Fights

Carnival Cruise passengers were caught trading punches in an absolutely wild brawl ... and apparently, chicken tenders might've played a role in it.

The fight went down in the early hours of Monday morning, as the ship was en route to Miami on the final day of the cruise.

Check out the video ... a large group is seen throwing haymakers at each other, with some hitting the floor and others getting wrapped in headlocks.

2:26 PM PT -- A rep for the Lincoln PD tells TMZ ... The school's resource officer responded to the fight and witnessed the student assaulting the staff member. The officer restrained the student, who was then placed under arrest and later booked into juvenile hall.

A high school in Northern California turned into a WWE Smackdown! earlier this week ... when a freshman class meeting ended with a staff member violently slamming a disruptive student to the ground.

The incident went down at Lincoln High School in Lincoln, California -- about 30 miles north of Sacramento -- on Tuesday ... and, video currently blowing up on the internet shows a student and teacher getting into a pretty intense verbal argument in the gym.

The teacher appears to try to direct the student out of the gym ... and, a couple of times, he places a hand lightly on the student's arm to direct him into a hallway.

11:00 AM PT -- Jake Paul is officially going up against Gervonta Davis on Friday, November 14 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA ... which will be streamed globally on Netflix.

Paul posted about it all ... saying, "Size vs Speed, Power vs Precision, One will rise and one will fall."

10:11 AM PT -- TMZ Sports is told the fight is, in fact, happening ... though the date, location and other details surrounding the event have not been confirmed.

The Jake Paul critics want him to take on a real challenge ... how does Gervonta Davis sound??

The news apparently broke via a since-deleted post from Netflix's official Turkey account on Wednesday ... which stated Jake and Tank would duke it out at State Farm Arena on November 15 -- and featured a flyer promoting the event.

The bout is reported to be an exhibition ... after all, there is a massive height and weight difference between the two pugilists -- and officials wouldn't ever sign off on making a mismatch like that official.

Tommy Fury left a TON of money on the table this year ... with a new documentary revealing TNT had the chance to fight Jake Paul again in June -- but he turned it down due to timing.

The nugget of info was documented in the new project, "Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury" ... where a scene shows the boxer's dad, John, taking a call from their lawyer during a camping trip.

In the chat, the two discuss how Paul's original opponent backed out ... and his team was interested in setting up a rematch of their Feb. 2023 bout, which El Gallo lost via split decision.

Jarren Duran appeared to clash once more with a smack-talking fan on Tuesday night ... and like one his previous, infamous instances with hecklers, it seemed he used some foul language to issue a clap back.

The Red Sox star looked like he got into it with a Boston supporter right after he struck out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning of his team's home game against the Baltimore Orioles.

Footage from the Fenway Park broadcast shows that as he was headed to his dugout, someone yelled at him. In response, Duran appeared to scream back, "F*** you, p***y."

Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles has learned his fate after hurling a bat at a pitcher in retaliation for getting hit by a pitch during a minor league rehab assignment on Sunday ... with Major League Baseball handing him a 10-game ban.

The league revealed the news Tuesday ... saying along with his suspension, he has been tagged with an undisclosed fine. The kicker for Robles is that the clock doesn't start until he is back on the Major League Active Roster. In other words -- the moment he returns to Seattle, the suspension officially takes effect.

Robles has elected to appeal the ruling, and he will be eligible to play until that process concludes.

The audience member who got booted from Theo Von's Anaheim show Saturday night appears to have hit another fan on her way out of the arena ... new video obtained by TMZ shows.

The clip shows security talking to the woman we previously showed you being removed from the event ... and, she's clearly having an animated chat with them.

Theo pipes up and asks her to speak to security in the lobby outside the arena ... but, she starts yelling at him -- and, he's totally confused why.

NFL fans are already unleashing mid-season levels of frustration on one another ... 'cause a Jacksonville Jaguars stan and a New Orleans Saints supporter went at it at the Caesars Superdome where a preseason game was held Sunday.

Video of the fight is going viral online ... showing a dude in a Travis Hunter jersey throwing a drink a dude in what looks like a black Saints polo down in New Orleans.

The two square up and start throwing punches ... before the Saints fan slips on the doormat underneath him and tumbles to the ground.

Tarek El Moussa's battery case in Las Vegas has been dismissed by a judge ... TMZ has confirmed.

The "Flip or Flop" star was facing a misdemeanor battery charge after being cited by police following a fight in a casino.

New legal docs show the case was dismissed August 5 after Tarek completed impulse control counseling and stayed "out of trouble." The charge was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.

This is why T-Hood's shooting death is being investigated as possible self-defense -- TMZ Hip Hop has obtained video showing him attacking his GF Kelsie Frost ... whose brother is the sole suspect in T-Hood's death.

This surveillance video -- inside Kelsie and T-Hood's Gwinnett County, GA apartment -- shows her lying down, while he paces around their bedroom. After about 25 seconds, T-Hood stands at the edge of the bed, staring at Kelsie ... and then violently pounces on her, seemingly trying to choke her.

Sources connected to the Frost family tell us this video was recorded earlier this year, and they claim it was not an isolated incident. We've also obtained photos of Kelsie with bruises and scratches on her face, neck and chest.

A night at the ballpark turned violent Wednesday at Angel Stadium ... when a Los Angeles Angels fan was punched and kicked in the head during an altercation in the stands -- and TMZ Sports has learned arrests have been made.

The ugly incident was caught on camera.

The video shows a man in a Mike Trout jersey getting sucker punched by another guy rocking a black shirt. After falling back in his chair, a second man comes up and kicks the Angels fan directly in the head.

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel is at it again -- the ex-NFL linebacker jumped into the middle of yet another scuffle during the team's joint practice with the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday ... and ended up at the bottom of a pile in the process!!

The chaos unfolded during the second workout between the two squads. While it's unclear what exactly led to tensions boiling over ... Vrabel -- who played for the Patriots for eight years -- quickly jumped in to try and end it.

If you look closely, you can see the 50-year-old on the ground and getting pushed around as he tried to restore order. Eventually, the two sides were separated, and Vrabel was able to get back to his feet. All things considered, he appeared just fine.

One angry deer was not here for the petting zoo vibes -- and proved it by going full UFC mode on a roadside stranger!

You gotta see this -- a guy on a motorbike in Shanghai, China stopped to pet a deer, and the next thing you know, Bambi went full kung-fu, rearing up and drop-kicking him in the chest.

The man scrambled to block the hits, but the deer wasn’t done -- stepping back just long enough to reload before unleashing another hail of hoof slaps.

9:31 AM PT -- TMZ has learned that Sean Charles Dunn was actually a trial attorney for the DOJ and has since been let go.

A Washington, D.C. man clearly thinks the deployment of federal agents on the streets is a bunch of baloney ... a move that doesn't cut the mustard -- and, he used a delicious projectile to make his feelings obvious.

New video has surfaced online from earlier this week ... showing a man in the nation's capital screaming in the face of a federal law enforcement officer.

Check out the clip ... the citizen's clearly blowing up at the guy -- but, the Customs and Border Protection agent doesn't move a muscle until he's hit in the chest with a ham-maker.

An all-out brawl broke out at a Florida lake -- and it was so brutal that two people were knocked unconscious before police rounded up the suspects and tossed them in the pokey!

The donnybrook, which kicked off August 2, was captured on cellphone video by a witness at Lake Winterset in Polk County -- about an hour east of Tampa -- and later uploaded to social media.

Check out the footage ... the knuckleheads went all WWE for the camera, throwing punches and kicking each other. One dude is seen lying unconscious on the ground as a young bikini-clad woman performs CPR on him.

Dricus Du Plessis has taken over two dozen UFC fights and countless others outside of the promotion, but he tells TMZ Sports his toughest match ever will come on Saturday night against Khamzat Chimaev.

The current middleweight champ made no bones about it during a sitdown with Michael Babcock earlier this month ... explaining the UFC 319 main event tilt will not only be "the hardest," but "the biggest fight of my life."

"This is the best opponent -- to date," he said ... adding, "Up until now, this is the best guy. He is the No. 1 contender in the world. He is the best guy without a title in the world."