He added: 'I felt the situation was getting tense and that they were going to hit me, so I threw the plastic jug that I was holding on to the floor.
'Right after that, the bouncer hit me. I knew I had to defend myself so I started throwing punches.
'When I did, all of a sudden more people came out of nowhere, and they punched me all over my head. Instead of stopping the fight, the bouncers held me and let the other men hit me.'