Eh, I don't know. It definitely sounds like both men were pretty heated, so I'm not surprised it escalated. I've seen this before where one of the guys will run his mouth and talk all kinds of shit, and then when the other guy has enough and gets physical, all of the sudden it's "Ow!! Stop!! My eye/neck/etc.!! I'll be blind/paralyzed etc if you keep hitting me!!"
This guy already admitted he went right back to talking shit as soon as Brown was off of him, calling him an SOB and saying he'd fight back if he could and all that.
It wouldn't surprise me if this guy has been smacked a few times before for running his mouth a little too much, I'll just say that.