an on-course reporter for NBC/Golf Channel, offered up this gem during the final-round coverage of the Sentry Tournament of Champions:
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“I’ve been noticing this week that Rory’s been using a ball with the number five on it,” he said of of Rory McIlroy, playing in the final pairing at Kapalua on Sunday. “These players out here, they love some numbers on their balls and they hate others.
“When I went to work for Phil Mickelson back in the early ‘90s, he told me, “don’t ever give me a golf ball with the number two on it.’ Some years later [1994], he was in a playoff against Fred Couples at..

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