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BYU and Memphis brawl at Miami Beach Bowl involves helmets as weapons and sucker punches

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

The inaugural Miami Beach Bowl had an inaugural brawl following the Tigers’ 55-48 win on Monday night. This wasn’t just a small brawl either. This was a helmets off, punch-swinging, fists-flying free-for-all.

Memphis used helmets as weapons:

BYU defensive back Kai Nacua, bloodied in the melee, responded with a huge sucker punch:

And here was the moment that started the whole thing:

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Memphis ball snatcher Equipment managers, game balls and middle fingers

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