Dos Gringos owner Brian Roehrich said the patron, identified as 25-year-old Nicholas Springer, and his friend, 26-year-old Brendan Bank, told bar staff and customers that they were professional fighters.
"There were bodily threats, there were threats of coming back with weapons and killing people," Roehrich said.
Roehrich said bouncers were escorting the two men out of the bar around closing time when the situation escalated into a full-blown altercation in the alley behind the bar.
"The two kids got up and they were pretty upset that they had been thrown out," said Sean Braach, who caught the incident on video. "They started yelling at each other back and forth and the security guards, they probably should have just turned around and went back inside."
Instead, one of the bouncers, Matthew Capane, 26, punched Springer in the face, knocking him out with a single blow.
"This afternoon, the bouncer in question who was viewed on the videotape by the officers, turned himself in," said Scottsdale officer Dave Pubins.
Capane faces one count of assault. He has been released from custody. The video shows Capane pounding his chest after Springer went down. "He was pretty proud of himself after he did that," Braach said. The video then shows more bouncers beating up Bank.
"Kind of basically five on one, just pinned this kid into the corner here," Braach said. "Swinging on him, just throwing punches. Just giving him a beating."
Braach recorded 18 seconds of the brawl before putting his camera away because, he said, he feared for his own safety. "It was really excessive, especially how many guys they had against two kids who were too drunk - barely able to stand," Braach said.
Dos Gringos bouncer Jeff Fleenor said Braach's video doesn't show the whole story.
"They were assaulting bouncers inside the bar. They got taken to the back and it went on. That clip is a piece of everything that happened that night," Fleenor said.
Springer and Bank, both out-of-town visitors from Illinois, were charged with disorderly conduct. Braach posted the video of the fight on YouTube, where it racked up almost 10,000 views by Monday.
Photo caption: (left to right) Bar patrons Brendan Bank and Nicholas Springer; Bouncer Matthew Capane.
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