Viral video of China woman expertly knocking out elevator molester was probably staged

A video of a woman in China swiftly knocking out her molester in an elevator is quickly making its rounds on the Internet.

In the footage appearing to come from a surveillance camera on Sunday evening, the woman is seen delivering a series of expert martial arts moves to a man attempting to get fresh with her in a lift.

She manages to knock him out in five seconds with three moves in succession.

At the start of the video, you can see the man leaning over to check out her rear, before he moves right behind her and peers over her shoulder while she's looking at her phone.

She moves away to another corner of the lift, and after a pause, he moves back over to her and puts his arm around her shoulder.

In a quick reaction, she flings his arm off her, and turns around to deliver a right hook to his face, followed by a kick to the groin.

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Her final move, a quick knee to the face, was enough to send him sprawling on the floor in the corner of the lift, before the doors open and she walks out.

Her smooth martial arts moves have earned her admiration on Weibo, where the video is currently going viral.

However, several netizens are skeptical of whether the video is real, given how tightly choreographed the moves appear to be.

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Well, they're probably right. A report for the sports section on Chinese portal, Tencent, has identified the woman as Beijing TV host and actress Du Qiao, who also happens to be dating Chinese pro muay thai fighter, Xu Yan.

Qiao confirmed to Tencent on Thursday that she was the woman in the video, but insisted it wasn't staged. "I was just minding my own business, but he forced a reaction from me," she said.

Publicity stunt or otherwise, it's still pretty entertaining to watch.

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