Steamer Lane Surf Bully Picks Fight With BJJ Blackbelt and Crumples on the Sand (Video)

After a little splashing in the water, the surfers come ashore to settle their differences like men, you know, the old fashioned way. Well, quickly, Sandro Santiago gets the man into a hold, and he has nowhere else to go. Santiago takes over the story from there:

“In the water, his behavior crossed the line from rude into outright bullying. He aggressively chased me down, shouting things like ‘go back to your country’ and threatening to ‘kick my ass and going to drowning me’ also he said he don’t care because he have been in jail before, creating a hostile and unsafe situation. I made multiple attempts to de-escalate by paddling away, but he kept chasing me and closing the distance, throwing verbal insults. Despite my efforts to avoid conflict, he escalated things further by throwing the first punches.

“He follows by splashing water at me, and then continuing to still yell and say that I deserved his assault because I called out his poor etiquette and behavior from a week back (he had jumped in off the cliff, and took an oncoming wave without joining the lineup).

“When we got to land to continue what he started in the water, I chose not to retaliate (when I absolutely could have). Instead I stood my ground and demanded accountability, making it clear that an apology for his actions and behavior was the only appropriate resolution.

“With technique and a lot of care and respect of his integrity , without delivery any damage on him I just made him apologize for his stupid behavior against my person and let him go.
I wish I can do exactly what he really deserved, but I spared him.”

“He was the aggressor from the beginning, but at the end he turned out to be like a little crybaby. I hope he’s learned his lesson and don’t do that with no one else because at the end, it’s not who you are. It is all about respect each other be nice to people. I was very nice with him , because after he threw the first punches on me he deserved WAY MORE.”

Kudos to Santiago for handling the situation properly.