*Two men involved in the fight with Cam Newton during his C1N 7 v 7 Tournament are speaking out about what led to the altercation.
We reported earlier that in footage of the fight, the former Auburn football standout and Heisman Trophy winner is grappling with three individuals, reportedly a part of the “TSP Crew,” before another joins in with a right hook.
The 18-second clip lacks significant context, leaving viewers curious about the circumstances leading to the altercation.
Well, now, two opposing football coaches, TJ and Steph Brown, “say Newton’s actions throughout the weekend ultimately led to the physical skirmish that started with him grabbing Steph first before TJ threw a punch,” Fox News writes.
“It just should never have gotten to that,” TJ told Fox News Digital.
TJ and Steph claim the former NFL quarterback triggered the brawl by trash-talking them.
TJ said, “This is typical Cam Newton behavior on the 7-on-7 scene.”
“Sunday comes, I’m walking through the parking lot, walking to the field,” he recounted. “Cam jumps out of his car and yells, ‘Hey, all that sorry s— ain’t gonna work today. What we betting today? What we betting?’ I’m like, ‘I ain’t betting you, bro. I already beat you three, four times. You got to beat me first.’ He like, ‘What we betting? I got plenty of money. I ain’t ever running out of money.’ That’s when I told him, ‘That’s your problem. All you care about is money. You think money is everything. You can’t buy me.’ And I walk off.”
Daily Mail reports that the Brown brothers have previously matched their youth team against Newton’s, emerging victorious three times. They met for the fourth encounter on Sunday.
“It’s probably three minutes into the game, he’s sitting up top with all his kids around him under a tent yelling down on us,” TJ told Fox News about Newton. ‘”Hey, I know that play. That’s my stuff. I taught y’all everything y’all know. I’m y’all daddy. I made y’all. I’m the reason for everything y’all got going on.” He’s just yelling all this stuff.’
TJ said the physical altercation popped off after his brother Steph confronted Newton post-game. Viral video shows Newton grabbing Steph’s jacket after they exchanged insults, with TJ stepping in to intervene.
“If you’re walking up a flight of stairs, and you see a 6’6″ guy grab your little brother trying to throw him down some stairs, you’re going to intervene,” TJ said.
“It doesn’t matter who you are, rather it be a punch, rather it be a push, rather it be grabbing him. You’re going to do something. So, at that point, with Cam putting his hands on another grown man, something is going to come behind that.
“If you ask anybody about me, I’m not confrontational, I’m not loud, I don’t get mad at people, I don’t argue with people, I don’t fight, I don’t do none of that crazy stuff. That’s not me.”
TJ added, “Nobody’s just going to let you go around disrespecting and talking crazy to them. I know how to brush it off, but not everybody’s like that.”
Steph said: ‘I’m disappointed in myself. I let Cam trigger me to that point where I entertained what he was doing, but it was never out of ill will or to put him in harm’s way,” he told Fox News.
“I’m 5’9″, man, but I stand on what I stand on. I say what I’m going to say no matter what. I ain’t got to be loud, this and that,” Steph continued. “But me going up there was to let him know, “Cam, you’re not gonna disrespect our organization, you’re not going to disrespect our kids or our parents out here. You’re bigger than that.”‘
TJ said Cam’s wild antics are “typical on the 7-on-7 scene.”
READ MORE: Video of Ex-NFL QB Cam Newton Fighting TSP Crew At 7 v 7 Event Goes Viral | WATCH
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