One football fan seemed to show more fight than the team he was supporting Sunday night in California. A fan wearing a Los Angeles Rams jersey coldcocked two other fans during a vicious fight caught on video.
The skirmish happened Sunday at SoFi Stadium during the game between the home Rams and the visiting Tennessee Titans.
To set the scene. It appears that a man wearing a Titans jersey and a man wearing a Rams jersey were having a confrontation in front of another man who was wearing a No. 1 Rams jersey. The man in the No. 1 jersey reared back and punched the man in the Titans jersey, who barrel rolled down a few steps in what seemed to be a knockout blow.
Then, the Rams No.1 jersey fan knocked out the fan wearing a Rams No. 99 jersey. After that, the champion of SoFi stands fight turned and walked up the stadium steps, perhaps going to the concourse for concessions or leaving the stadium altogether.
The video ends with other fans trying to get the knocked-out Rams fan to his feet.
Although the punches, and subsequent knockouts, were caught on video, it doesn't explain how the fight started—only how it ended. Nor does it explain what part of the game was being played.
It was a huge game for the Rams, who were the only team behind the Arizona Cardinals with one loss going into the game. The Rams looked rather lethargic on both sides of the ball, and they trailed the Titans, 21-6, heading into the fourth quarter. Los Angeles scored 10 in the final frame, but they lost the game, 28-16.
Since the Rams also lost to the Cardinals, Arizona holds a firm lead not only in the NFC West, but the overall NFC.
This isn't the first big fight between Rams fans and others at SoFi Stadium in 2021. During a preseason game between the Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers—who share the stadium—there was a big brawl in the stands that night in Inglewood.
In those bleachers, a man wearing a No. 99 Rams t-shirt is seen in a shouting match with other men, most of whom were also wearing Rams gear, and some wearing Chargers shirts.
The man turns his back, and then a woman is seen throwing a drink at him. The drink smashes into his back, spilling liquid everywhere. The man in the 99 shirt then turned around and wildly started swinging at three men. The man eventually gets pinned down while four men beat their fists into him.
Here's that video from the preseason game won by the Chargers, 13-6.
There was also a brawl in the stands of a Pittsburgh Steelers preseason game in which a video captured a white woman in an argument with a Black man. The video doesn't show what ignited the argument, but the woman looked more irate, cursing at the man.
"You can get the f*** out," the woman yelled while pointing toward the exit row. She then reared back with her right hand and gave him a hard slap across the face.
Just as it looked like he was going to punch her, he held back. Then a male friend of the woman jumped into the fray, getting punched twice by the Black man. The white man then slumped over the seats while the woman lunged at the man again.
Here's that video.
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