Fights

Antonio Brown seems to have had a weapon in his hands at some point during his tense altercation with alleged robbers last night -- right before gunshots cut through the night air.

The former professional NFL player was caught on camera after leaving Adin Ross' Brand Risk kickboxing event Friday night ... appearing to hold a piece in his left hand.

At first, he's walking alongside a pal -- before he starts running through the crowd, turns a corner out and raises his arm.

7:35 AM PT -- Miami police tell TMZ they received a call around 3 AM in the area of NE 2nd Avenue and 67th Street, where they initiated an investigation ... which included canvassing the area and interviewing several individuals.

No arrests were made and no injured persons were located at the scene in connection with the call. The investigation is ongoing.

Antonio Brown had a wild Friday night -- walking out of Adin Ross' Brand Risk kickboxing event Friday night in handcuffs after a serious brawl ... and we have it on video.

Check it out ... the NFL star gets into a serious scuffle with several people outside the Miami, Florida venue. The video shows him being aggressively pulled to the ground ... after which he gets up and kicks the individual who tackled him before trying to escape the chaos.

Another video shows the beginning of the brawl ... AB takes several punches after getting into it with one individual. Others join in, and the rowdy altercation sends his hat, sunglasses and more flying to the ground.

Next thing we know ... he's being walked to a police vehicle in handcuffs.

Caleb Plant is down to be Jake Paul's next opponent after El Gallo gets done with Julio César Chávez Jr. -- telling TMZ Sports he'd love to get in the ring soon with the former YouTuber and mix it up.

The 23-2 fighter had nothing but kind things to say about Paul while out at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month ... but he said if Jake really wants to throw hands and make some cash in the near future, he's all for it.

"I mean, if he wants to get in there and rumble," Plant said, "we can do that."

Holly Holm says she'd love to take on her UFC nemesis Ronda Rousey in the boxing ring ... but tells TMZ Sports there's a snowball's chance in hell of that ever happening.

We caught up with the first woman to ever hand Rousey an L in the UFC Octagon out at the Jake Paul vs. Julio César Chávez Jr. press conference this week ... and as a new member of the Most Valuable Promotions family, we had to ask how she felt about the idea of going head-to-head with her rival again.

"Of course," she said. "I think that's just maybe hypothetical. I don't think that would ever happen, but of course I would."

Verbal jabs were thrown during the Jake Paul vs Julio César Chávez Jr. press conference ... but it wasn't between the two combatants -- but rather Paul and and his opponent's dad.

The two jawed at each other after event moderator Chris Mannix asked the 62-year-old how he believes the bout will go down between his son and El Gallo.

"He's never faced a fighter like my son," the boxing great said. "With all due respect, fighting Mike Tyson, I think I would have given him a better fight. He didn't throw one punch all fight."

Comedian Theo Von was in no laughing mood when he grabbed a fan by the throat at a Nashville bar earlier this month -- and we have the disturbing altercation on video.

Check it out ... a man holding some birthday balloons goes up to Theo but doesn't back down after a quick back-and-forth, clearly antagonizing him.

Theo looks like he wants to be left alone, and just seconds into the video you see him wrap his right hand around the man's neck and firmly push him back.

The 'This Past Weekend' podcast host stares the victim -- who is clearly shocked by being manhandled -- down and gives him a piece of his mind before the video cuts off.

Dana White's showing fans the brutal realities of UFC up close ... sharing a pic of Belal Muhammad peeling apart the two sides of his lip after Jack Della Maddalena split it in two.

The UFC President shared the photo to Instagram hours after Maddalena won the Welterweight belt from Belal by decision ... with White referring to the contest as a "WAR."

He shared Belal's suffering from a broken nose and orbital -- a part of the skull around the eye -- as well as a badly split lip.

If you found yourself daydreaming of a Jermall Charlo vs. Jake Paul fight, it might be time to think of another reality ... 'cause The Hitman tells TMZ Sports even though he's down for the bout -- he's pretty sure Paul wouldn't want the smoke.

We caught up with Charlo this week ahead of his May 31 fight against Thomas LaManna ... and he told us his body feels good as he's looking to keep his undefeated record intact.

He also talked about a potential throwdown with Paul -- and while he said he was "for sure" into it ... he admitted there are some big roadblocks.

Most Valuable Prospects 12 is slated to go down on Friday ... and TMZ Sports has already done the heavy lifting for anyone wanting to track down the promotion's newest ring girl -- her name is Marissa Ayers, and we talked to her ahead of her big debut!!

We chopped it up with the MVP newbie and fellow models Delia Sylvain and Rapha Milagres ahead of fight night in Orlando ... and the rookie opened up on how she ended up in the family.

It turns out Rapha played a role in getting the Georgia native and Alabama student on board ... and after a few convos, she was handed her sparkly blue outfit and got to work as an MVP event model.

Rolly Romero's making it clear it's totally fine for men to cry ... and he tells TMZ Sports anyone who's making fun of Ryan Garcia for his emotional outburst after their fight last week can go pound sand.

The star boxer -- who upset Garcia in Times Square on May 2 -- passionately defended his opponent while out in L.A. on Wednesday ... explaining he, too, had a big cry following their tilt.

"It's OK for men to cry, bruh," Romero said ... adding, "It just shows we're human."

Rolly Romero's next fight almost certainly won't be against Devin Haney ... the boxing superstar just ripped his rival during a chat with TMZ Sports -- calling him "shattered" and "a track star."

After triumphantly beating Ryan Garcia in Times Square last week, Romero said Tuesday he's on the hunt for a "big name" for his next bout ... but, he made it clear it likely won't be Haney.

Romero implied the 26-year-old -- who won a controversial tilt against José Ramírez minutes before his Garcia showdown in NYC -- is just too boring to attract mass amounts of Pay-Per-View buys.

A Pittsburgh Pirates game day employee has been suspended by the team ... after he was seen on video getting involved in an absolutely insane fistfight with a fan at PNC Park.

The violent scrum happened on Sunday -- as the Buccos were taking on the Padres.

According to CBS, the altercation went down after a Pirates employee -- who was wearing a white polo and tan pants -- tried to pull two men away from a tiff they had been having with a nearby concession worker.

A top primatologist is trying to bring some reason into the hundred men vs one gorilla debate ... explaining the main reason why a fight like this wouldn't go down -- and arguing this paints these beautiful creatures in a bad light.

We spoke with Michael Stern -- a Harvard-trained primatologist with decades of experience studying gorillas both in captivity and in the wild in Uganda -- and, he tells us the main reason this debate is so silly is because one gorilla would look around, see it was outnumbered and take off.

Stern says this is the equivalent of asking if a unicorn could take down a dinosaur -- or if a shark with a laser beam could blow up a submarine!

Rolly Romero will step into the ring against Ryan Garcia on Friday night in some custom, "Marty McFly" Nikes ... and, Great Scott, they're cool!!!

TMZ Sports has learned Jose Coronado, AKA Aztek Kustoms, "deconstructed" the $40,000, "Back To The Future"-themed kicks so the 29-year-old could wear them in the ring for his huge tilt with King Ry ... and check 'em out, they're fully functional.

The shoes -- which were originally created by the Swoosh to honor the self-tying kicks Michael J. Fox once wore in "Back to the Future Part II" -- have operational LED lights and all the same markings of the OG ones McFly wore in the old-school flick.

Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn't beat the Pacers on Tuesday night, but he sure laid the smackdown on their team's best player's father afterward -- ripping Tyrese Haliburton's dad for his actions following Indiana's big win over Milwaukee.

Giannis and Haliburton's pops, John, got into it immediately after Indy took down the Bucks, 119-118, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Tyrese had just hit the game-winner, and in order to celebrate, John raced onto the floor and waved a towel with his son's face on it in front of Giannis.