Monique Bastos taught a thief a lesson in Acailandia, Brazil, Tuesday night, after would-be thieves tried to rob her and two friends of their cell phones, Brazilian news website GoTropa reported.
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The robbery didn't go for the criminals as planned.
The two men arrived on two motorcycles as Bastos was on her way to jiu-jitsu training, she told MMAD.
"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," Bastos said. "The guy who took my phone ran away, but I was able to get the other one."
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As the video shows, Bastos calmly held the man -- later identified as 18-year-old Wesley de Sousa Araujo -- in a chokehold with her legs for 15 minutes until police showed up.
Bastos added she's "been through this a few times before," and decided to fight back this time around.
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