A dozy thief ended up in the clutches of a hero MMA fighter after picking on the wrong woman.
Bantamweight brawler Felipe Colares says he was minding his own business when he spotted a "bandit" harassing a woman near a playground beach in the small town of Bandeirantes, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
The attempted robbery ended up in embarrassment for the criminal after Felipe turned the tables and grappled him to the ground, where he held him until police arrived.
The martial artist, who is best known for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), told The Mirror how the foolish thief ended up in his clutches.
He said he and a few pals were on their way home from wrestling training when he saw a "rascal" assaulting the woman on the beach.
"I was on the way back to my home, with my friends. Very tired after wrestling training," he tells The Mirror.
"Then I see a man and a woman. I saw him grabbing her arm and pushing it up behind her with so much force.
"I told him, 'hey brother, I don't like that'," Felipe explained, adding that he was brought up to intervene if he saw a man being violent with a woman.
The man walked off, so Felipe went to speak with her. She told him the assailant had swiped her phone and pleaded with him to help.
Felipe then chased after the robber, shouting at him to "put your hands up, get on the ground" and "don't look at my face", "like a policeman", he added.
One of his pals recorded what happened next.
In a video posted on Felipe's social media accounts, the brawler can be seen pinning the shirtless thief to the ground with one of his knees as a crowd gathers to have a pop at the caught-out criminal.
At one point, an elderly man appears to give the reprobate a little slap across the face.
In the video, the man on the ground says, "You've got it wrong," as the others tell each other to "call the police".
On Felipe's Instagram, he explained how he and his two friends "immobilised the rascal only using the jiu-jitsu techniques of my master.
"We managed to capture the criminal, recovered the victim's cell phone, and today we have one less robber on the streets.
"It was great to collaborate with the Police [and a neighbourhood watch organisation] who are fighting these BANDITS on a daily basis."
He added that civilians or "unprepared people" without training should avoid replicating his actions due to the risks associated.
Brazil has the highest rate of gun deaths per year in the world, surpassing Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and even the US, and also has the ninth highest crime rate per capita.
