Most fights are over pretty quick. This particular instance was an act of pure rage. Before the guy even hit the floor I was back on top of him. The whole ordeal was over before most people realized what happened. Probably 8 seconds and he was done.

Keep in mind this was no pip squeak and he was most likely carrying a gun. Just some thug from the ghetto. I didn't jump up and down on him. They were well placed kicks. I knew my hand was broken, otherwise I would have beat him more.

One of the first lessons I learned in fighting, real life street fighting, is if you put the guy down, make sure he stays down. Make it hurt. It sounds bad to somebody who's never been there but you have to remember that it must be assumed that a street fight is to the death. This isn't the 1940's where there's an honor system. Given the opportunity that low life would have done the same to me. Besides, he assaulted my wife.

As far as going to jail? Wasn't worried about it because my standards are clearly defined in my head. Had he never laid a finger on my woman, nothing would have happened. But the second he touched her in that manner constituted physical assault which he was charged with in the hospital. I got a charge to but my lawyer got it dropped. But it gave me the legal right to defend her.