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I also don't understand why your friend restrained the guy after you hit him. If you got a shot in, your opponent should be given the opportunity to retaliate. I hope your buddy wasn't holding the guy when you hit him. That would have been very poor form.

I'm not trying to go out of my way to critique you. I've heard these stories before. I've seen these stories unfold. Rarely does the after-story follow what happened precisely. It's usually cleaned up to make the teller look noble when he was just a likely at fault as well.

If that's not the case, I apologize.