A youth basketball referee in Oklahoma knocked out a fan who stormed onto the courtroom throughout a wild brawl over the weekend, in accordance with a report.
The mayhem unfolded throughout an AAU basketball league recreation when an irate coach in a purple shirt walked onto the courtroom and received into the face of a referee on the Rating OKC Heart in Edmond on Saturday, in accordance with footage revealed by Outkick.
The ref instantly jabbed the coach within the face and the bigger man charged at him, throwing haymakers.
The ref’s companion received in between the dueling duo when one other man emerged from the stands and received into the combat, which rapidly escalated right into a brawl involving different grownup spectators.
One other man was then cold-cocked by the bigger referee, who ran up on him and hit him from behind, knocking him to the hardwood, footage confirmed.
The pugnacious official had simply been headbutted by the coach earlier than he pivoted to the opposite facet of the courtroom and delivered the brutal blow on the unsuspecting man.
It was unclear what led to the devastating punch, however some individuals who shared video of the incident on social media speculated that the knocked-out man was “probably attempting to maintain the peace.”
