Fights

Tarek El Moussa got into a physical altercation in Vegas -- and while he walked away with a citation, sources close to the HGTV star say he was stepping in to defend a family member.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the "Flip or Flop" star and another male were involved in an altercation last Thursday at The Palazzo at the Venetian Resort.

Witnesses who were at the scene tell TMZ ... Tarek delivered a brutal knee to the man’s head, knocking him out cold. One witness called the incident "bad," saying the other guy looked seriously roughed up.

Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford will be just like Jake Paul and Mike Tyson -- at least in one way ... their super fight is going to be streamed on Netflix!!

UFC honcho Dana White -- who is helping promote the fight -- dropped the announcement on his X account on Tuesday ... expressing his excitement to be involved in this event.

"Are you kidding me the first boxing fight I'm going to promote is Canelo vs Crawford," he wrote. "Live on Saturday, September 13, streaming globally on Netflix, two of the GREATEST boxers in the sport will meet in a historic fight from Las Vegas."

Kayla Harrison is just two days removed from winning her first-ever UFC championship after a dominant performance over Julianna Peña ... but she's already back in the gym, where she received a welcome worthy of a champ!

The newly crowned UFC women's bantamweight title holder brought her new hardware down to her training grounds at American Top Team in Florida ... where Kayla's coaches, training partners, and gymmates, including Dustin Poirier, lined up to congratulate the champ.

Harrison made sure to thank everyone, even taking a moment to hug the videographer filming her triumphant return.

Joseline Hernandez's Puerto Rican Day Parade float was the battleground for a royal rumble yesterday ... when a few of her dancers got into a cutthroat catfight.

TMZ Hip Hop obtained video of Joseline's float completely parked in the streets of Manhattan around 3:30 PM at the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade while her entourage duked it out in broad daylight.

You can see Joseline standing towards the back of the float looking at the chaos as her fiancé Balistic Beats attempted to break up the madness with one hand -- and a camera in the other!!!

A man is in custody after throwing hands with three cops in Fargo, North Dakota -- and the whole brawl was caught on wild video!

As you can see in the footage, 37-year-old Joseph Manitowabi goes full beast mode -- breaking free from three cops and landing punches to each of their faces … including a female officer.

The burly dude then bolts across the street -- but Fargo PD tells TMZ there was a quick pursuit before Manitowabi was caught and arrested for preventing arrest, assaulting three officers, meth possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

When one door closes, another opens ... and that's exactly the case for Manny Pacquiao -- 'cause he tells TMZ Sports he's leaving his political career behind him for good ahead of his big boxing comeback.

The eight-division boxing champ served as a senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 ... and followed up by running for the president spot, but lost by a wide margin.

Nearly four years after his last fight, the 46-year-old is making his return to boxing against Mario Barrios on July 19 in Las Vegas ... so we asked Pacquiao if he planned to follow a similar route by going back to politics in the future.

Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” tour is bringing major yeehaw energy -- maybe a little too much -- 'cause some fans were caught in the middle of a saloon-style showdown at her "Cowboy Carter" tour stop in London this week.

Check out the video ... all seems honky tonky and happy as Queen Bey belts out her 2008 hit "Why Don't You Love Me" Thursday night -- but things go downhill as the camera pans to the crowd.

Social media footage shows a person in a blinged-out black cowboy hat passionately throwing fists at a dude in a black T-shirt. Some nearby concertgoers step in to try to break it up ... but it looks to be a downhill battle.

Devin Haney says he's moving on from his scrapped fight with Teofimo Lopez ... and while he wouldn't directly address whether Ryan Garcia is part of his future plans, he tells TMZ Sports he's now setting his sights on the "best fighters in the world."

We caught up with the 32-0 welterweight fighter at LAX this week ... fresh off the news that Lopez (22-1) opted out of their bout slated to go down on August 16 in Saudi Arabia.

Lopez's team said it was due to "personal reasons" ... but Haney isn't buying it, claiming "the proof is in the pudding."

Kayla Harrison already has two Olympic gold medals, and she's fighting for the UFC title on Saturday ... and with a win, her manager Ali Abdealziz says she'll be the greatest combat sports athlete ever!

TMZ Sports caught up with Abdelaziz leading up to UFC 316 on Saturday ... and we asked him about his star fighter's resume.

"[Kayla] will bypass Henry Cejudo, and I think she's probably more dominant than Henry," Ali said of Harrison supplanting his other client as the G.O.A.T.

Disneyland might be the happiest place on Earth -- but not in this line ... 'cause two couples went from queue to hullaballoo in a wild brawl caught on camera.

Yup, the Happiest Place on Earth turned into chaos real quick -- in this bystander video from Shanghai Disneyland's Crazy Animal City, two dudes vigorously went at it while a woman in bunny ears tried to play peacemaker ... until she popped off at another woman holding a baby.

It's a wild watch -- bunny-ears chick showed zero chill, dramatically shoving the mom, who let out a bloodcurdling scream and collapsed to the ground, clutching her kid, terrified she'd get hit with round two.

Jake Paul will step into the ring with former middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in less than a month ... and The Problem Child says he'll beat the former title holder so badly, it'll catapult him to a championship of his own!

28-year-old Paul joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports TV show (airs nightly on FS1) ... where the guys chopped it about the June 28th scrap in SoCal.

"Man, I'm feeling better than ever," Jake said. "This is going to be my breakout performance."

Joe Biden probably won't be running for office again ... so, he's not holding back about his feelings toward people questioning his mental and physical competence -- claiming he could still knock 'em out!

The former President of the United States was in Delaware Friday ... giving his first public remarks since revealing his prostate cancer diagnosis.

A reporter asked Biden about claims that he wasn't totally mentally and physically fit while he was in office -- allegations levelled in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."

7:27 AM PT -- According to court documents obtained by TMZ Sports, BJ Penn's mom, Lorraine Shin, claims she's the 79-year-old at the center of the allegations against the MMA legend.

In the docs -- which were part of an application written by Shin for a restraining order against Penn -- Shin alleged Penn is suffering from a psychological disorder that's caused him to believe she "killed his family" and has "taken over his mother's identity."

Court records show a TRO was granted in the case -- and both parties are due to appear before a judge on June 10 to share their sides of the story.

Cops in Hawaii say MMA legend BJ Penn was arrested over the weekend not just once, but twice, over multiple incidents he had with a 79-year-old woman.

A new scandal with the Secret Service ... two agents have been sidelined after getting into a fight while they were supposed to be protecting Barack Obama's home ... and the brawl is all on video!!!

Footage making the rounds on social media shows two uniformed Secret Service agents getting into a physical altercation as they stand next to a white SUV.

The incident happened outside Obama's home in Washington, D.C. ... federal law enforcement sources confirmed to TMZ.

DaBaby won't be dragged through the gutter anymore over the bowling alley lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend DaniLeigh's brother ... the case has been dismissed!!!

On Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge noted that Brandon Bills' "lack of urgency" was the biggest holdup in the case ... after filing the lawsuit in 2022, yet failing to serve DaBaby for more than three years -- and still didn't follow through after initiating that process!!!

We broke the story ... DaBaby and Brandon duked it out at Topanga, California's Corbin Bowl bowling alley in Feb. 2022 in front of tons of witnesses.

Chris Brown can breathe a sigh of relief because he was just granted bail after his arrest for assault in the United Kingdom, TMZ has confirmed.

The R&B singer did not appear for a hearing in London's Southwark Crown Court Wednesday ... but a judge signed off on releasing him from jail, paving the way for him to begin his world tour in a few weeks.

The judge ordered Chris — who has not yet entered a plea -- to pay 5 million in British pounds as a security fee to the court, which translates to roughly $6.7 million in American dollars. We don't know the details of his bail conditions, but we'll update you once we get word.