and for the record I've never had my ass kicked and I've never kicked anyone's ass..id get into a couple of drunken fights with my boxer friend...took him down both times and manhandled him,but thats just frineds playing tough with each other and going a bit too far...sure we could have hurt each other as emotions can get stirred up quick...but the next day its like "what the fuck did you do to my ribs dude...i generally stay out of trouble when drinking..and as you know as a weightlifter sometimes trouble comes looking for you in clubs..unless my girl is involved I'll swallow some pride and/or hold back my primordial urges because there is too much downside in bar fights(and I know as I bartended for about a decade)...I wasn't one of those gung ho bartenders who jumped the bar to help out the bouncers(when fights broke out I'd do some shots as management was a bit preoccupied)..one time I did get into a scimmage involving multiple big dudes at a club at worked at in cincinnati..the brawl was escalating and the club held about 2000 people,so the bouncers were mostly scattered and there were only a couple right on the scene..so I hopped the bar and grabbed a guy from behind in a nuetral bearhug to at least try and remove one dude from the fray...next thing I know some guy grabs me from behind and has his arm around my neck and slams me to the ground..I heard the bones crackling in my neck..I'm not small,but this guy was a monster,he had me down with my neck at about a 45 degree angle..I was scared,fortunately I wasn't hurt after the fracus was finely dispersed..the dude thought I was just another patron and as you know there is a pile on effect with some bar fights..I did some shots with management approval..but I decided form then on to stay safely behind my bar with the booze and just be a spectator..unless of course there is a girl involved..but I have seen two girls go at it..man thats scary,screaming like banshees,hair pulling,clawing..run as fast as you can from two girls fighting..thats some frightening shit..so unless its a solo girl taking some shit from an asshole,I'm out of it