Widow of MMA fighter uses her Jiu-Jitsu skills to survive 4-hour assault by boyfriend
Caparroz was rushed to a hospital for treatment and had to receive 40 stitches to her mouth, and suffered fractured nose and eye sockets.
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The widow of Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Ryan Gracie is recovering in the hospital after suffering a brutal four-hour beatdown at the hands of her boyfriend, who is a brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu himself.
Twenty seven-year-old Vinicius Batista Serra was arrested in connection with the assault on Elaine Perez Caparroz but claimed that didn't remember the incident and blamed the attack on a "psychotic episode."
According to the Daily Star, Caparroz, 55, was attacked by Serra at around 1 am on February 16, just they were about to go to bed. Serra reportedly began by punching Caparroz in the face and body before then throwing her on the floor and trying to bite her.